[PATCH v2] kernel-docs: Add new section for Rust learning materials

From: Carlos Bilbao
Date: Fri Sep 13 2024 - 11:38:40 EST


Include a new section in the Index of Further Kernel Documentation with
resources to learn Rust. Reference it in the Rust index.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes since v1:
- Added two more Rust blogs proposed by Dirk Behme.

---
Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
Documentation/rust/index.rst | 3 +
2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
index 55552ec4b043..b56c2adcb954 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ On-line docs
programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.

- * Title: **Rust for Linux**
-
- :Author: various
- :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/
- :Date: rolling version
- :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
- :Description: From the website: "Rust for Linux is the project adding
- support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is
- intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to
- the project".
-
Published books
---------------

@@ -220,6 +209,126 @@ Miscellaneous
other original research and content related to Linux and software
development.

+Rust
+----
+
+ * Title: **Rust for Linux**
+
+ :Author: various
+ :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/
+ :Date: rolling version
+ :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel, rust.
+ :Description: From the website: "Rust for Linux is the project adding
+ support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is
+ intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to
+ the project".
+
+ * Title: **Learning Rust the Dangerous Way**
+
+ :Author: Cliff L. Biffle
+ :URL: https://cliffle.com/p/dangerust/
+ :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
+ :Keywords: rust, blog.
+ :Description: From the website: "LRtDW is a series of articles
+ putting Rust features in context for low-level C programmers who
+ maybe don’t have a formal CS background — the sort of people who
+ work on firmware, game engines, OS kernels, and the like.
+ Basically, people like me.". It illustrates line-by-line
+ conversions from C to Rust.
+
+ * Title: **The Rust Book**
+
+ :Author: Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols, with contributions from the
+ Rust community
+ :URL: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
+ :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
+ :Keywords: rust, book.
+ :Description: From the website: "This book fully embraces the
+ potential of Rust to empower its users. It’s a friendly and
+ approachable text intended to help you level up not just your
+ knowledge of Rust, but also your reach and confidence as a
+ programmer in general. So dive in, get ready to learn—and welcome
+ to the Rust community!".
+
+ * Title: **Rust for the Polyglot Programmer**
+
+ :Author: Ian Jackson
+ :URL: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ianmdlvl/rust-polyglot/index.html
+ :Date: December 2022
+ :Keywords: rust, blog, tooling.
+ :Description: From the website: "There are many guides and
+ introductions to Rust. This one is something different: it is
+ intended for the experienced programmer who already knows many
+ other programming languages. I try to be comprehensive enough to be
+ a starting point for any area of Rust, but to avoid going into too
+ much detail except where things are not as you might expect. Also
+ this guide is not entirely free of opinion, including
+ recommendations of libraries (crates), tooling, etc.".
+
+ * Title: **Fasterthanli.me**
+
+ :Author: Amos Wenger
+ :URL: https://fasterthanli.me/
+ :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
+ :Keywords: rust, blog, news.
+ :Description: From the website: "I make articles and videos about how
+ computers work. My content is long-form, didactic and exploratory
+ — and often an excuse to teach Rust!".
+
+ * Title: **Comprehensive Rust**
+
+ :Author: Android team at Google
+ :URL: https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/
+ :Date: Accessed Sep 13 2024
+ :Keywords: rust, blog.
+ :Description: From the website: "The course covers the full spectrum
+ of Rust, from basic syntax to advanced topics like generics and
+ error handling".
+
+ * Title: **The Embedded Rust Book**
+
+ :Author: Multiple contributors, mostly Jorge Aparicio
+ :URL: https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/
+ :Date: Accessed Sep 13 2024
+ :Keywords: rust, blog.
+ :Description: From the website: "An introductory book about using
+ the Rust Programming Language on "Bare Metal" embedded systems,
+ such as Microcontrollers".
+
+ * Title: **You Can't Spell Trust Without Rust**
+
+ :Author: Alexis Beingessner
+ :URL: https://repository.library.carleton.ca/downloads/1j92g820w?locale=en
+ :Date: 2015
+ :Keywords: rust, master, thesis.
+ :Description: This thesis focuses on Rust's ownership system, which
+ ensures memory safety by controlling data manipulation and
+ lifetime, while also highlighting its limitations and comparing it
+ to similar systems in Cyclone and C++.
+
+ * Name: **Linux Plumbers (LPC) Rust presentations**
+
+ :Title: Rust microconference
+ :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/sessions/186/#20240918
+ :Title: Rust for Linux
+ :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1912/
+ :Title: Journey of a C kernel engineer starting a Rust driver project
+ :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1911/
+ :Title: Crafting a Linux kernel scheduler that runs in user-space
+ using Rust
+ :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1723/
+ :Title: openHCL: A Linux and Rust based paravisor
+ :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1956/
+ :Keywords: rust, lpc, presentations.
+ :Description: A number of LPC talks related to Rust.
+
+ * Name: **The Rustacean Station Podcast**
+
+ :URL: https://rustacean-station.org/
+ :Keywords: rust, podcasts.
+ :Description: A community project for creating podcast content for
+ the Rust programming language.
+
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This document was originally based on:
diff --git a/Documentation/rust/index.rst b/Documentation/rust/index.rst
index 46d35bd395cf..01f09216c229 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/index.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ configurations.
arch-support
testing

+You can also find learning materials for Rust in its section in
+:doc:`../process/kernel-docs`.
+
.. only:: subproject and html

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