Rust for Linux by Miguel Ojeda and Wedson Almeida Filho - Rust Linz, March 2022

Miguel Ojeda and Wedson Almeida Filho present the status of the Rust for Linux project and discuss writing kernel modules in Rust.

Rust for Linux is a project that aims to bring Rust support to the Linux kernel as a first-class language. This means providing support for writing kernel modules in Rust, such as drivers or filesystems, with as little unsafe code as possible. This session will briefly explain how the Rust support works in the kernel and will give an update on the status of the project, as well as what is planned for the near future. It will also show a wishlist of Rust features that could help the project. About Miguel Miguel is a software engineer that maintains the Rust for Linux effort, as well as the auxdisplay, compiler attributes, and clang-format trees. He also participates in the ISO C committee, with an interest in UB and memory-safety topics. Previously, Miguel was a Staff Member at CERN in the Beams department and a Fellow in the Physics department. About Wedson Wedson is a software engineer that maintains the Rust for Linux effort; he is currently part of the Android platform security team at Google. For the past 19+ years, he has worked on kernels, bootloaders, hypervisors, etc. at Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. Thanks to Microsoft for their Support! Rust Linz: rust-linz.at sessionize.com/rust-linz twitter.com/rustlinz