From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 594F12DA755; Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765802245; cv=none; b=DNz0E0p0yHGqD0R2Xfw3443ta4gotWUdYTzh92jzCGz3noGWqqW/BUoy2ydLgou+GJREKsbhcNylfmKDoBQN2sl/3b2z2MKJTQWwSedh22EeRdZwefKhQ2pxlVXjFC7bFFhtjtbPaYAGjJ5SWTbE2cjYsnksa1aMjx7NlYZyJUg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765802245; c=relaxed/simple; bh=DNdnOd4P5sWNON2zmeFggXzf7tVwNpdRM5XNmaNeP9I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=TDAKT682Dk6Kg4PnqvJp/6ZKpL71nS1qzxkRwZg1DDqnSkz9wMZwL3+xN9Pp90IUlWv+UjwF8/q/2Yqc43eb3ay/oyKpPV9JJ5VVr474YT7wWwUkBqtrv34YkkAalXzesT4tyAU72vKqD3j/wImu2fzT0W3EIjgHFqUv9mE9Tng= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=tYjxk9Ut; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="tYjxk9Ut" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 65BD8C4CEF5; Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:37:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1765802244; bh=DNdnOd4P5sWNON2zmeFggXzf7tVwNpdRM5XNmaNeP9I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=tYjxk9UtoSiso2I3BAeiwi0H93MiqJEoCR27PhiLvAEJi5FLBHgsE3H7MSEo3Gj0f I9Vm0hQfhLMhIo0OdxvFotGZLGrJtLb5d86UXmccqYlfd4ZcJEriviYSmSXPj/YQK+ C3bEfQlFjmr4+b2CujmlSxW/bK0VLbqLuWaem1sD4pS62RY2csL3EsN654in5t7EH2 1+pJ+Ynycf7djl1qv0KtzGWY3brhawzoJOUjZffrSLSRV9GS1E9EnbyUo5n0ZYGAEm bQuy3F2w+8m1p8hF5ZuFHrWUuim7h5WJrpyWma0YSrsCu/IoKeEy8NMgNX/qGoptgP WydxBI87UFx9w== From: Andreas Hindborg To: Miguel Ojeda , Miguel Ojeda Cc: Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: conclude the Rust experiment In-Reply-To: <20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org> References: <20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:37:08 +0100 Message-ID: <87tsxrvs3v.fsf@t14s.mail-host-address-is-not-set> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Miguel Ojeda" 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 An important milestone. Congratulations to all! Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg Best regards, Andreas Hindborg