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

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 1:54 AM Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I do tend to agree with Danilo on this. Unless someone yells, I will change
> the maintainer entry to "RUST [FFI HELPER]" for the next spin.

Not sure I am following the "what FFI means" discussion, but in case
it clarifies:

The Rust subsystem is meant to be about anything related in some way
to Rust; typically meaning all the things that are not covered
elsewhere (including what both Gary and Danilo mention), sometimes
with overlap with other "global" infrastructure/subsystems (e.g.
Kbuild), sometimes acting as a fallback for Rust code out there if
really needed (i.e. similar to Andrew, but for Rust bits), and so on.

>From what I understand, Joel and Alexandre want to focus on
maintaining the `clist` bits (at least for now), and if they are both
going to have the "(CLIST)" suffix, then it may be simpler to make the
entry just that for now since `MAINTAINERS` it is easy to change
anyway.

Now, what kind of things would we want to have inside such a `ffi`
module? (apart from `clist`). Does it mean the proposal is to
eventually move existing things like `CStr`?

Cheers,
Miguel