{"id":1222053,"date":"2025-02-21T13:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1222053"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:55:11","slug":"as-the-kernel-turns-rust-in-linux-saga-reaches-the-linus-in-all-caps-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1222053","title":{"rendered":"As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the \u201cLinus in all-caps\u201d phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Linux kernel leaders, like founder and leader Linus Torvalds himself, were impressed with the language but <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/03\/linus-torvalds-weighs-in-on-rust-language-in-the-linux-kernel\/\">had a &#8220;wait and see&#8221; approach<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/rust-for-linux.com\/\">Rust for Linux<\/a> gained supporters and momentum, and in October 2022, Torvalds approved a pull request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/10\/05\/rust_kernel_pull_request_pulled\/\">adding support for Rust code in the kernel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were frustrated with stalls and blocks on their efforts, with the Rust for Linux lead quitting over &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/rust-for-linux.com\/\">nontechnical nonsense<\/a>.&#8221; Torvalds said at the time that he understood it was slow, but that &#8220;old-time kernel developers are used to C&#8221; and &#8220;not exactly excited about having to learn a new language.&#8221; Still, this could be considered a normal amount of open source debate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/02\/linux-leaders-pave-a-path-for-rust-in-kernel-while-supporting-c-veterans\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/02\/linux-leaders-pave-a-path-for-rust-in-kernel-while-supporting-c-veterans\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. In 2021, Linux kernel leaders, like founder and leader Linus Torvalds himself, were impressed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1222053\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1222053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1222053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1222053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1222053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}