linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/4] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgjUuCo5Ayx4WCfnrVAC1prvUbY-pvZdinkAb+KcSOWvpA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:21:35 +0000
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
Cc: Michal Rostecki <vadorovsky@...tonmail.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/4] rust: replace kernel::str::CStr w/ core::ffi::CStr

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Gentle ping. Trevor, Alice, Benno: you all participated in the last
> round of review - I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at this
> series.

The primary thing that comes to mind looking at this is that losing
the Display impl is pretty sad. Having to jump through hoops every
time you want to print a string isn't great :(

Alice