<s>
Rust	B-Application
for	I-Application
Linux	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
that	O
adds	O
Rust	B-Application
as	O
a	O
second	O
programming	O
language	O
to	O
C	B-Language
for	O
writing	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
primarily	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
since	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
was	O
considered	O
and	O
experimented	O
upon	O
for	O
two	O
weeks	O
before	O
being	O
scrapped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rust	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
combines	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
low-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
such	O
as	O
C	B-Language
)	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
memory	B-Application
safety	I-Application
and	O
a	O
user-friendly	B-General_Concept
tool	B-Application
set	I-Application
and	O
syntax	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rust	B-Application
for	I-Application
Linux	I-Application
project	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2020	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
mailing	I-Application
list	I-Application
with	O
goals	O
of	O
leveraging	O
Rust	B-Application
's	O
memory	B-Application
safety	I-Application
to	O
reduce	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
when	O
writing	O
kernel	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Summit	O
2022	O
,	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
work	O
could	O
begin	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
5.20	O
release	O
,	O
later	O
named	O
as	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
candidate	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
6.0	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
14	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
without	O
Rust	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
release	O
notes	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
6.0-rc1	O
,	O
Torvalds	O
expressed	O
his	O
intention	O
for	O
adding	O
Rust	B-Application
support	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
actually	O
was	O
hoping	O
that	O
we	O
'd	O
get	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
rust	B-Application
infrastructure	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
multi-gen	O
LRU	O
VM	O
,	O
but	O
neither	O
of	O
them	O
happened	O
this	O
time	O
around.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
an	O
article	O
from	O
ZDNet	O
revealed	O
an	O
email	O
from	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Unless	O
something	O
odd	O
happens	O
,	O
it	O
 [ Rust ] 	O
will	O
make	O
it	O
into	O
6.1	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
pull	O
request	O
for	O
accepting	O
the	O
implementation	O
for	O
Rust	B-Application
for	I-Application
Linux	I-Application
was	O
approved	O
by	O
Torvalds	O
.	O
</s>
