Re: [PATCH -next v7 1/2] rust: clist: Add support to interface with C linked lists

[Daniel Almeida]

> On 6 Feb 2026, at 14:27, Danilo Krummrich <d...@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri Feb 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM CET, Gary Guo wrote:
>> I asked for this to be changed to `pub(crate)` because I think this isn't
>> something that should be used by drivers.
>> 
>> As you said, tt might be tricky to enforce that with new build system when
>> subsystems are inside different crates. But until then I think it's better to
>> limit visibility.
> 
> It should *usually* not be used by drivers, but there are exceptions. For
> instance, it is perfectly valid to be used by Rust drivers that interact with 
> C
> drivers.

I agree with what Danilo said here.

I don’t see a reason to forbid drivers from using this. If the reason is
the unsafe bits, then isn’t it the same pattern used by impl_has_work!()
anyways? i.e.: a macro that implements an unsafe trait so long as the driver
gives it the right Work field. Seems equivalent in spirit to the clist_create 
macro
introduced by this patch.

— Daniel