Rust project goals 2024: Stabilizing Rust in the Linux Kernel - Alice Ryhl

In 2024, Rust decided to make Rust in the Linux Kernel one of the three flagship goals of the Rust project. It is now 2025 and we’ve reached the conclusion of the goal. How did it go? In this talk, you will hear about which features we stabilized, but also about what it takes to stabilize a feature in the Rust language. You’ll also hear about how we are now doing some things better than the C compilers, and how this has helped our perception in the Linux Kernel community.