From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4E3C4321E for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233782AbiLBQRQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2022 11:17:16 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53164 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233904AbiLBQQb (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2022 11:16:31 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4A3FD96A5; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 08:16:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 717F062321; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF922C433D6; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:16:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1669997768; bh=H8GrOu07IRuGrUGFNBmi30U0LGPQsGBzhM2gPsNjUkU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=GSXqOdyvoi8n6XgrzYEVF4fhRH5tBbsPS7tPg3IrH4f/YUi3ehHMrKcQl2ulQ/Kop XEQoyYJuaPY9MWeMLa5swvgmArnT5mNqjne8069nzMrXH9An5X8Hsv9aa4fgWZruPw v5eiihrOunn5lnROLNG7vBCwouR95qcm+C7ctlR14lAs3iewozoi8RA31YmSBBfxzK KoOcheBvdRW7gelraQ/dzHya7zURlnBmn9909XlxyvrIg/Wg01jxUpxIOZDgXp8toF Q4DmdoaBMRV26zZjzNGTpwLmKwOx7hT1Fm6cKp2FDR/3/ZQAx/yZ6nnOrJ6EyUM/A8 wc7KBED35y1cw== From: ojeda@kernel.org To: Miguel Ojeda , Wedson Almeida Filho , Alex Gaynor , Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Roy=20Baron?= Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev Subject: [PATCH v2 14/28] rust: str: add `BStr` type Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 17:14:45 +0100 Message-Id: <20221202161502.385525-15-ojeda@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20221202161502.385525-1-ojeda@kernel.org> References: <20221202161502.385525-1-ojeda@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Gary Guo Add the `BStr` type, which is a byte string without UTF-8 validity guarantee. It is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning. Signed-off-by: Gary Guo [Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda --- rust/kernel/str.rs | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs index e45ff220ae50..3aa1a0cb9bf8 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/str.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ use core::fmt; +/// Byte string without UTF-8 validity guarantee. +/// +/// `BStr` is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning. +pub type BStr = [u8]; + /// 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 -- 2.38.1