• [$] Progress toward compiling Linux with gccrs

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Wed Jul 29 06:40:09 2026


    The
    gccrs project, which is creating a Rust frontend for the GCC compiler, has spent the first half of 2026 focusing on compiling the Linux
    kernel. By testing the compiler against the kernel crates, the
    development team has made significant progress toward generating correct code for other Rust programs. As detailed in the project's

    weekly and

    monthly reports, this effort has uncovered and resolved problems
    in areas such as
    attribute handling (described in the

    report for February), name resolution, and resource management (both

    detailed in the May report). Currently, the compiler can only handle simple standalone programs, but that situation could change rapidly in the coming months.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1083202/
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