This is series 2b/5 of the migration to `core::ffi::CStr`[0]. 20250704-core-cstr-prepare-v1-0-a91524037783@gmail.com.
This series depends on the prior series[0] and is intended to go through the rust tree to reduce the number of release cycles required to complete the work.
Subsystem maintainers: I would appreciate your `Acked-by`s so that this can be taken through Miguel's tree (where the other series must go).
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250704-core-cstr-prepare-v1-0-a91524037783@gma...
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- Changes in v3: - Add a patch to deal with new code in acpi. - Drop incorrectly applied Acked-by tags from Danilo. - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250719-core-cstr-fanout-1-v2-0-e1cb53f6d233@gmai...
Changes in v2: - Update patch title (was nova-core, now drm/panic). - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250709-core-cstr-fanout-1-v1-0-fd793b3e58a2@gmai...
--- Tamir Duberstein (11): drm/panic: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: auxiliary: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: configfs: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: cpufreq: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: drm: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: firmware: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: kunit: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: miscdevice: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: net: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: of: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names rust: acpi: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/acpi.rs | 7 ++----- rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs | 4 ++-- rust/kernel/configfs.rs | 4 ++-- rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/drm/device.rs | 4 ++-- rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/kunit.rs | 6 +++--- rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/net/phy.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/of.rs | 2 +- samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs | 2 +- 12 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585 change-id: 20250709-core-cstr-fanout-1-f20611832272
Best regards, -- Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs index 09a9b452e8b7..10bc5bb16992 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ fn draw_all(&mut self, data: impl Iterator<Item = u8>) { // nul-terminated string. let url_cstr: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(url) }; let segments = &[ - &Segment::Binary(url_cstr.as_bytes()), + &Segment::Binary(url_cstr.to_bytes()), &Segment::Numeric(&data_slice[0..data_len]), ]; match EncodedMsg::new(segments, tmp_slice) {
On 13/08/2025 17:41, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Thanks, it looks good to me.
Acked-by: Jocelyn Falempe jfalempe@redhat.com
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs index 09a9b452e8b7..10bc5bb16992 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic_qr.rs @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ fn draw_all(&mut self, data: impl Iterator<Item = u8>) { // nul-terminated string. let url_cstr: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(url) }; let segments = &[
&Segment::Binary(url_cstr.as_bytes()),
&Segment::Binary(url_cstr.to_bytes()), &Segment::Numeric(&data_slice[0..data_len]), ]; match EncodedMsg::new(segments, tmp_slice) {
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs index 4749fb6bffef..58be09871397 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ macro_rules! module_auxiliary_driver { impl DeviceId { /// Create a new [`DeviceId`] from name. pub const fn new(modname: &'static CStr, name: &'static CStr) -> Self { - let name = name.as_bytes_with_nul(); - let modname = modname.as_bytes_with_nul(); + let name = name.to_bytes_with_nul(); + let modname = modname.to_bytes_with_nul();
// TODO: Replace with `bindings::auxiliary_device_id::default()` once stabilized for // `const`.
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Also avoid `Deref<Target=BStr> for CStr` as that impl doesn't exist on `core::ffi::CStr`.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg a.hindborg@kernel.org --- rust/kernel/configfs.rs | 4 ++-- samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/configfs.rs b/rust/kernel/configfs.rs index 2736b798cdc6..9fb5ef825e41 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/configfs.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/configfs.rs @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ pub fn new( try_pin_init!(Self { group <- pin_init::init_zeroed().chain(|v: &mut Opaquebindings::config_group| { let place = v.get(); - let name = name.as_bytes_with_nul().as_ptr(); + let name = name.to_bytes_with_nul().as_ptr(); // SAFETY: It is safe to initialize a group once it has been zeroed. unsafe { bindings::config_group_init_type_name(place, name.cast(), item_type.as_ptr()) @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ impl<const ID: u64, O, Data> Attribute<ID, O, Data> pub const fn new(name: &'static CStr) -> Self { Self { attribute: Opaque::new(bindings::configfs_attribute { - ca_name: name.as_char_ptr(), + ca_name: crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(name), ca_owner: core::ptr::null_mut(), ca_mode: 0o660, show: Some(Self::show), diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs b/samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs index af04bfa35cb2..5005453f874d 100644 --- a/samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs +++ b/samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl configfs::AttributeOperations<0> for Configuration {
fn show(container: &Configuration, page: &mut [u8; PAGE_SIZE]) -> Result<usize> { pr_info!("Show message\n"); - let data = container.message; + let data = container.message.to_bytes(); page[0..data.len()].copy_from_slice(data); Ok(data.len()) }
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com Acked-by: Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar@linaro.org --- rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs b/rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs index afc15e72a7c3..2bdf9ae00ffe 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/cpufreq.rs @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ impl<T: Driver> Registration<T> { };
const fn copy_name(name: &'static CStr) -> [c_char; CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN] { - let src = name.as_bytes_with_nul(); + let src = name.to_bytes_with_nul(); let mut dst = [0; CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
build_assert!(src.len() <= CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/drm/device.rs | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs index 3bb7c83966cf..4a51909ccc76 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ impl<T: drm::Driver> Device<T> { major: T::INFO.major, minor: T::INFO.minor, patchlevel: T::INFO.patchlevel, - name: T::INFO.name.as_char_ptr().cast_mut(), - desc: T::INFO.desc.as_char_ptr().cast_mut(), + name: crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(T::INFO.name).cast_mut(), + desc: crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(T::INFO.desc).cast_mut(),
driver_features: drm::driver::FEAT_GEM, ioctls: T::IOCTLS.as_ptr(),
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs index 1abab5b2f052..94e6bb88b903 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ const fn push_module_name(self) -> Self { let module_name = this.module_name;
if !this.module_name.is_empty() { - this = this.push_internal(module_name.as_bytes_with_nul()); + this = this.push_internal(module_name.to_bytes_with_nul());
if N != 0 { // Re-use the space taken by the NULL terminator and swap it with the '.' separator.
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/kunit.rs | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs index 41efd87595d6..5866cff072f9 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs @@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ unsafe impl Sync for Location {} unsafe impl Sync for UnaryAssert {}
static LOCATION: Location = Location($crate::bindings::kunit_loc { - file: FILE.as_char_ptr(), + file: $crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(FILE), line: LINE, }); static ASSERTION: UnaryAssert = UnaryAssert($crate::bindings::kunit_unary_assert { assert: $crate::bindings::kunit_assert {}, - condition: CONDITION.as_char_ptr(), + condition: $crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(CONDITION), expected_true: true, });
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pub const fn kunit_case( ) -> kernel::bindings::kunit_case { kernel::bindings::kunit_case { run_case: Some(run_case), - name: name.as_char_ptr(), + name: kernel::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(name), attr: kernel::bindings::kunit_attributes { speed: kernel::bindings::kunit_speed_KUNIT_SPEED_NORMAL, },
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs index 6373fe183b27..d3aa7d25afad 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub const fn into_raw<T: MiscDevice>(self) -> bindings::miscdevice { // SAFETY: All zeros is valid for this C type. let mut result: bindings::miscdevice = unsafe { MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init() }; result.minor = bindings::MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR as ffi::c_int; - result.name = self.name.as_char_ptr(); + result.name = crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(self.name); result.fops = MiscdeviceVTable::<T>::build(); result }
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/net/phy.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/phy.rs b/rust/kernel/net/phy.rs index 7de5cc7a0eee..be1027b7961b 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/net/phy.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/net/phy.rs @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ unsafe impl Sync for DriverVTable {} pub const fn create_phy_driver<T: Driver>() -> DriverVTable { // INVARIANT: All the fields of `struct phy_driver` are initialized properly. DriverVTable(Opaque::new(bindings::phy_driver { - name: T::NAME.as_char_ptr().cast_mut(), + name: crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(T::NAME).cast_mut(), flags: T::FLAGS, phy_id: T::PHY_DEVICE_ID.id(), phy_id_mask: T::PHY_DEVICE_ID.mask_as_int(),
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075 Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/of.rs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/of.rs b/rust/kernel/of.rs index b76b35265df2..58b20c367f99 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/of.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/of.rs @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn index(&self) -> usize { impl DeviceId { /// Create a new device id from an OF 'compatible' string. pub const fn new(compatible: &'static CStr) -> Self { - let src = compatible.as_bytes_with_nul(); + let src = compatible.to_bytes_with_nul(); // Replace with `bindings::of_device_id::default()` once stabilized for `const`. // SAFETY: FFI type is valid to be zero-initialized. let mut of: bindings::of_device_id = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com --- rust/kernel/acpi.rs | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/acpi.rs b/rust/kernel/acpi.rs index 7ae317368b00..37e1161c1298 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/acpi.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/acpi.rs @@ -37,11 +37,8 @@ impl DeviceId { /// Create a new device id from an ACPI 'id' string. #[inline(always)] pub const fn new(id: &'static CStr) -> Self { - build_assert!( - id.len_with_nul() <= Self::ACPI_ID_LEN, - "ID exceeds 16 bytes" - ); - let src = id.as_bytes_with_nul(); + let src = id.to_bytes_with_nul(); + build_assert!(src.len() <= Self::ACPI_ID_LEN, "ID exceeds 16 bytes"); // Replace with `bindings::acpi_device_id::default()` once stabilized for `const`. // SAFETY: FFI type is valid to be zero-initialized. let mut acpi: bindings::acpi_device_id = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
On Wed Aug 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM CEST, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by avoid methods that only exist on the latter.
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin lossin@kernel.org
--- Cheers, Benno
rust/kernel/acpi.rs | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com wrote:
This is series 2b/5 of the migration to `core::ffi::CStr`[0]. 20250704-core-cstr-prepare-v1-0-a91524037783@gmail.com.
This series depends on the prior series[0] and is intended to go through the rust tree to reduce the number of release cycles required to complete the work.
Subsystem maintainers: I would appreciate your `Acked-by`s so that this can be taken through Miguel's tree (where the other series must go).
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250704-core-cstr-prepare-v1-0-a91524037783@gma...
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein tamird@gmail.com
Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!
If any maintainer has a problem with this, please shout.
Cheers, Miguel
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