Re: [PATCH] rust: conclude the Rust experiment

[Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>]

"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org> writes:

> The Rust support was merged in v6.1 into mainline in order to help
> determine whether Rust as a language was suitable for the kernel,
> i.e. worth the tradeoffs, technically, procedurally and socially.
>
> At the 2025 Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit, the experiment has just
> been deemed concluded [1].
>
> Thus remove the section -- it was not fully true already anyway, since
> there are already uses of Rust in production out there, some well-known
> Linux distributions enable it and it is already in millions of devices
> via Android.
>
> Obviously, this does not mean that everything works for every kernel
> configuration, architecture, toolchain etc., or that there won't be
> new issues. There is still a ton of work to do in all areas, from the
> kernel to upstream Rust, GCC and other projects. And, in fact, certain
> combinations (such as the mixed GCC+LLVM builds and the upcoming GCC
> support) are still quite experimental but getting there.
>
> But the experiment is done, i.e. Rust is here to stay.
>
> I hope this signals commitment from the kernel to companies and other
> entities to invest more into it, e.g. into giving time to their kernel
> developers to train themselves in Rust.
>
> Thanks to the many kernel maintainers that gave the project their
> support and patience throughout these years, and to the many other
> developers, whether in the kernel or in other projects, that have
> made this possible. I had a long list of 173 names in the credits of
> the original pull that merged the support into the kernel [2], and now
> such a list would be way longer, so I will not even try to compose one,
> but again, thanks a lot, everybody.
>
> Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/ [1]
> Link: https://git.kernel.org/linus/8aebac82933f [2]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

An important milestone. Congratulations to all!

Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg