The confusing part of this article is the argument that the kernel maintainers are strongly against RAII. While I guess it’s possible Asahi Lina is unaware of this or is stubbornly including it anyway because she believes it’s such a large benefit, it seems more likely that it isn’t actually the dealbreaker.

In fairness, I’m hardly an expert on C++, Rust, or kernel development, so it’s possible that I’m missing something.