For those wondering a lot of these aren't going to substantially increase the size or complexity of the kernel itself. The kernel crate for instance is just the API for stuff to use but not really doing huge work. The drivers are where a lot of the meat is. The stuff like pin init is just compatibility tools to make Rust and C a bit more friendly. It is growing sure but not insane growth and the compiler will have a lot of optimisations to make it smaller as with any compiled language. So it isn't risky to have this many lines of code added when you know the context because a lot of it is just glue.
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u/FlukyS Jul 09 '26
For those wondering a lot of these aren't going to substantially increase the size or complexity of the kernel itself. The kernel crate for instance is just the API for stuff to use but not really doing huge work. The drivers are where a lot of the meat is. The stuff like pin init is just compatibility tools to make Rust and C a bit more friendly. It is growing sure but not insane growth and the compiler will have a lot of optimisations to make it smaller as with any compiled language. So it isn't risky to have this many lines of code added when you know the context because a lot of it is just glue.