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[103.168.172.200]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d75a77b69052e-4f35fc7590csm14385301cf.7.2025.12.18.04.57.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from phl-compute-04.internal (phl-compute-04.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailfauth.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29915F40068; Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:57:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-frontend-03 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-04.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:57:05 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefgedrtddtgdegheegkecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecuuegr ihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjug hrpeffhffvvefukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpeeuohhquhhnucfh vghnghcuoegsohhquhhnrdhfvghnghesghhmrghilhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvg hrnhepvdeigeevhfekteeiueevtddvieektdefvdektdehgefhledvudetkedtveelkeet necuffhomhgrihhnpehlfihnrdhnvghtpdhkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghenucevlhhushhtvg hrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegsohhquhhnodhmvghsmhht phgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdeiledvgeehtdeigedqudejjeekheehhedvqd gsohhquhhnrdhfvghngheppehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmsehfihigmhgvrdhnrghmvgdpnhgs pghrtghpthhtohepuddupdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehojhgvug grsehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehgrghrhiesghgrrhihghhuohdrnhgv thdprhgtphhtthhopegsjhhorhhnfegpghhhsehprhhothhonhhmrghilhdrtghomhdprh gtphhtthhopehlohhsshhinheskhgvrhhnvghlrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtoheprgdrhhhi nhgusghorhhgsehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopegrlhhitggvrhihhhhlse hgohhoghhlvgdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehtmhhgrhhoshhssehumhhitghhrdgvughu pdhrtghpthhtohepuggrkhhrsehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehruhhsth dqfhhorhdqlhhinhhugiesvhhgvghrrdhkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iad51458e:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:57:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:57:02 +0900 From: Boqun Feng To: Miguel Ojeda Cc: 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: 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. > I would like to take the opportunity to thank you, Miguel. Like what Dan Williams said during the Maintainers Summit, I also cannot imagine a better person to lead this than you. Thank you for all the hard work, commmunication, collaboration and most importantly, keeping yourself postive despite all the other factors. Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng Regards, Boqun > Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/ [1] > Link: https://git.kernel.org/linus/8aebac82933f [2] > Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda > --- [...]