[PATCH v1 16/28] rust: str: add `CStr` type

Miguel Ojeda
2022-11-10T16:44:21Z

From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

Add the `CStr` type, which is a borrowed string that is guaranteed
to have exactly one `NUL` byte, which is at the end.

It is used for interoperability with kernel APIs that take C strings.

Add it to the prelude too.

Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Milan Landaverde <milan@mdaverde.com>
Signed-off-by: Milan Landaverde <milan@mdaverde.com>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
[Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/prelude.rs | 2 +-
rust/kernel/str.rs | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index 1e08b08e9420..89c2c9f4e7a7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ pub use super::{pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_debug, pr_emerg, pr_err, pr_info, pr_notic

pub use super::error::{code::*, Error, Result};

-pub use super::ThisModule;
+pub use super::{str::CStr, ThisModule};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index 95eb757c619d..d66565f92f71 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@

use core::fmt;

+use crate::{
+ bindings,
+ error::{code::*, Error},
+};
+
/// Byte string without UTF-8 validity guarantee.
///
/// `BStr` is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning.
@@ -30,6 +35,170 @@ macro_rules! b_str {
}};
}

+/// 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,
+}
+
+impl From<CStrConvertError> for Error {
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(_: CStrConvertError) -> Error {
+ EINVAL
+ }
+}
+
+/// 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 {
+ // 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.
+ if self.0.is_empty() {
+ 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
+ }
+
+ /// Wraps a raw C string pointer.
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// `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 core::ffi::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 as _, len as _) };
+ // 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) }
+ }
+
+ /// Returns a C pointer to the string.
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn as_char_ptr(&self) -> *const core::ffi::c_char {
+ self.0.as_ptr() as _
+ }
+
+ /// Convert the string to a byte slice without the trailing 0 byte.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+ &self.0[..self.len()]
+ }
+
+ /// Convert the string to a byte slice containing the trailing 0 byte.
+ #[inline]
+ pub const fn as_bytes_with_nul(&self) -> &[u8] {
+ &self.0
+ }
+
+ /// 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").unwrap();
+ /// assert_eq!(cstr.to_str(), Ok("foo"));
+ /// ```
+ #[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;
+ /// // SAFETY: String literals are guaranteed to be valid UTF-8
+ /// // by the Rust compiler.
+ /// let bar = c_str!("ツ");
+ /// assert_eq!(unsafe { bar.as_str_unchecked() }, "ツ");
+ /// ```
+ #[inline]
+ pub unsafe fn as_str_unchecked(&self) -> &str {
+ unsafe { core::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.as_bytes()) }
+ }
+}
+
/// Allows formatting of [`fmt::Arguments`] into a raw buffer.
///
/// It does not fail if callers write past the end of the buffer so that they can calculate the
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