On 3/13/24 04:05, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
This is the second version of the Rust block device driver API and the Rust null block driver. The context and motivation can be seen in cover letter of the RFC v1 [1]. If more context is required, a talk about this effort was recorded at LPC [2]. I hope to be able to discuss this series at LSF this year [3].
Memory safety may land in C++ in the near future (see also https://herbsutter.com/2024/03/). If memory-safe C++ or memory-safe C would be adopted in the kernel, it would allow writing memory-safe drivers without having to add complicated bindings between existing C code and new Rust code. Please do not take this as personal criticism - I appreciate the effort that has been spent on coming up with great Rust bindings for the Linux kernel block layer. Thanks, Bart.
