Linus Torvalds Would Reportedly Merge Rust Kernel Code Over Maintainer Objections

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 19, 2025 7:12 PM EDT
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel
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The drama surrounding Rust code within the Linux kernel continues... Christoph Hellwig is the maintainer of the DMA mapping helpers and several other areas of the kernel has been an outspoken critic of Rust code or secondary programming languages within the Linux kernel kernel. Hellwig has been critical of Rust code for the Linux kernel and its long-term maintainability.

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