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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 23:01:50 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Rust is becoming a major part of the #Linux kernel. Even long time C veteran Greg Kroah Hartman (GKH) supports the shift. Rust is next big thing if you are into kernel or device drivers or other stuff where memory safety is essential for security reasons

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 23:29:26 JST Rich Felker

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     @nixCraft Um no.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 23:31:28 JST Rich Felker

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     @nixCraft The fundamentally wrong model of the kernel renders most of the safety of Rust utterly irrelevant. Rust would not have prevented any of the zerocopy vulns because they're all the kernel intentionally sidestepping its own safety abstractions for the sake of "zomg fast". And not even fast in ways relevant to ordinary folka who become the victims. Only relevant to big shit.

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     پویان Pouyan (i@toot.pouyan.net)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 23:32:57 JST پویان Pouyan

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     • Rich Felker
     @dalias @nixCraft I always thought it's not appropriate to proudly present "unscientific ideas" (aka superstitions) to the public.