The Linux Kernel Prepares For Rust 1.77 Upgrade

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With Linux 6.8 the kernel's Rust code was brought up to Rust 1.75 while new patches posted this weekend port the code over to Rust 1.76 and then the upcoming Rust 1.77...

With Rust 1.77 they have now stabilized the single-field 'offset_of' feature used by the kernel's Rust code. Rust 1.77 also adds a '--check-cfg' option that the Rust kernel code will likely transition to in the future. This follows the Rust for Linux policy of tracking the upstream Rust version upgrades until there is a minimum version that can be declared where all used features are considered stable.

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