Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC][RESEND] Status of Rust in the block subsystem

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 02:21:00PM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> As this topic was not selected for discussion at LSF, and I did not
> receive an invitation for LSF this year, I propose that we discuss these
> two topics on list.
> 
> I do believe that these topics need to be discussed, and I would very
> much appreciate your input.

I can sympathise the difficulty of maintaining external modules.

In terms of this being a reference driver, that implies some future
hardware driver may leverage this for its development. Is there anything
in mind at this point for production? If so, maybe that use case should
take the lead. But either way, I think rust-nvme upstream inclusion
would invite confusion. Once it's upstream, it's no longer a reference
when distros and users turn it on.