Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM JST, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:31:14PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > I think it's rather unlikely to land bitfields this cycle. I think Yury
>> > explicitly requested more discussion on bitfields and also encouraged the "two
>> > stage" approach [1] moving register!() first and then extract bitfields
>> > subsequently.
>> 
>> Does Yury want to maintain it? From his messages back then I am not
>> sure if he does or not (he suggested "some non-rust person from a
>> related kernel subsystem", not sure if that meant himself in this case
>> too).
>
> I can become a reviewer or maintainer, assuming Alex will become the first
> maintainer as the main developer. I can also move it with my branch if you
> prefer, guys. In this case it's better to make me a maintainer. 
>
>> At least, he suggested adding a `MAINTAINERS` entry, which I agreed it
>> was a good idea (by the way, this patch series should add it, or at
>> least the eventual one that adds `bitfield!`).
>
> Yes it is. Alexandre, can you please add a maintenance section(s) for
> all new files?

It looks like we are heading towards introducing `bitfield!` a bit
later (v2 will only have `register!`). I will add a MAINTAINERS entry
once we re-introduce `bitfield!`.