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Subject: Claude review: rust: clist: Add support to interface with C
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:27:35 +1000
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> +	pub fn is_linked(&self) -> bool {
> +		let raw = self.as_raw();
> +		// SAFETY: self.as_raw() is valid per type invariants.
> +		unsafe { (*raw).next != raw && (*raw).prev != raw }
> +	}

The kernel's `list_empty()` checks `head->next == head`. An isolated/empty node has both `next` and `prev` pointing to itself after `INIT_LIST_HEAD`. Using `&&` here means a node where only `next` has been corrupted to point elsewhere (but `prev` still points to self) would be considered "linked." This seems unlikely in practice, but it might be worth noting that the kernel's own `list_empty` only checks `next`. For the actual use in this series (`is_empty` on `CList` returns `!is_linked()`), the behavior is functionally equivalent for properly-formed lists, so this is a minor observation.

> +	pub fn next(&self) -> &Self {
> +		let raw = self.as_raw();
> +		// SAFETY:
> +		// - `self.as_raw()` is valid per type invariants.
> +		// - The `next` pointer is guaranteed to be non-NULL.
> +		unsafe { Self::from_raw((*raw).next) }
> +	}

The `next()` method returns `&Self` with the same lifetime as the `from_raw` call. Since `from_raw` binds the lifetime to the caller's choice via `'a`, and `next()` borrows `&self`, the returned reference is correctly constrained to the lifetime of `self`. No issue here.

> +macro_rules! clist_create {
> +    ($head:expr, $rust_type:ty, $c_type:ty, $($field:tt).+) => {{
> +        // Compile-time check that field path is a list_head.
> +        let _: fn(*const $c_type) -> *const $crate::bindings::list_head =
> +            |p| &raw const (*p).$($field).+;
> +
> +        // Calculate offset and create `CList`.
> +        const OFFSET: usize = ::core::mem::offset_of!($c_type, $($field).+);
> +        $crate::clist::CList::<$rust_type, OFFSET>::from_raw($head)
> +    }};
> +}

The macro calls `CList::from_raw($head)` which is an `unsafe` function, but the macro itself is documented as unsafe. The compile-time field type check is a nice touch. However, the type-checking closure `let _: fn(...) -> ...` constructs a function value that is never used - it could arguably be a `const _` or similar, but as-is it works for compile-time verification.

The `CListHeadIter` implements `FusedIterator`, which is correct since after returning `None` (when `current == sentinel`), it will continue to return `None` - `current` is never advanced past the sentinel.

No significant issues found. This is a clean implementation of a read-only C list iteration interface.

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