From: Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Panagiotis Foliadis" <pfoliadis@posteo.net>,
"Shankari Anand" <shankari.ak0208@gmail.com>,
"FUJITA Tomonori" <fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] rust: disallow use of `CStr::as_ptr`
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:44:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122144444.265412-2-gary@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122144444.265412-1-gary@kernel.org>
From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
As kernel always use unsigned char and not the platform ABI's default, an
user should always use `as_char_ptr` provided via `CStrExt` instead.
Therefore configure `disallow-methods` feature of clippy to catch incorrect
usage.
Acked-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
---
.clippy.toml | 5 +++++
rust/kernel/str.rs | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/.clippy.toml b/.clippy.toml
index 137f41d203de..4654b522ae03 100644
--- a/.clippy.toml
+++ b/.clippy.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ disallowed-macros = [
# it here, see: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/11303.
{ path = "kernel::dbg", reason = "the `dbg!` macro is intended as a debugging tool", allow-invalid = true },
]
+
+[[disallowed-methods]]
+path = "core::ffi::CStr::as_ptr"
+replacement = "kernel::prelude::CStrExt::as_char_ptr"
+reason = "kernel's `char` is always unsigned, use `as_char_ptr` instead"
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index fa87779d2253..08b8e2ebc8ad 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ macro_rules! b_str {
//
// - error[E0379]: functions in trait impls cannot be declared const
#[inline]
+#[expect(clippy::disallowed_methods, reason = "internal implementation")]
pub const fn as_char_ptr_in_const_context(c_str: &CStr) -> *const c_char {
c_str.as_ptr().cast()
}
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ unsafe fn from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> &mut Self {
}
#[inline]
+ #[expect(clippy::disallowed_methods, reason = "internal implementation")]
fn as_char_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
self.as_ptr().cast()
}
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-22 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-22 14:44 [PATCH v2 1/2] rust: task: use `as_char_ptr` instead of `as_ptr().cast()` Gary Guo
2026-01-22 14:44 ` Gary Guo [this message]
2026-01-22 14:48 ` Gary Guo
2026-01-22 22:33 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-01-24 23:33 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-25 20:19 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-01-26 9:22 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-26 12:25 ` Gary Guo
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