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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-03-17 16:29:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-03-17 16:29:25 -0700 |
| commit | 1118aa4c70a6978afb0c4391ad29826c14b842b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 7286d535c06b720d45f0427f9060b42bf8ab1425 /Documentation/process/programming-language.rst | |
| parent | 79a22238b4f22c45cadd3b4040d644f4de320d1b (diff) | |
| parent | 478a351ce0d69cef2d2bf2a686a09b356b63a66c (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
net/wireless/nl80211.c
b27f07c50a73 ("wifi: nl80211: fix puncturing bitmap policy")
cbbaf2bb829b ("wifi: nl80211: add a command to enable/disable HW timestamping")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230314105421.3608efae@canb.auug.org.au
tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
62199e3f1658 ("selftests: net: Add VXLAN MDB test")
13715acf8ab5 ("selftest: Add test for bind() conflicts.")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process/programming-language.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/programming-language.rst | 24 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst index 5fc9160ca1fa..bc56dee6d0bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst @@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ under ``-std=gnu11`` [gcc-c-dialect-options]_: the GNU dialect of ISO C11. This dialect contains many extensions to the language [gnu-extensions]_, and many of them are used within the kernel as a matter of course. -There is some support for compiling the kernel with ``icc`` [icc]_ for several -of the architectures, although at the time of writing it is not completed, -requiring third-party patches. - Attributes ---------- @@ -35,12 +31,28 @@ in order to feature detect which ones can be used and/or to shorten the code. Please refer to ``include/linux/compiler_attributes.h`` for more information. +Rust +---- + +The kernel has experimental support for the Rust programming language +[rust-language]_ under ``CONFIG_RUST``. It is compiled with ``rustc`` [rustc]_ +under ``--edition=2021`` [rust-editions]_. Editions are a way to introduce +small changes to the language that are not backwards compatible. + +On top of that, some unstable features [rust-unstable-features]_ are used in +the kernel. Unstable features may change in the future, thus it is an important +goal to reach a point where only stable features are used. + +Please refer to Documentation/rust/index.rst for more information. + .. [c-language] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/standards .. [gcc] https://gcc.gnu.org .. [clang] https://clang.llvm.org -.. [icc] https://software.intel.com/en-us/c-compilers .. [gcc-c-dialect-options] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html .. [gnu-extensions] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Extensions.html .. [gcc-attribute-syntax] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Attribute-Syntax.html .. [n2049] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2049.pdf - +.. [rust-language] https://www.rust-lang.org +.. [rustc] https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/ +.. [rust-editions] https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide/editions/ +.. [rust-unstable-features] https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/2 |