News [Phoronix] Linux 7.0 Readying Improvement For Rust + LTO Kernel Builds

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Alice Ryhl of Google has been working on an improvement to the Linux kernel code for inlining C helpers into Rust when making use of a Link-Time Optimized (LTO) kernel build. At least some of the patches are queued up for merging in the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 cycle for helping those enabling the Rust kernel support and also making use of the LLVM/Clang compiler's LTO capabilities for greater performance...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Rust-LTO-Inline-Coming

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