[PATCH v17 00/11] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

[PATCH v17 00/11] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

[Tamir Duberstein]

This picks up from Michal Rostecki's work[0]. Per Michal's guidance I
have omitted Co-authored tags, as the end result is quite different.

This series is intended to be taken through rust-next. The final patch
in the series requires some other subsystems' `Acked-by`s:
- drivers/android/binder/stats.rs: rust_binder. Alice, could you take a
  look?
- rust/kernel/device.rs: driver-core. Already acked by gregkh.
- rust/kernel/firmware.rs: driver-core. Danilo, could you take a look?
- rust/kernel/seq_file.rs: vfs. Christian, could you take a look?
- rust/kernel/sync/*: locking-core. Boqun, could you take a look?

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240819153656.28807-2-vadorovsky@protonmail.com/t/#u [0]
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v17:
- Rebase on rust-next and fix backsliding relative to series 2a and 2b.
- Link to v16: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250925-cstr-core-v16-0-5cdcb3470ec2@gmail.com

Changes in v16:
- Rebase on rust-next.
- Link to v15: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250813-cstr-core-v15-0-c732d9223f4e@gmail.com

Changes in v15:
- Seal `CStrExt`. (Benno Lossin)
- Add patch to remove trailing commas from
  samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs.
- Link to v14: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250710-cstr-core-v14-0-ca7e0ca82c82@gmail.com

Changes in v14:
- Break the change into multiple series.
- Move `CStr` reexport to `kernel::ffi`. (Alice Ryhl)
- `pub use core::fmt::{....}` in `kernel/fmt.rs`. (Benno Lossin)
- Avoid unnecessary binding to `first_lit` in `fmt!`. (Benno Lossin)
- Add comment to `identifier`-extracting loop. (Benno Lossin)
- Change `quote_spanned!` formatting. (Benno Lossin)
- Link to v13: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250701-cstr-core-v13-0-29f7d3eb97a6@gmail.com

Changes in v13:
- Rebase on v6.16-rc4.
- Link to v12: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250619-cstr-core-v12-0-80c9c7b45900@gmail.com

Changes in v12:
- Introduce `kernel::fmt::Display` to allow implementations on foreign
  types.
- Tidy up doc comment on `str_to_cstr`. (Alice Ryhl).
- Link to v11: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250530-cstr-core-v11-0-cd9c0cbcb902@gmail.com

Changes in v11:
- Use `quote_spanned!` to avoid `use<'a, T>` and generally reduce manual
  token construction.
- Add a commit to simplify `quote_spanned!`.
- Drop first commit in favor of
  https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240906164448.2268368-1-paddymills@proton.me/.
  (Miguel Ojeda)
- Correctly handle expressions such as `pr_info!("{a}", a = a = a)`.
  (Benno Lossin)
- Avoid dealing with `}}` escapes, which is not needed. (Benno Lossin)
- Revert some unnecessary changes. (Benno Lossin)
- Rename `c_str_avoid_literals!` to `str_to_cstr!`. (Benno Lossin &
  Alice Ryhl).
- Link to v10: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250524-cstr-core-v10-0-6412a94d9d75@gmail.com

Changes in v10:
- Rebase on cbeaa41dfe26b72639141e87183cb23e00d4b0dd.
- Implement Alice's suggestion to use a proc macro to work around orphan
  rules otherwise preventing `core::ffi::CStr` to be directly printed
  with `{}`.
- Link to v9: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250317-cstr-core-v9-0-51d6cc522f62@gmail.com

Changes in v9:
- Rebase on rust-next.
- Restore `impl Display for BStr` which exists upstream[1].
- Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/bstr/struct.ByteStr.html#impl-Display-for-ByteStr [1]
- Link to v8: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250203-cstr-core-v8-0-cb3f26e78686@gmail.com

Changes in v8:
- Move `{from,as}_char_ptr` back to `CStrExt`. This reduces the diff
  some.
- Restore `from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut`, `to_cstring`.
- Link to v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250202-cstr-core-v7-0-da1802520438@gmail.com

Changes in v7:
- Rebased on mainline.
- Restore functionality added in commit a321f3ad0a5d ("rust: str: add
  {make,to}_{upper,lower}case() to CString").
- Used `diff.algorithm patience` to improve diff readability.
- Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250202-cstr-core-v6-0-8469cd6d29fd@gmail.com

Changes in v6:
- Split the work into several commits for ease of review.
- Restore `{from,as}_char_ptr` to allow building on ARM (see commit
  message).
- Add `CStrExt` to `kernel::prelude`. (Alice Ryhl)
- Remove `CStrExt::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut` and restore
  `DerefMut for CString`. (Alice Ryhl)
- Rename and hide `kernel::c_str!` to encourage use of C-String
  literals.
- Drop implementation and invocation changes in kunit.rs. (Trevor Gross)
- Drop docs on `Display` impl. (Trevor Gross)
- Rewrite docs in the style of the standard library.
- Restore the `test_cstr_debug` unit tests to demonstrate that the
  implementation has changed.

Changes in v5:
- Keep the `test_cstr_display*` unit tests.

Changes in v4:
- Provide the `CStrExt` trait with `display()` method, which returns a
   `CStrDisplay` wrapper with `Display` implementation. This addresses
   the lack of `Display` implementation for `core::ffi::CStr`.
- Provide `from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut()` method in `CStrExt`,
   which might be useful and is going to prevent manual, unsafe casts.
- Fix a typo (s/preffered/prefered/).

Changes in v3:
- Fix the commit message.
- Remove redundant braces in `use`, when only one item is imported.

Changes in v2:
- Do not remove `c_str` macro. While it's preferred to use C-string
   literals, there are two cases where `c_str` is helpful:
   - When working with macros, which already return a Rust string literal
     (e.g. `stringify!`).
   - When building macros, where we want to take a Rust string literal as an
     argument (for caller's convenience), but still use it as a C-string
     internally.
- Use Rust literals as arguments in macros (`new_mutex`, `new_condvar`,
   `new_mutex`). Use the `c_str` macro to convert these literals to C-string
   literals.
- Use `c_str` in kunit.rs for converting the output of `stringify!` to a
   `CStr`.
- Remove `DerefMut` implementation for `CString`.

---
Tamir Duberstein (11):
      samples: rust: platform: remove trailing commas
      rust_binder: remove trailing comma
      rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`
      rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
      rnull: use `kernel::fmt`
      rust: alloc: use `kernel::fmt`
      rust: debugfs: use `kernel::fmt`
      rust: pci: use `kernel::fmt`
      rust: remove spurious `use core::fmt::Debug`
      rust: support formatting of foreign types
      rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`

 drivers/android/binder/error.rs          |   5 +-
 drivers/android/binder/process.rs        |   2 +-
 drivers/android/binder/stats.rs          |   6 +-
 drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs          |   9 +-
 rust/ffi.rs                              |   2 +
 rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs         |  14 +-
 rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |   7 +-
 rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |   6 +-
 rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            |  10 +-
 rust/kernel/device.rs                    |   1 +
 rust/kernel/error.rs                     |   2 +
 rust/kernel/firmware.rs                  |   9 +-
 rust/kernel/fmt.rs                       |  87 ++++++-
 rust/kernel/pci/id.rs                    |   3 +-
 rust/kernel/prelude.rs                   |   7 +-
 rust/kernel/ptr.rs                       |   1 -
 rust/kernel/seq_file.rs                  |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/str.rs                       | 395 +++++++------------------------
 rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs              |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs                 |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs          |   2 +-
 rust/macros/fmt.rs                       |  94 ++++++++
 rust/macros/lib.rs                       |  19 ++
 rust/macros/quote.rs                     |   7 +
 samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs     |   4 +-
 26 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 350 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 9b332cece987ee1790b2ed4c989e28162fa47860
change-id: 20250201-cstr-core-d4b9b69120cf

Best regards,
--  
Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

[PATCH v17 01/11] samples: rust: platform: remove trailing commas

[Tamir Duberstein]

This prepares for a later commit in which we introduce a custom
formatting macro; that macro doesn't handle trailing commas so just
remove them.

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs b/samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs
index 6473baf4f120..8a82e251820f 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn properties_parse(dev: &device::Device) -> Result {
 
         let name = c_str!("test,u32-optional-prop");
         let prop = fwnode.property_read::<u32>(name).or(0x12);
-        dev_info!(dev, "'{name}'='{prop:#x}' (default = 0x12)\n",);
+        dev_info!(dev, "'{name}'='{prop:#x}' (default = 0x12)\n");
 
         // A missing required property will print an error. Discard the error to
         // prevent properties_parse from failing in that case.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn properties_parse(dev: &device::Device) -> Result {
         let prop: [i16; 4] = fwnode.property_read(name).required_by(dev)?;
         dev_info!(dev, "'{name}'='{prop:?}'\n");
         let len = fwnode.property_count_elem::<u16>(name)?;
-        dev_info!(dev, "'{name}' length is {len}\n",);
+        dev_info!(dev, "'{name}' length is {len}\n");
 
         let name = c_str!("test,i16-array");
         let prop: KVec<i16> = fwnode.property_read_array_vec(name, 4)?.required_by(dev)?;

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 02/11] rust_binder: remove trailing comma

[Tamir Duberstein]

This prepares for a later commit in which we introduce a custom
formatting macro; that macro doesn't handle trailing commas so just
remove this one.

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder/process.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
index f13a747e784c..d8111c990f21 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ pub(crate) fn debug_print(&self, m: &SeqFile, ctx: &Context, print_all: bool) ->
                     "  ref {}: desc {} {}node {debug_id} s {strong} w {weak}",
                     r.debug_id,
                     r.handle,
-                    if dead { "dead " } else { "" },
+                    if dead { "dead " } else { "" }
                 );
             }
         }

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 03/11] rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

This backslid in commit eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder
driver").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder/error.rs | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/error.rs b/drivers/android/binder/error.rs
index 9921827267d0..b24497cfa292 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/error.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 // Copyright (C) 2025 Google LLC.
 
+use kernel::fmt;
 use kernel::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::defs::*;
@@ -76,8 +77,8 @@ fn from(_: kernel::alloc::AllocError) -> Self {
     }
 }
 
-impl core::fmt::Debug for BinderError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+impl fmt::Debug for BinderError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self.reply {
             BR_FAILED_REPLY => match self.source.as_ref() {
                 Some(source) => f

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 04/11] rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names

[Tamir Duberstein]

Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by
avoiding methods that only exist on the latter.

This backslid in commit eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder
driver").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder/stats.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs b/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
index a83ec111d2cb..10c43679d5c3 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub(super) fn command_string(i: usize) -> &'static str {
         // SAFETY: Accessing `binder_command_strings` is always safe.
         let c_str_ptr = unsafe { binder_command_strings[i] };
         // SAFETY: The `binder_command_strings` array only contains nul-terminated strings.
-        let bytes = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(c_str_ptr) }.as_bytes();
+        let bytes = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(c_str_ptr) }.to_bytes();
         // SAFETY: The `binder_command_strings` array only contains strings with ascii-chars.
         unsafe { from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) }
     }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub(super) fn return_string(i: usize) -> &'static str {
         // SAFETY: Accessing `binder_return_strings` is always safe.
         let c_str_ptr = unsafe { binder_return_strings[i] };
         // SAFETY: The `binder_command_strings` array only contains nul-terminated strings.
-        let bytes = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(c_str_ptr) }.as_bytes();
+        let bytes = unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(c_str_ptr) }.to_bytes();
         // SAFETY: The `binder_command_strings` array only contains strings with ascii-chars.
         unsafe { from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) }
     }

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 05/11] rnull: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

This backslid in commit d969d504bc13 ("rnull: enable configuration via
`configfs`") and commit 34585dc649fb ("rnull: add soft-irq completion
support").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs b/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
index 8498e9bae6fd..6713a6d92391 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
+++ b/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 use super::{NullBlkDevice, THIS_MODULE};
-use core::fmt::{Display, Write};
 use kernel::{
     block::mq::gen_disk::{GenDisk, GenDiskBuilder},
     c_str,
     configfs::{self, AttributeOperations},
-    configfs_attrs, new_mutex,
+    configfs_attrs,
+    fmt::{self, Write as _},
+    new_mutex,
     page::PAGE_SIZE,
     prelude::*,
     str::{kstrtobool_bytes, CString},
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ fn try_from(value: u8) -> Result<Self> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Display for IRQMode {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+impl fmt::Display for IRQMode {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::None => f.write_str("0")?,
             Self::Soft => f.write_str("1")?,

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 06/11] rust: alloc: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

This backslid in commit 9def0d0a2a1c ("rust: alloc: add
Vec::push_within_capacity").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
index 21a920a4b09b..e7de5049ee47 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 //! Errors for the [`Vec`] type.
 
-use kernel::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
+use kernel::fmt;
 use kernel::prelude::*;
 
 /// Error type for [`Vec::push_within_capacity`].
 pub struct PushError<T>(pub T);
 
-impl<T> Debug for PushError<T> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+impl<T> fmt::Debug for PushError<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "Not enough capacity")
     }
 }
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ fn from(_: PushError<T>) -> Error {
 /// Error type for [`Vec::remove`].
 pub struct RemoveError;
 
-impl Debug for RemoveError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+impl fmt::Debug for RemoveError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "Index out of bounds")
     }
 }
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ pub enum InsertError<T> {
     OutOfCapacity(T),
 }
 
-impl<T> Debug for InsertError<T> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+impl<T> fmt::Debug for InsertError<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             InsertError::IndexOutOfBounds(_) => write!(f, "Index out of bounds"),
             InsertError::OutOfCapacity(_) => write!(f, "Not enough capacity"),

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 07/11] rust: debugfs: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
support for read-only files").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |  2 +-
 rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |  7 +++----
 rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |  6 +++---
 rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            | 10 +++++-----
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
index 381c23b3dd83..8c35d032acfe 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 // When DebugFS is disabled, many parameters are dead. Linting for this isn't helpful.
 #![cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS), allow(unused_variables))]
 
+use crate::fmt;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::str::CStr;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
 use crate::sync::Arc;
 use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
-use core::fmt;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::marker::PhantomPinned;
 #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
index 6c024230f676..a260d8dee051 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 //! than a trait implementation. If provided, it will override the trait implementation.
 
 use super::{Reader, Writer};
+use crate::fmt;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
-use core::fmt;
-use core::fmt::Formatter;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::ops::Deref;
 
@@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &D {
 
 impl<D, F> Writer for FormatAdapter<D, F>
 where
-    F: Fn(&D, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
+    F: Fn(&D, &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
 {
-    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         // SAFETY: FormatAdapter<_, F> can only be constructed if F is inhabited
         let f: &F = unsafe { materialize_zst() };
         f(&self.inner, fmt)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
index 50fead17b6f3..9ad5e3fa6f69 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 use super::{Reader, Writer};
 use crate::debugfs::callback_adapters::Adapter;
+use crate::fmt;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::seq_file::SeqFile;
 use crate::seq_print;
 use crate::uaccess::UserSlice;
-use core::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result};
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
 #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
 
 struct WriterAdapter<T>(T);
 
-impl<'a, T: Writer> Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
+impl<'a, T: Writer> fmt::Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         self.0.write(f)
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
index ab009eb254b3..ad33bfbc7669 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 //! Traits for rendering or updating values exported to DebugFS.
 
+use crate::fmt;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::sync::Mutex;
 use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
-use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use core::str::FromStr;
 use core::sync::atomic::{
     AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI64, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU64,
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
 /// explicitly instead.
 pub trait Writer {
     /// Formats the value using the given formatter.
-    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
+    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
 }
 
 impl<T: Writer> Writer for Mutex<T> {
-    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         self.lock().write(f)
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Debug> Writer for T {
-    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+impl<T: fmt::Debug> Writer for T {
+    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         writeln!(f, "{self:?}")
     }
 }

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 08/11] rust: pci: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

This backslid in commit ed78a01887e2 ("rust: pci: provide access to PCI
Class and Class-related items").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/pci/id.rs | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs b/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
index 7f2a7f57507f..5f5d59ff49fc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! This module contains PCI class codes, Vendor IDs, and supporting types.
 
-use crate::{bindings, error::code::EINVAL, error::Error, prelude::*};
-use core::fmt;
+use crate::{bindings, error::code::EINVAL, error::Error, fmt, prelude::*};
 
 /// PCI device class codes.
 ///

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 09/11] rust: remove spurious `use core::fmt::Debug`

[Tamir Duberstein]

We want folks to use `kernel::fmt` but this is only used for `derive` so
can be removed entirely.

This backslid in commit ea60cea07d8c ("rust: add `Alignment` type").

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/ptr.rs | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
index 2e5e2a090480..e3893ed04049 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 //! Types and functions to work with pointers and addresses.
 
-use core::fmt::Debug;
 use core::mem::align_of;
 use core::num::NonZero;
 

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 10/11] rust: support formatting of foreign types

[Tamir Duberstein]

Introduce a `fmt!` macro which wraps all arguments in
`kernel::fmt::Adapter` and a `kernel::fmt::Display` trait. This enables
formatting of foreign types (like `core::ffi::CStr`) that do not
implement `core::fmt::Display` due to concerns around lossy conversions
which do not apply in the kernel.

Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/288089-General/topic/Custom.20formatting/with/516476467
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/fmt.rs     | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 rust/kernel/prelude.rs |  3 +-
 rust/macros/fmt.rs     | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rust/macros/lib.rs     | 19 ++++++++++
 rust/macros/quote.rs   |  7 ++++
 5 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/fmt.rs b/rust/kernel/fmt.rs
index 0306e8388968..84d634201d90 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/fmt.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/fmt.rs
@@ -4,4 +4,89 @@
 //!
 //! This module is intended to be used in place of `core::fmt` in kernel code.
 
-pub use core::fmt::{Arguments, Debug, Display, Error, Formatter, Result, Write};
+pub use core::fmt::{Arguments, Debug, Error, Formatter, Result, Write};
+
+/// Internal adapter used to route allow implementations of formatting traits for foreign types.
+///
+/// It is inserted automatically by the [`fmt!`] macro and is not meant to be used directly.
+///
+/// [`fmt!`]: crate::prelude::fmt!
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub struct Adapter<T>(pub T);
+
+macro_rules! impl_fmt_adapter_forward {
+    ($($trait:ident),* $(,)?) => {
+        $(
+            impl<T: $trait> $trait for Adapter<T> {
+                fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
+                    let Self(t) = self;
+                    $trait::fmt(t, f)
+                }
+            }
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+use core::fmt::{Binary, LowerExp, LowerHex, Octal, Pointer, UpperExp, UpperHex};
+impl_fmt_adapter_forward!(Debug, LowerHex, UpperHex, Octal, Binary, Pointer, LowerExp, UpperExp);
+
+/// A copy of [`core::fmt::Display`] that allows us to implement it for foreign types.
+///
+/// Types should implement this trait rather than [`core::fmt::Display`]. Together with the
+/// [`Adapter`] type and [`fmt!`] macro, it allows for formatting foreign types (e.g. types from
+/// core) which do not implement [`core::fmt::Display`] directly.
+///
+/// [`fmt!`]: crate::prelude::fmt!
+pub trait Display {
+    /// Same as [`core::fmt::Display::fmt`].
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result;
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized + Display> Display for &T {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
+        Display::fmt(*self, f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized + Display> core::fmt::Display for Adapter<&T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
+        let Self(t) = self;
+        Display::fmt(t, f)
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! impl_display_forward {
+    ($(
+        $( { $($generics:tt)* } )? $ty:ty $( { where $($where:tt)* } )?
+    ),* $(,)?) => {
+        $(
+            impl$($($generics)*)? Display for $ty $(where $($where)*)? {
+                fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
+                    core::fmt::Display::fmt(self, f)
+                }
+            }
+        )*
+    };
+}
+
+impl_display_forward!(
+    bool,
+    char,
+    core::panic::PanicInfo<'_>,
+    Arguments<'_>,
+    i128,
+    i16,
+    i32,
+    i64,
+    i8,
+    isize,
+    str,
+    u128,
+    u16,
+    u32,
+    u64,
+    u8,
+    usize,
+    {<T: ?Sized>} crate::sync::Arc<T> {where crate::sync::Arc<T>: core::fmt::Display},
+    {<T: ?Sized>} crate::sync::UniqueArc<T> {where crate::sync::UniqueArc<T>: core::fmt::Display},
+);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index 198d09a31449..26424ad7e989 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 pub use crate::alloc::{flags::*, Box, KBox, KVBox, KVVec, KVec, VBox, VVec, Vec};
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
-pub use macros::{export, kunit_tests, module, vtable};
+pub use macros::{export, fmt, kunit_tests, module, vtable};
 
 pub use pin_init::{init, pin_data, pin_init, pinned_drop, InPlaceWrite, Init, PinInit, Zeroable};
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 pub use super::dbg;
 pub use super::{dev_alert, dev_crit, dev_dbg, dev_emerg, dev_err, dev_info, dev_notice, dev_warn};
 pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notice, pr_warn};
-pub use core::format_args as fmt;
 
 pub use super::{try_init, try_pin_init};
 
diff --git a/rust/macros/fmt.rs b/rust/macros/fmt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f4b9f6e2211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/macros/fmt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+use proc_macro::{Ident, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use std::collections::BTreeSet;
+
+/// Please see [`crate::fmt`] for documentation.
+pub(crate) fn fmt(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let mut input = input.into_iter();
+
+    let first_opt = input.next();
+    let first_owned_str;
+    let mut names = BTreeSet::new();
+    let first_span = {
+        let Some((mut first_str, first_span)) = (match first_opt.as_ref() {
+            Some(TokenTree::Literal(first_lit)) => {
+                first_owned_str = first_lit.to_string();
+                Some(first_owned_str.as_str()).and_then(|first| {
+                    let first = first.strip_prefix('"')?;
+                    let first = first.strip_suffix('"')?;
+                    Some((first, first_lit.span()))
+                })
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }) else {
+            return first_opt.into_iter().chain(input).collect();
+        };
+
+        // Parse `identifier`s from the format string.
+        //
+        // See https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/index.html#syntax.
+        while let Some((_, rest)) = first_str.split_once('{') {
+            first_str = rest;
+            if let Some(rest) = first_str.strip_prefix('{') {
+                first_str = rest;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if let Some((name, rest)) = first_str.split_once('}') {
+                first_str = rest;
+                let name = name.split_once(':').map_or(name, |(name, _)| name);
+                if !name.is_empty() && !name.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
+                    names.insert(name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        first_span
+    };
+
+    let adapter = quote_spanned!(first_span => ::kernel::fmt::Adapter);
+
+    let mut args = TokenStream::from_iter(first_opt);
+    {
+        let mut flush = |args: &mut TokenStream, current: &mut TokenStream| {
+            let current = std::mem::take(current);
+            if !current.is_empty() {
+                let (lhs, rhs) = (|| {
+                    let mut current = current.into_iter();
+                    let mut acc = TokenStream::new();
+                    while let Some(tt) = current.next() {
+                        // Split on `=` only once to handle cases like `a = b = c`.
+                        if matches!(&tt, TokenTree::Punct(p) if p.as_char() == '=') {
+                            names.remove(acc.to_string().as_str());
+                            // Include the `=` itself to keep the handling below uniform.
+                            acc.extend([tt]);
+                            return (Some(acc), current.collect::<TokenStream>());
+                        }
+                        acc.extend([tt]);
+                    }
+                    (None, acc)
+                })();
+                args.extend(quote_spanned!(first_span => #lhs #adapter(&#rhs)));
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut current = TokenStream::new();
+        for tt in input {
+            match &tt {
+                TokenTree::Punct(p) if p.as_char() == ',' => {
+                    flush(&mut args, &mut current);
+                    &mut args
+                }
+                _ => &mut current,
+            }
+            .extend([tt]);
+        }
+        flush(&mut args, &mut current);
+    }
+
+    for name in names {
+        let name = Ident::new(name, first_span);
+        args.extend(quote_spanned!(first_span => , #name = #adapter(&#name)));
+    }
+
+    quote_spanned!(first_span => ::core::format_args!(#args))
+}
diff --git a/rust/macros/lib.rs b/rust/macros/lib.rs
index fa847cf3a9b5..793f712dbf7c 100644
--- a/rust/macros/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 mod quote;
 mod concat_idents;
 mod export;
+mod fmt;
 mod helpers;
 mod kunit;
 mod module;
@@ -201,6 +202,24 @@ pub fn export(attr: TokenStream, ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     export::export(attr, ts)
 }
 
+/// Like [`core::format_args!`], but automatically wraps arguments in [`kernel::fmt::Adapter`].
+///
+/// This macro allows generating `fmt::Arguments` while ensuring that each argument is wrapped with
+/// `::kernel::fmt::Adapter`, which customizes formatting behavior for kernel logging.
+///
+/// Named arguments used in the format string (e.g. `{foo}`) are detected and resolved from local
+/// bindings. All positional and named arguments are automatically wrapped.
+///
+/// This macro is an implementation detail of other kernel logging macros like [`pr_info!`] and
+/// should not typically be used directly.
+///
+/// [`kernel::fmt::Adapter`]: ../kernel/fmt/struct.Adapter.html
+/// [`pr_info!`]: ../kernel/macro.pr_info.html
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn fmt(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    fmt::fmt(input)
+}
+
 /// Concatenate two identifiers.
 ///
 /// This is useful in macros that need to declare or reference items with names
diff --git a/rust/macros/quote.rs b/rust/macros/quote.rs
index acc140c18653..ddfc21577539 100644
--- a/rust/macros/quote.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/quote.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ macro_rules! quote_spanned {
     ($span:expr => $($tt:tt)*) => {{
         let mut tokens = ::proc_macro::TokenStream::new();
         {
+            #[allow(unused_variables)]
             let span = $span;
             quote_spanned!(@proc tokens span $($tt)*);
         }
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ macro_rules! quote_spanned {
         )]);
         quote_spanned!(@proc $v $span $($tt)*);
     };
+    (@proc $v:ident $span:ident & $($tt:tt)*) => {
+        $v.extend([::proc_macro::TokenTree::Punct(
+            ::proc_macro::Punct::new('&', ::proc_macro::Spacing::Alone),
+        )]);
+        quote_spanned!(@proc $v $span $($tt)*);
+    };
     (@proc $v:ident $span:ident _ $($tt:tt)*) => {
         $v.extend([::proc_macro::TokenTree::Ident(
             ::proc_macro::Ident::new("_", $span),

-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH v17 11/11] rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`

[Tamir Duberstein]

`kernel::ffi::CStr` was introduced in commit d126d2380131 ("rust: str:
add `CStr` type") in November 2022 as an upstreaming of earlier work
that was done in May 2021[0]. That earlier work, having predated the
inclusion of `CStr` in `core`, largely duplicated the implementation of
`std::ffi::CStr`.

`std::ffi::CStr` was moved to `core::ffi::CStr` in Rust 1.64 in
September 2022. Hence replace `kernel::str::CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
to reduce our custom code footprint, and retain needed custom
functionality through an extension trait.

Add `CStr` to `ffi` and the kernel prelude.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/commit/faa3cbcca03d0dec8f8e43f1d8d5c0860d98a23f [0]
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder/stats.rs |   2 +-
 rust/ffi.rs                     |   2 +
 rust/kernel/device.rs           |   1 +
 rust/kernel/error.rs            |   2 +
 rust/kernel/firmware.rs         |   9 +-
 rust/kernel/prelude.rs          |   4 +-
 rust/kernel/seq_file.rs         |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/str.rs              | 395 +++++++++-------------------------------
 rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs     |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs        |   2 +-
 rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs |   2 +-
 11 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 313 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs b/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
index 10c43679d5c3..037002651941 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/stats.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub(crate) fn debug_print(&self, prefix: &str, m: &SeqFile) {
 
 mod strings {
     use core::str::from_utf8_unchecked;
-    use kernel::str::CStr;
+    use kernel::str::{CStr, CStrExt as _};
 
     extern "C" {
         static binder_command_strings: [*const u8; super::BC_COUNT];
diff --git a/rust/ffi.rs b/rust/ffi.rs
index d60aad792af4..f961e9728f59 100644
--- a/rust/ffi.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi.rs
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ macro_rules! alias {
 }
 
 pub use core::ffi::c_void;
+
+pub use core::ffi::CStr;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index 1321e6f0b53c..0b13aa60b685 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
 use crate::c_str;
+use crate::str::CStrExt as _;
 
 pub mod property;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
index 1c0e0e241daa..258b12afdcba 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&'static CStr> {
         if ptr.is_null() {
             None
         } else {
+            use crate::str::CStrExt as _;
+
             // SAFETY: The string returned by `errname` is static and `NUL`-terminated.
             Some(unsafe { CStr::from_char_ptr(ptr) })
         }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index 94e6bb88b903..376e7e77453f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/linux/firmware.h`](srctree/include/linux/firmware.h)
 
-use crate::{bindings, device::Device, error::Error, error::Result, ffi, str::CStr};
+use crate::{
+    bindings,
+    device::Device,
+    error::Error,
+    error::Result,
+    ffi,
+    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
+};
 use core::ptr::NonNull;
 
 /// # Invariants
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index 26424ad7e989..33fa8404c5c6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 pub use ::ffi::{
     c_char, c_int, c_long, c_longlong, c_schar, c_short, c_uchar, c_uint, c_ulong, c_ulonglong,
-    c_ushort, c_void,
+    c_ushort, c_void, CStr,
 };
 
 pub use crate::alloc::{flags::*, Box, KBox, KVBox, KVVec, KVec, VBox, VVec, Vec};
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 pub use super::error::{code::*, Error, Result};
 
-pub use super::{str::CStr, ThisModule};
+pub use super::{str::CStrExt as _, ThisModule};
 
 pub use super::init::InPlaceInit;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs b/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
index 59fbfc2473f8..855e533813a6 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! C header: [`include/linux/seq_file.h`](srctree/include/linux/seq_file.h)
 
-use crate::{bindings, c_str, fmt, types::NotThreadSafe, types::Opaque};
+use crate::{bindings, c_str, fmt, str::CStrExt as _, types::NotThreadSafe, types::Opaque};
 
 /// A utility for generating the contents of a seq file.
 #[repr(transparent)]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index 5c74e5f77601..da539e1f29d4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 };
 use core::{
     marker::PhantomData,
-    ops::{self, Deref, DerefMut, Index},
+    ops::{Deref, DerefMut, Index},
 };
 
+pub use crate::prelude::CStr;
+
 /// Byte string without UTF-8 validity guarantee.
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct BStr([u8]);
@@ -186,58 +188,17 @@ macro_rules! b_str {
 // - error[E0379]: functions in trait impls cannot be declared const
 #[inline]
 pub const fn as_char_ptr_in_const_context(c_str: &CStr) -> *const c_char {
-    c_str.0.as_ptr()
+    c_str.as_ptr().cast()
 }
 
-/// Possible errors when using conversion functions in [`CStr`].
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum CStrConvertError {
-    /// Supplied bytes contain an interior `NUL`.
-    InteriorNul,
-
-    /// Supplied bytes are not terminated by `NUL`.
-    NotNulTerminated,
-}
+mod private {
+    pub trait Sealed {}
 
-impl From<CStrConvertError> for Error {
-    #[inline]
-    fn from(_: CStrConvertError) -> Error {
-        EINVAL
-    }
+    impl Sealed for super::CStr {}
 }
 
-/// A string that is guaranteed to have exactly one `NUL` byte, which is at the
-/// end.
-///
-/// Used for interoperability with kernel APIs that take C strings.
-#[repr(transparent)]
-pub struct CStr([u8]);
-
-impl CStr {
-    /// Returns the length of this string excluding `NUL`.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.len_with_nul() - 1
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the length of this string with `NUL`.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn len_with_nul(&self) -> usize {
-        if self.0.is_empty() {
-            // SAFETY: This is one of the invariant of `CStr`.
-            // We add a `unreachable_unchecked` here to hint the optimizer that
-            // the value returned from this function is non-zero.
-            unsafe { core::hint::unreachable_unchecked() };
-        }
-        self.0.len()
-    }
-
-    /// Returns `true` if the string only includes `NUL`.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len() == 0
-    }
-
+/// Extensions to [`CStr`].
+pub trait CStrExt: private::Sealed {
     /// Wraps a raw C string pointer.
     ///
     /// # Safety
@@ -245,54 +206,9 @@ pub const fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
     /// `ptr` must be a valid pointer to a `NUL`-terminated C string, and it must
     /// last at least `'a`. When `CStr` is alive, the memory pointed by `ptr`
     /// must not be mutated.
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn from_char_ptr<'a>(ptr: *const c_char) -> &'a Self {
-        // SAFETY: The safety precondition guarantees `ptr` is a valid pointer
-        // to a `NUL`-terminated C string.
-        let len = unsafe { bindings::strlen(ptr) } + 1;
-        // SAFETY: Lifetime guaranteed by the safety precondition.
-        let bytes = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.cast(), len) };
-        // SAFETY: As `len` is returned by `strlen`, `bytes` does not contain interior `NUL`.
-        // As we have added 1 to `len`, the last byte is known to be `NUL`.
-        unsafe { Self::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(bytes) }
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a [`CStr`] from a `[u8]`.
-    ///
-    /// The provided slice must be `NUL`-terminated, does not contain any
-    /// interior `NUL` bytes.
-    pub const fn from_bytes_with_nul(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<&Self, CStrConvertError> {
-        if bytes.is_empty() {
-            return Err(CStrConvertError::NotNulTerminated);
-        }
-        if bytes[bytes.len() - 1] != 0 {
-            return Err(CStrConvertError::NotNulTerminated);
-        }
-        let mut i = 0;
-        // `i + 1 < bytes.len()` allows LLVM to optimize away bounds checking,
-        // while it couldn't optimize away bounds checks for `i < bytes.len() - 1`.
-        while i + 1 < bytes.len() {
-            if bytes[i] == 0 {
-                return Err(CStrConvertError::InteriorNul);
-            }
-            i += 1;
-        }
-        // SAFETY: We just checked that all properties hold.
-        Ok(unsafe { Self::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(bytes) })
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a [`CStr`] from a `[u8]` without performing any additional
-    /// checks.
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    ///
-    /// `bytes` *must* end with a `NUL` byte, and should only have a single
-    /// `NUL` byte (or the string will be truncated).
-    #[inline]
-    pub const unsafe fn from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(bytes: &[u8]) -> &CStr {
-        // SAFETY: Properties of `bytes` guaranteed by the safety precondition.
-        unsafe { core::mem::transmute(bytes) }
-    }
+    // This function exists to paper over the fact that `CStr::from_ptr` takes a `*const
+    // core::ffi::c_char` rather than a `*const crate::ffi::c_char`.
+    unsafe fn from_char_ptr<'a>(ptr: *const c_char) -> &'a Self;
 
     /// Creates a mutable [`CStr`] from a `[u8]` without performing any
     /// additional checks.
@@ -301,99 +217,16 @@ pub const fn from_bytes_with_nul(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<&Self, CStrConvertError
     ///
     /// `bytes` *must* end with a `NUL` byte, and should only have a single
     /// `NUL` byte (or the string will be truncated).
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut CStr {
-        // SAFETY: Properties of `bytes` guaranteed by the safety precondition.
-        unsafe { &mut *(core::ptr::from_mut(bytes) as *mut CStr) }
-    }
+    unsafe fn from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self;
 
     /// Returns a C pointer to the string.
-    ///
-    /// Using this function in a const context is deprecated in favor of
-    /// [`as_char_ptr_in_const_context`] in preparation for replacing `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
-    /// which does not have this method.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn as_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
-        as_char_ptr_in_const_context(self)
-    }
-
-    /// Convert the string to a byte slice without the trailing `NUL` byte.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.0[..self.len()]
-    }
-
-    /// Convert the string to a byte slice without the trailing `NUL` byte.
-    ///
-    /// This function is deprecated in favor of [`Self::to_bytes`] in preparation for replacing
-    /// `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr` which does not have this method.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.to_bytes()
-    }
-
-    /// Convert the string to a byte slice containing the trailing `NUL` byte.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn to_bytes_with_nul(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.0
-    }
-
-    /// Convert the string to a byte slice containing the trailing `NUL` byte.
-    ///
-    /// This function is deprecated in favor of [`Self::to_bytes_with_nul`] in preparation for
-    /// replacing `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr` which does not have this method.
-    #[inline]
-    pub const fn as_bytes_with_nul(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.to_bytes_with_nul()
-    }
-
-    /// Yields a [`&str`] slice if the [`CStr`] contains valid UTF-8.
-    ///
-    /// If the contents of the [`CStr`] are valid UTF-8 data, this
-    /// function will return the corresponding [`&str`] slice. Otherwise,
-    /// it will return an error with details of where UTF-8 validation failed.
-    ///
-    /// # Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
-    /// let cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"foo\0")?;
-    /// assert_eq!(cstr.to_str(), Ok("foo"));
-    /// # Ok::<(), kernel::error::Error>(())
-    /// ```
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn to_str(&self) -> Result<&str, core::str::Utf8Error> {
-        core::str::from_utf8(self.as_bytes())
-    }
-
-    /// Unsafely convert this [`CStr`] into a [`&str`], without checking for
-    /// valid UTF-8.
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    ///
-    /// The contents must be valid UTF-8.
-    ///
-    /// # Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::c_str;
-    /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
-    /// let bar = c_str!("ツ");
-    /// // SAFETY: String literals are guaranteed to be valid UTF-8
-    /// // by the Rust compiler.
-    /// assert_eq!(unsafe { bar.as_str_unchecked() }, "ツ");
-    /// ```
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn as_str_unchecked(&self) -> &str {
-        // SAFETY: TODO.
-        unsafe { core::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.as_bytes()) }
-    }
+    // This function exists to paper over the fact that `CStr::as_ptr` returns a `*const
+    // core::ffi::c_char` rather than a `*const crate::ffi::c_char`.
+    fn as_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char;
 
     /// Convert this [`CStr`] into a [`CString`] by allocating memory and
     /// copying over the string data.
-    pub fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
-        CString::try_from(self)
-    }
+    fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError>;
 
     /// Converts this [`CStr`] to its ASCII lower case equivalent in-place.
     ///
@@ -404,11 +237,7 @@ pub fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
     /// [`to_ascii_lowercase()`].
     ///
     /// [`to_ascii_lowercase()`]: #method.to_ascii_lowercase
-    pub fn make_ascii_lowercase(&mut self) {
-        // INVARIANT: This doesn't introduce or remove NUL bytes in the C
-        // string.
-        self.0.make_ascii_lowercase();
-    }
+    fn make_ascii_lowercase(&mut self);
 
     /// Converts this [`CStr`] to its ASCII upper case equivalent in-place.
     ///
@@ -419,11 +248,7 @@ pub fn make_ascii_lowercase(&mut self) {
     /// [`to_ascii_uppercase()`].
     ///
     /// [`to_ascii_uppercase()`]: #method.to_ascii_uppercase
-    pub fn make_ascii_uppercase(&mut self) {
-        // INVARIANT: This doesn't introduce or remove NUL bytes in the C
-        // string.
-        self.0.make_ascii_uppercase();
-    }
+    fn make_ascii_uppercase(&mut self);
 
     /// Returns a copy of this [`CString`] where each character is mapped to its
     /// ASCII lower case equivalent.
@@ -434,13 +259,7 @@ pub fn make_ascii_uppercase(&mut self) {
     /// To lowercase the value in-place, use [`make_ascii_lowercase`].
     ///
     /// [`make_ascii_lowercase`]: str::make_ascii_lowercase
-    pub fn to_ascii_lowercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
-        let mut s = self.to_cstring()?;
-
-        s.make_ascii_lowercase();
-
-        Ok(s)
-    }
+    fn to_ascii_lowercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError>;
 
     /// Returns a copy of this [`CString`] where each character is mapped to its
     /// ASCII upper case equivalent.
@@ -451,13 +270,7 @@ pub fn to_ascii_lowercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
     /// To uppercase the value in-place, use [`make_ascii_uppercase`].
     ///
     /// [`make_ascii_uppercase`]: str::make_ascii_uppercase
-    pub fn to_ascii_uppercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
-        let mut s = self.to_cstring()?;
-
-        s.make_ascii_uppercase();
-
-        Ok(s)
-    }
+    fn to_ascii_uppercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError>;
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for CStr {
@@ -490,98 +303,75 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Debug for CStr {
-    /// Formats printable ASCII characters with a double quote on either end, escaping the rest.
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::c_str;
-    /// # use kernel::prelude::fmt;
-    /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
-    /// # use kernel::str::CString;
-    /// let penguin = c_str!("🐧");
-    /// let s = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("{penguin:?}"))?;
-    /// assert_eq!(s.as_bytes_with_nul(), "\"\\xf0\\x9f\\x90\\xa7\"\0".as_bytes());
-    ///
-    /// // Embedded double quotes are escaped.
-    /// let ascii = c_str!("so \"cool\"");
-    /// let s = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("{ascii:?}"))?;
-    /// assert_eq!(s.as_bytes_with_nul(), "\"so \\\"cool\\\"\"\0".as_bytes());
-    /// # Ok::<(), kernel::error::Error>(())
-    /// ```
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        f.write_str("\"")?;
-        for &c in self.as_bytes() {
-            match c {
-                // Printable characters.
-                b'\"' => f.write_str("\\\"")?,
-                0x20..=0x7e => f.write_char(c as char)?,
-                _ => write!(f, "\\x{c:02x}")?,
-            }
-        }
-        f.write_str("\"")
-    }
+/// Converts a mutable C string to a mutable byte slice.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// The caller must ensure that the slice ends in a NUL byte and contains no other NUL bytes before
+/// the borrow ends and the underlying [`CStr`] is used.
+unsafe fn to_bytes_mut(s: &mut CStr) -> &mut [u8] {
+    // SAFETY: the cast from `&CStr` to `&[u8]` is safe since `CStr` has the same layout as `&[u8]`
+    // (this is technically not guaranteed, but we rely on it here). The pointer dereference is
+    // safe since it comes from a mutable reference which is guaranteed to be valid for writes.
+    unsafe { &mut *(core::ptr::from_mut(s) as *mut [u8]) }
 }
 
-impl AsRef<BStr> for CStr {
+impl CStrExt for CStr {
     #[inline]
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &BStr {
-        BStr::from_bytes(self.as_bytes())
+    unsafe fn from_char_ptr<'a>(ptr: *const c_char) -> &'a Self {
+        // SAFETY: The safety preconditions are the same as for `CStr::from_ptr`.
+        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr.cast()) }
     }
-}
 
-impl Deref for CStr {
-    type Target = BStr;
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self {
+        // SAFETY: the cast from `&[u8]` to `&CStr` is safe since the properties of `bytes` are
+        // guaranteed by the safety precondition and `CStr` has the same layout as `&[u8]` (this is
+        // technically not guaranteed, but we rely on it here). The pointer dereference is safe
+        // since it comes from a mutable reference which is guaranteed to be valid for writes.
+        unsafe { &mut *(core::ptr::from_mut(bytes) as *mut CStr) }
+    }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        self.as_ref()
+    fn as_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
+        self.as_ptr().cast()
+    }
+
+    fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
+        CString::try_from(self)
     }
-}
 
-impl Index<ops::RangeFrom<usize>> for CStr {
-    type Output = CStr;
+    fn make_ascii_lowercase(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY: This doesn't introduce or remove NUL bytes in the C string.
+        unsafe { to_bytes_mut(self) }.make_ascii_lowercase();
+    }
 
-    #[inline]
-    fn index(&self, index: ops::RangeFrom<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
-        // Delegate bounds checking to slice.
-        // Assign to _ to mute clippy's unnecessary operation warning.
-        let _ = &self.as_bytes()[index.start..];
-        // SAFETY: We just checked the bounds.
-        unsafe { Self::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(&self.0[index.start..]) }
+    fn make_ascii_uppercase(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY: This doesn't introduce or remove NUL bytes in the C string.
+        unsafe { to_bytes_mut(self) }.make_ascii_uppercase();
     }
-}
 
-impl Index<ops::RangeFull> for CStr {
-    type Output = CStr;
+    fn to_ascii_lowercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
+        let mut s = self.to_cstring()?;
 
-    #[inline]
-    fn index(&self, _index: ops::RangeFull) -> &Self::Output {
-        self
+        s.make_ascii_lowercase();
+
+        Ok(s)
     }
-}
 
-mod private {
-    use core::ops;
+    fn to_ascii_uppercase(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
+        let mut s = self.to_cstring()?;
 
-    // Marker trait for index types that can be forward to `BStr`.
-    pub trait CStrIndex {}
+        s.make_ascii_uppercase();
 
-    impl CStrIndex for usize {}
-    impl CStrIndex for ops::Range<usize> {}
-    impl CStrIndex for ops::RangeInclusive<usize> {}
-    impl CStrIndex for ops::RangeToInclusive<usize> {}
+        Ok(s)
+    }
 }
 
-impl<Idx> Index<Idx> for CStr
-where
-    Idx: private::CStrIndex,
-    BStr: Index<Idx>,
-{
-    type Output = <BStr as Index<Idx>>::Output;
-
+impl AsRef<BStr> for CStr {
     #[inline]
-    fn index(&self, index: Idx) -> &Self::Output {
-        &self.as_ref()[index]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &BStr {
+        BStr::from_bytes(self.to_bytes())
     }
 }
 
@@ -612,6 +402,13 @@ macro_rules! c_str {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    impl From<core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError> for Error {
+        #[inline]
+        fn from(_: core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError) -> Error {
+            EINVAL
+        }
+    }
+
     macro_rules! format {
         ($($f:tt)*) => ({
             CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!($($f)*))?.to_str()?
@@ -634,40 +431,28 @@ macro_rules! format {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_cstr_to_str() -> Result {
-        let good_bytes = b"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80\0";
-        let checked_cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(good_bytes)?;
-        let checked_str = checked_cstr.to_str()?;
+        let cstr = c"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80";
+        let checked_str = cstr.to_str()?;
         assert_eq!(checked_str, "🦀");
         Ok(())
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_cstr_to_str_invalid_utf8() -> Result {
-        let bad_bytes = b"\xc3\x28\0";
-        let checked_cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(bad_bytes)?;
-        assert!(checked_cstr.to_str().is_err());
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_cstr_as_str_unchecked() -> Result {
-        let good_bytes = b"\xf0\x9f\x90\xA7\0";
-        let checked_cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(good_bytes)?;
-        // SAFETY: The contents come from a string literal which contains valid UTF-8.
-        let unchecked_str = unsafe { checked_cstr.as_str_unchecked() };
-        assert_eq!(unchecked_str, "🐧");
+        let cstr = c"\xc3\x28";
+        assert!(cstr.to_str().is_err());
         Ok(())
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_cstr_display() -> Result {
-        let hello_world = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"hello, world!\0")?;
+        let hello_world = c"hello, world!";
         assert_eq!(format!("{hello_world}"), "hello, world!");
-        let non_printables = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"\x01\x09\x0a\0")?;
+        let non_printables = c"\x01\x09\x0a";
         assert_eq!(format!("{non_printables}"), "\\x01\\x09\\x0a");
-        let non_ascii = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"d\xe9j\xe0 vu\0")?;
+        let non_ascii = c"d\xe9j\xe0 vu";
         assert_eq!(format!("{non_ascii}"), "d\\xe9j\\xe0 vu");
-        let good_bytes = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80\0")?;
+        let good_bytes = c"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80";
         assert_eq!(format!("{good_bytes}"), "\\xf0\\x9f\\xa6\\x80");
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -686,13 +471,13 @@ fn test_cstr_display_all_bytes() -> Result {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_cstr_debug() -> Result {
-        let hello_world = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"hello, world!\0")?;
+        let hello_world = c"hello, world!";
         assert_eq!(format!("{hello_world:?}"), "\"hello, world!\"");
-        let non_printables = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"\x01\x09\x0a\0")?;
-        assert_eq!(format!("{non_printables:?}"), "\"\\x01\\x09\\x0a\"");
-        let non_ascii = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"d\xe9j\xe0 vu\0")?;
+        let non_printables = c"\x01\x09\x0a";
+        assert_eq!(format!("{non_printables:?}"), "\"\\x01\\t\\n\"");
+        let non_ascii = c"d\xe9j\xe0 vu";
         assert_eq!(format!("{non_ascii:?}"), "\"d\\xe9j\\xe0 vu\"");
-        let good_bytes = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80\0")?;
+        let good_bytes = c"\xf0\x9f\xa6\x80";
         assert_eq!(format!("{good_bytes:?}"), "\"\\xf0\\x9f\\xa6\\x80\"");
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
index c6ec64295c9f..a24e25a690ee 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/condvar.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use super::{lock::Backend, lock::Guard, LockClassKey};
 use crate::{
     ffi::{c_int, c_long},
-    str::CStr,
+    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
     task::{
         MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, TASK_FREEZABLE, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, TASK_NORMAL, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE,
     },
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
index 27202beef90c..5d7991e6d373 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use super::LockClassKey;
 use crate::{
-    str::CStr,
+    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
     types::{NotThreadSafe, Opaque, ScopeGuard},
 };
 use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, marker::PhantomPinned, pin::Pin};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
index d65f94b5caf2..79d0ef7fda86 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //! Support for defining statics containing locks.
 
 use crate::{
-    str::CStr,
+    str::{CStr, CStrExt as _},
     sync::lock::{Backend, Guard, Lock},
     sync::{LockClassKey, LockedBy},
     types::Opaque,

-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH v17 06/11] rust: alloc: use `kernel::fmt`

[Tamir Duberstein]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit 9def0d0a2a1c ("rust: alloc: add
> Vec::push_within_capacity").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
> index 21a920a4b09b..e7de5049ee47 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
> @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
>
>  //! Errors for the [`Vec`] type.
>
> -use kernel::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
> +use kernel::fmt;
>  use kernel::prelude::*;

Oops, this one is not necessary. Just a style change here.

Re: [PATCH v17 02/11] rust_binder: remove trailing comma

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:32PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> This prepares for a later commit in which we introduce a custom
> formatting macro; that macro doesn't handle trailing commas so just
> remove this one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v17 03/11] rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:33PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
> 
> This backslid in commit eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder
> driver").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v17 04/11] rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:34PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Prepare for `core::ffi::CStr` taking the place of `kernel::str::CStr` by
> avoiding methods that only exist on the latter.
> 
> This backslid in commit eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder
> driver").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v17 06/11] rust: alloc: use `kernel::fmt`

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:36PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
> 
> This backslid in commit 9def0d0a2a1c ("rust: alloc: add
> Vec::push_within_capacity").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v17 09/11] rust: remove spurious `use core::fmt::Debug`

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:39PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> We want folks to use `kernel::fmt` but this is only used for `derive` so
> can be removed entirely.
> 
> This backslid in commit ea60cea07d8c ("rust: add `Alignment` type").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v17 07/11] rust: debugfs: use `kernel::fmt`

[Matthew Maurer]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
> callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
> support for read-only files").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |  2 +-
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |  7 +++----
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |  6 +++---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            | 10 +++++-----
>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>


On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
> callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
> support for read-only files").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |  2 +-
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |  7 +++----
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |  6 +++---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            | 10 +++++-----
>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> index 381c23b3dd83..8c35d032acfe 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
>  // When DebugFS is disabled, many parameters are dead. Linting for this isn't helpful.
>  #![cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS), allow(unused_variables))]
>
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::str::CStr;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
>  use crate::sync::Arc;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt;
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>  use core::marker::PhantomPinned;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> index 6c024230f676..a260d8dee051 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> @@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
>  //! than a trait implementation. If provided, it will override the trait implementation.
>
>  use super::{Reader, Writer};
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt;
> -use core::fmt::Formatter;
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>  use core::ops::Deref;
>
> @@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &D {
>
>  impl<D, F> Writer for FormatAdapter<D, F>
>  where
> -    F: Fn(&D, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
> +    F: Fn(&D, &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
>  {
> -    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          // SAFETY: FormatAdapter<_, F> can only be constructed if F is inhabited
>          let f: &F = unsafe { materialize_zst() };
>          f(&self.inner, fmt)
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> index 50fead17b6f3..9ad5e3fa6f69 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
>
>  use super::{Reader, Writer};
>  use crate::debugfs::callback_adapters::Adapter;
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::seq_file::SeqFile;
>  use crate::seq_print;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSlice;
> -use core::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result};
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
>
>  struct WriterAdapter<T>(T);
>
> -impl<'a, T: Writer> Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
> -    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
> +impl<'a, T: Writer> fmt::Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
> +    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          self.0.write(f)
>      }
>  }
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> index ab009eb254b3..ad33bfbc7669 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
>
>  //! Traits for rendering or updating values exported to DebugFS.
>
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::sync::Mutex;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
>  use core::str::FromStr;
>  use core::sync::atomic::{
>      AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI64, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU64,
> @@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
>  /// explicitly instead.
>  pub trait Writer {
>      /// Formats the value using the given formatter.
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
>  }
>
>  impl<T: Writer> Writer for Mutex<T> {
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          self.lock().write(f)
>      }
>  }
>
> -impl<T: Debug> Writer for T {
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +impl<T: fmt::Debug> Writer for T {
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          writeln!(f, "{self:?}")
>      }
>  }
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>

Re: [PATCH v17 07/11] rust: debugfs: use `kernel::fmt`

[Danilo Krummrich]

On 10/15/25 9:24 PM, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
> 
> This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
> callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
> support for read-only files").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v17 08/11] rust: pci: use `kernel::fmt`

[Danilo Krummrich]

On 10/15/25 9:24 PM, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
> 
> This backslid in commit ed78a01887e2 ("rust: pci: provide access to PCI
> Class and Class-related items").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v17 06/11] rust: alloc: use `kernel::fmt`

[Danilo Krummrich]

On 10/15/25 9:24 PM, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
> 
> This backslid in commit 9def0d0a2a1c ("rust: alloc: add
> Vec::push_within_capacity").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v17 05/11] rnull: use `kernel::fmt`

[Andreas Hindborg]

"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@gmail.com> writes:

> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit d969d504bc13 ("rnull: enable configuration via
> `configfs`") and commit 34585dc649fb ("rnull: add soft-irq completion
> support").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>


Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

Re: [PATCH v17 00/11] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:30PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> This picks up from Michal Rostecki's work[0]. Per Michal's guidance I
> have omitted Co-authored tags, as the end result is quite different.
> 
> This series is intended to be taken through rust-next. The final patch
> in the series requires some other subsystems' `Acked-by`s:
> - drivers/android/binder/stats.rs: rust_binder. Alice, could you take a
>   look?
> - rust/kernel/device.rs: driver-core. Already acked by gregkh.
> - rust/kernel/firmware.rs: driver-core. Danilo, could you take a look?
> - rust/kernel/seq_file.rs: vfs. Christian, could you take a look?
> - rust/kernel/sync/*: locking-core. Boqun, could you take a look?
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240819153656.28807-2-vadorovsky@protonmail.com/t/#u [0]
> Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

You need a few more changes:

diff --git a/rust/kernel/clk.rs b/rust/kernel/clk.rs
index 1e6c8c42fb3a..c1cfaeaa36a2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/clk.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/clk.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl Clk {
         ///
         /// [`clk_get`]: https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/kernel-api.html#c.clk_get
         pub fn get(dev: &Device, name: Option<&CStr>) -> Result<Self> {
-            let con_id = name.map_or(ptr::null(), |n| n.as_ptr());
+            let con_id = name.map_or(ptr::null(), |n| n.as_char_ptr());
 
             // SAFETY: It is safe to call [`clk_get`] for a valid device pointer.
             //
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ impl OptionalClk {
         /// [`clk_get_optional`]:
         /// https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/kernel-api.html#c.clk_get_optional
         pub fn get(dev: &Device, name: Option<&CStr>) -> Result<Self> {
-            let con_id = name.map_or(ptr::null(), |n| n.as_ptr());
+            let con_id = name.map_or(ptr::null(), |n| n.as_char_ptr());
 
             // SAFETY: It is safe to call [`clk_get_optional`] for a valid device pointer.
             //
diff --git a/rust/kernel/configfs.rs b/rust/kernel/configfs.rs
index 10f1547ca9f1..466fb7f40762 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/configfs.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/configfs.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn new(
                     unsafe {
                         bindings::config_group_init_type_name(
                             &mut (*place.get()).su_group,
-                            name.as_ptr(),
+                            name.as_char_ptr(),
                             item_type.as_ptr(),
                         )
                     };
diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/entry.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/entry.rs
index f99402cd3ba0..5de0ebc27198 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/entry.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/entry.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2025 Google LLC.
 
 use crate::debugfs::file_ops::FileOps;
-use crate::ffi::c_void;
-use crate::str::CStr;
+use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::sync::Arc;
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/regulator.rs b/rust/kernel/regulator.rs
index b55a201e5029..65a4eb096cae 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/regulator.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/regulator.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub struct Error<State: RegulatorState> {
 pub fn devm_enable(dev: &Device<Bound>, name: &CStr) -> Result {
     // SAFETY: `dev` is a valid and bound device, while `name` is a valid C
     // string.
-    to_result(unsafe { bindings::devm_regulator_get_enable(dev.as_raw(), name.as_ptr()) })
+    to_result(unsafe { bindings::devm_regulator_get_enable(dev.as_raw(), name.as_char_ptr()) })
 }
 
 /// Same as [`devm_enable`], but calls `devm_regulator_get_enable_optional`
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ pub fn devm_enable(dev: &Device<Bound>, name: &CStr) -> Result {
 pub fn devm_enable_optional(dev: &Device<Bound>, name: &CStr) -> Result {
     // SAFETY: `dev` is a valid and bound device, while `name` is a valid C
     // string.
-    to_result(unsafe { bindings::devm_regulator_get_enable_optional(dev.as_raw(), name.as_ptr()) })
+    to_result(unsafe {
+        bindings::devm_regulator_get_enable_optional(dev.as_raw(), name.as_char_ptr())
+    })
 }
 
 /// A `struct regulator` abstraction.
@@ -268,7 +270,8 @@ pub fn get_voltage(&self) -> Result<Voltage> {
     fn get_internal(dev: &Device, name: &CStr) -> Result<Regulator<T>> {
         // SAFETY: It is safe to call `regulator_get()`, on a device pointer
         // received from the C code.
-        let inner = from_err_ptr(unsafe { bindings::regulator_get(dev.as_raw(), name.as_ptr()) })?;
+        let inner =
+            from_err_ptr(unsafe { bindings::regulator_get(dev.as_raw(), name.as_char_ptr()) })?;
 
         // SAFETY: We can safely trust `inner` to be a pointer to a valid
         // regulator if `ERR_PTR` was not returned.
-- 

Re: [PATCH v17 00/11] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

[Alice Ryhl]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 05:02:39PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:30PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> > This picks up from Michal Rostecki's work[0]. Per Michal's guidance I
> > have omitted Co-authored tags, as the end result is quite different.
> > 
> > This series is intended to be taken through rust-next. The final patch
> > in the series requires some other subsystems' `Acked-by`s:
> > - drivers/android/binder/stats.rs: rust_binder. Alice, could you take a
> >   look?
> > - rust/kernel/device.rs: driver-core. Already acked by gregkh.
> > - rust/kernel/firmware.rs: driver-core. Danilo, could you take a look?
> > - rust/kernel/seq_file.rs: vfs. Christian, could you take a look?
> > - rust/kernel/sync/*: locking-core. Boqun, could you take a look?
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240819153656.28807-2-vadorovsky@protonmail.com/t/#u [0]
> > Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> 
> You need a few more changes:

One more:

diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
index 69efbdb4c85a..5489961a62ca 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
                         Some($cmd)
                     },
                     flags: $flags,
-                    name: $crate::c_str!(::core::stringify!($cmd)).as_char_ptr(),
+                    name: $crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context($crate::c_str!(::core::stringify!($cmd))),
                 }
             ),*];
             ioctls

Re: [PATCH v17 00/11] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

[Tamir Duberstein]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 05:02:39PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 03:24:30PM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> > > This picks up from Michal Rostecki's work[0]. Per Michal's guidance I
> > > have omitted Co-authored tags, as the end result is quite different.
> > >
> > > This series is intended to be taken through rust-next. The final patch
> > > in the series requires some other subsystems' `Acked-by`s:
> > > - drivers/android/binder/stats.rs: rust_binder. Alice, could you take a
> > >   look?
> > > - rust/kernel/device.rs: driver-core. Already acked by gregkh.
> > > - rust/kernel/firmware.rs: driver-core. Danilo, could you take a look?
> > > - rust/kernel/seq_file.rs: vfs. Christian, could you take a look?
> > > - rust/kernel/sync/*: locking-core. Boqun, could you take a look?
> > >
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240819153656.28807-2-vadorovsky@protonmail.com/t/#u [0]
> > > Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> >
> > You need a few more changes:
>
> One more:
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> index 69efbdb4c85a..5489961a62ca 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/ioctl.rs
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_drm_ioctls {
>                          Some($cmd)
>                      },
>                      flags: $flags,
> -                    name: $crate::c_str!(::core::stringify!($cmd)).as_char_ptr(),
> +                    name: $crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context($crate::c_str!(::core::stringify!($cmd))),
>                  }
>              ),*];
>              ioctls

Thanks! Sent v18 on Saturday. Those `as_ptr()` -> `as_char_ptr()` were tricky
because they relied on deref to `&[u8]`.