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 E0AF613D891; Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:24:35 +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=1765632276; cv=none; b=DPuKCpf0P9IyYPVGUEDgp1MgDVphXiuxTzJQalO0ytvY+fUI9VW9D9FLPLTju2G/7YweD0lEpVG5FiSPYW6ujt1LSFfSeAwabG/OvLUpMA8m/w5Eohdk85M1gHP30JivwE9RGN5t8NiD4j3+Qi9NjTltm1viQ4fg57o72Qrarrs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765632276; c=relaxed/simple; bh=dveIrqykB5q/PryBVKvvG3bB8sUw0zDImqERMSpzhgc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=KNS8O3HJMAM/WIVVt7XWSioOLlFRXbo9SOgr51eV/03JtubKNs0t3cA6GtPW4fP2L19l+Vo6O+GzTIUBmf0p7SHVT+jNC7yJerJRfsClorQdFsoIKk48X1uVdDOKJ17FirwbNRbEdw78HfUmVxDm7vTASKHM/adkHmqJglyDUy0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=mSMmu1R6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="mSMmu1R6" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3A1DC4CEF7; Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:24:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1765632275; bh=dveIrqykB5q/PryBVKvvG3bB8sUw0zDImqERMSpzhgc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=mSMmu1R6I5bYssbhXiRv/VUjaHV2+dFJcHdWwSRX0Zxsg3oP84Zaw5TdUm/ZOO5DO 5V+5EJmk4M6cj6snCFhkLO1iKeZHjTUVaQnt0hvqM/xM/joflmmImcaVhD0UUzbJkF wmCpVtVGf0WsZ1AQwhlgyqHh/cxRCuAgwhUZt8rY= Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:24:31 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Miguel Ojeda Cc: Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , 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 Message-ID: <2025121321-hate-tweezers-5332@gregkh> References: <20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org> On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 01:00:42AM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > 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 > --- Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman