Rust Programming

Goal

Mastery of Rust for Linux kernel contribution.

Current Course

Course

Rust 101 Crash Course for Beginners

Instructor

Jayson Lennon

Status

In Progress

Started

2026-03-03

Course Progress

Section Topic Status

1

Introduction / Setup

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2

Variables & Data Types

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3

Functions

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4

Control Flow

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5

Ownership & Borrowing

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6

Structs

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7

Enums & Pattern Matching

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8

Error Handling

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9

Collections

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10

Traits & Generics

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11

Modules & Crates

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12

Documentation (rustdoc)

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Learning Path

Rust 101 (NOW)
    ↓
Rustlings exercises
    ↓
CLI tools (ripgrep-style)
    ↓
unsafe Rust + FFI
    ↓
no_std (embedded/kernel)
    ↓
Rust for Linux (R4L)
    ↓
First kernel patch

Key Concepts to Master

The Hard Parts (spend extra time here):

  • Ownership - THE mental model shift

  • Borrowing & lifetimes

  • The borrow checker (friend, not enemy)

  • Result<T, E> and Option<T> patterns

Systems Programming (kernel path):

  • unsafe blocks and when to use

  • FFI - calling C from Rust

  • no_std - running without standard library

  • Memory layout and repr©

Notes

Projects

Projects will be added as you complete course sections.

Resources