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0 pointskramerger3y ago0 comments

This is kernel space, not userspace.

Rusts memory safety is not a 100% protection here.

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Rust's memory safety is never a 100% thing, but that is no argument, as long as it's a significant enough improvement...

Let me explain: in the kernel memory is not always simply "memory".

Sometimes writing to a memory you own has huge side effects. And that part is not handled by rust.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

Rust's memory safety is never a 100% thing, but that is no argument, as long as it's a significant enough improvement...

Let me explain: in the kernel memory is not always simply "memory".

Sometimes writing to a memory you own has huge side effects. And that part is not handled by rust.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse