Post Syndicated from original https://lwn.net/Articles/924746/

While the 6.3 kernel has gained more support for the Rust language, it
still remains true that there is little that can be done in Rust beyond the
creation of a “hello world” module. That functionality was already
available in C, of course, with a level of safety similar to what Rust can
provide. Interest is growing, though, in merging actually useful modules
written in Rust; that will require some more capable infrastructure than is
currently present. A recent discussion on the handling of time values in
Rust demonstrates the challenges — and opportunities — inherent in this
effort.