Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: helpers: Add list helpers for C linked list operations

From: Miguel Ojeda

Date: Wed Nov 26 2025 - 05:07:03 EST


On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yes. I am increasingly uneasy with the Rust for Linux approach, and
> now the Nova approach, of adding in "things we might need".

Excuse me, what "Rust for Linux approach"?

No, we do not add dead code unless justified, just like everywhere
else in the Linux kernel.

Yes, there are a few exceptional cases, but it is just that, exceptional.

Cheers,
Miguel