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

[Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>]

[Cc Peter]

Peter, could you take this to into tip/locking/core so that it'll be
in the PR of v7.0?

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 04:13:19PM -0500, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> 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@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>

Regards,
Boqun

> ---
> This is the same as my earlier change[0] but applies to additional
> code[1] which didn't make it to mainline in a timely manner and is now
> queued for v7.0.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251117-core-cstr-cstrings-v4-1-924886ad9f75@gmail.com/ [0]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250811-lock-class-key-cleanup-v3-2-b12967ee1ca2@google.com/ [1]
> ---
>  rust/kernel/sync.rs | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> index b10e576221ff..993dbf2caa0e 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
> @@ -126,13 +126,12 @@ fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
>  /// # Examples
>  ///
>  /// ```
> -/// use kernel::c_str;
>  /// use kernel::sync::{static_lock_class, Arc, SpinLock};
>  ///
>  /// fn new_locked_int() -> Result<Arc<SpinLock<u32>>> {
>  ///     Arc::pin_init(SpinLock::new(
>  ///         42,
> -///         c_str!("new_locked_int"),
> +///         c"new_locked_int",
>  ///         static_lock_class!(),
>  ///     ), GFP_KERNEL)
>  /// }
> 
> ---
> base-commit: d08c85ac8894995d4b0d8fb48d2f6a3e53cd79ab
> change-id: 20260120-cstr-sync-again-5912d7479909
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
>