[$] Removing binder.c

Post Syndicated from daroc original https://lwn.net/Articles/1102982/

The final talk at Kangrejos 2026 was about the removal of the C implementation
of Android’s

Binder driver
, the primary interprocess communication mechanism
used on Android devices. Carlos Llamas announced that he had deleted the C
code to general applause, and then shared some insights about what went into
replacing the C implementation. Alice Ryhl, who has worked on the Rust
implementation for some years, added her own thoughts about what the most
difficult and interesting parts of the transition were.