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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:22:27 -0700
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Rust block device driver API and null block
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 11:02:23AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 3/13/24 04:05, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> > This is the second version of the Rust block device driver API and the Rust null
> > block driver. The context and motivation can be seen in cover letter of the RFC
> > v1 [1]. If more context is required, a talk about this effort was recorded at
> > LPC [2]. I hope to be able to discuss this series at LSF this year [3].
> 
> Memory safety may land in C++ in the near future (see also
> https://herbsutter.com/2024/03/). If memory-safe C++ or memory-safe C
> would be adopted in the kernel, it would allow writing memory-safe
> drivers without having to add complicated bindings between existing C

I honestly doubt it, memory-safe is not free, basically you will still
want unsafe part for the performance reason (or interacting with
hardware), and provide a safe API for driver development. I don't think
that part will be gone with a memory-safe C++. So the complication still
exists. But I'm happy to be proved wrong ;-)

Regards,
Boqun

> code and new Rust code. Please do not take this as personal criticism -
> I appreciate the effort that has been spent on coming up with great
> Rust bindings for the Linux kernel block layer.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.
>