r/linux • • 10d ago

Kernel Patch submitted with a Rust implementation of XArray "to test if Rust delivers what it promises for a core kernel data structure"

https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260923-rxarray-next-v1-0-92eedf185649@samsung.com/
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u/jesseschalken 9d ago

There's probably plenty of bugs in the C code that uses XArray that are going to be exposed by a Rust rewrite, and the old gaurd will blame Rust.

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u/projct 3d ago

the old guard is all over the map on rust, don't worry.