Re: [PATCH] rust: drm: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

[Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>]

Hi Tamir,

Please cc me for any Tyr changes.

> On 22 Dec 2025, at 09:27, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> 
> C-String literals were added in Rust 1.77. Replace instances of
> `kernel::c_str!` with C-String literals where possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs | 19 +++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
> index 0389c558c036..65405f365fec 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
> 
> -use kernel::c_str;
> use kernel::clk::Clk;
> use kernel::clk::OptionalClk;
> use kernel::device::Bound;
> @@ -91,8 +90,8 @@ fn issue_soft_reset(dev: &Device<Bound>, iomem: &Devres<IoMem>) -> Result {
>     MODULE_OF_TABLE,
>     <TyrDriver as platform::Driver>::IdInfo,
>     [
> -        (of::DeviceId::new(c_str!("rockchip,rk3588-mali")), ()),
> -        (of::DeviceId::new(c_str!("arm,mali-valhall-csf")), ())
> +        (of::DeviceId::new(c"rockchip,rk3588-mali"), ()),
> +        (of::DeviceId::new(c"arm,mali-valhall-csf"), ())
>     ]
> );
> 
> @@ -104,16 +103,16 @@ fn probe(
>         pdev: &platform::Device<Core>,
>         _info: Option<&Self::IdInfo>,
>     ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
> -        let core_clk = Clk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c_str!("core")))?;
> -        let stacks_clk = OptionalClk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c_str!("stacks")))?;
> -        let coregroup_clk = OptionalClk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c_str!("coregroup")))?;
> +        let core_clk = Clk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c"core"))?;
> +        let stacks_clk = OptionalClk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c"stacks"))?;
> +        let coregroup_clk = OptionalClk::get(pdev.as_ref(), Some(c"coregroup"))?;
> 
>         core_clk.prepare_enable()?;
>         stacks_clk.prepare_enable()?;
>         coregroup_clk.prepare_enable()?;
> 
> -        let mali_regulator = Regulator::<regulator::Enabled>::get(pdev.as_ref(), c_str!("mali"))?;
> -        let sram_regulator = Regulator::<regulator::Enabled>::get(pdev.as_ref(), c_str!("sram"))?;
> +        let mali_regulator = Regulator::<regulator::Enabled>::get(pdev.as_ref(), c"mali")?;
> +        let sram_regulator = Regulator::<regulator::Enabled>::get(pdev.as_ref(), c"sram")?;
> 
>         let request = pdev.io_request_by_index(0).ok_or(ENODEV)?;
>         let iomem = Arc::pin_init(request.iomap_sized::<SZ_2M>(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
> @@ -174,8 +173,8 @@ fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
>     major: 1,
>     minor: 5,
>     patchlevel: 0,
> -    name: c_str!("panthor"),
> -    desc: c_str!("ARM Mali Tyr DRM driver"),
> +    name: c"panthor",
> +    desc: c"ARM Mali Tyr DRM driver",
> };
> 
> #[vtable]
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
> change-id: 20251222-cstr-tyr-37ee95790f5f
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
> 
> 

Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>