Re: [PATCH v10 5/8] rust: clist: Add support to interface with C linked lists

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Fri Feb 20, 2026 at 3:07 AM JST, Joel Fernandes wrote:
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> On 2/19/2026 11:24 AM, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> On Thu Feb 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM CET, Joel Fernandes wrote:
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>>> On 2/19/2026 10:27 AM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 12:21:56PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>>>>> On Wed Feb 18, 2026 at 9:55 PM CET, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>>>>>> +RUST TO C LIST INTERFACES
>>>>> Maybe this should just be "RUST [FFI]" instead (in case Alex and you want to
>>>>> sign up for looking after FFI helper infrastructure in general)?
>>>>
>>>> Good idea, done.
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>>> Actually, I am not sure we want to commit to entire RUST FFI infra though its
>>> pretty tiny right now. Most of this infra right now is clist, let us start with
>>> keeping it as is "RUST TO C LIST INTERFACES" ? Or we could make it "C LIST
>>> INTERFACES [RUST]" sections.
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>> I feel like it makes a bit more sense to have an entry for the entire class of
>> "RUST [FFI]" infrastructure.
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>> I could imagine that we will find quite some more cases where an FFI abstraction
>> layer makes sense; at some point it might even go the other way around.
>> 
>> Once that happens, I think it would be good to have people looking after
>> intermediate FFI layers in general. But it does not have to be you of course.
>> 
>> Maybe we can create the "RUST [FFI]" entry already with the following
>> constraint:
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>> 	RUST [FFI]
>> 	M:	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx> (CLIST)
>> 	M:	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx> (CLIST)
>> 	L:	rust-for-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 	S:	Maintained
>> 	F:	rust/kernel/ffi/
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> Yeah, this is a good idea. I am Ok with that. Alex/Miguel, you're Ok with this too?
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> If all in agreement, I can make this change for next revision.

Sure (once we agree on what the entry should be named), that should be
low-bandwidth anyway as folks will be discouraged to use this module
whenever possible anyway. :)