Rust Programming Language

How Different is Rust Code in the Linux Kernel?

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2024-10-18
10:10
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The Linux kernel is very different from ordinary software projects, and therefore you shouldn't expect kernel Rust code to be similar to the Rust code that you're familiar with! In this talk I'll go through the basic primitives in Rust for Linux, compare them with userspace Rust, and dive into rationales that lead to their design.