{"id":102986,"date":"2022-01-17T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d1%91%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d1%8f%d0%b4%d1%80%d0%b0-linux-%d1%81"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:36:46","slug":"%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d1%91%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d1%8f%d0%b4%d1%80%d0%b0-linux-%d1%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b2%d1%91%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%b4%d0%bb%d1%8f-%d1%8f%d0%b4%d1%80%d0%b0-linux-%d1%81","title":{"rendered":"The fourth edition of patches for the Linux kernel with Rust language support.","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, has proposed a fourth option for components for developing device drivers in the Rust language for consideration by the Linux kernel developers. Support for Rust is viewed as experimental but has already been approved for inclusion in the linux-next branch and is sufficiently advanced to begin work on creating abstraction layers over kernel subsystems, as well as writing drivers and modules. The development is funded by Google and the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), which is the founding organization of the Let's Encrypt project and promotes HTTPS and the development of technologies to enhance internet security. <\/p>\n

As a reminder, the proposed changes allow Rust to be used as a secondary language for developing drivers and kernel modules. Rust support is presented as an option, not enabled by default, and does not lead to Rust being included among the mandatory build dependencies for the kernel. Using Rust for driver development will enable creating secure and higher-quality drivers with minimal effort, free from issues such as dereferencing freed memory, null pointer dereferencing, and buffer overflows. <\/p>\n

Safe memory handling in Rust is ensured at compile time through reference checking, ownership tracking of objects, and considerations of object lifetimes (scope), as well as runtime checks for correctness in memory access. Rust also provides protections against integer overflows, requires variables to be initialized before use, manages errors more effectively in the standard library, employs immutability by default for references and variables, and offers strong static typing to minimize logical errors. <\/p>\n

In the new version of the patches, the elimination of comments made during the discussion of the first, second, and third versions of the patches continues. In the new version: <\/p>\n