> He suggested that, perhaps, the kernel's memory model could be rebuilt on top of C or C++ atomic operations, at which point supporting the Rust model would be easier. That seems unlikely to happen, though, given the strong opposition from Linus Torvalds to any such change.<p>Torvalds is right on this issue. I‘m an avid rust fan and use the language every day. Rust has the job to adapt to the kernel, not the other way around. Imagine if instead on working on „panic-free“ rust for the kernel, maintainers would call for the kernel to just crash.<p>If rust can not sufficiently adapt to the way of the kernel, either the language needs to change or the experiment needs to be considered as a failed one.