linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] rust: use `kernel::{fmt,prelude::fmt!}`

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20250704-core-cstr-prepare-v1-3-a91524037783@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:14:54 -0400
From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, 
 Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, 
 Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, 
 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 <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
 Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
 rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] rust: use `kernel::{fmt,prelude::fmt!}`

Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.

Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
---
 rust/kernel/error.rs            | 6 +++---
 rust/kernel/print.rs            | 6 +++---
 rust/kernel/str.rs              | 2 +-
 samples/rust/rust_print_main.rs | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
index 6277af1c1baa..ffa8efd2d547 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 use crate::{
     alloc::{layout::LayoutError, AllocError},
+    fmt,
     str::CStr,
 };
 
-use core::fmt;
 use core::num::NonZeroI32;
 use core::num::TryFromIntError;
 use core::str::Utf8Error;
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ fn from(_: LayoutError) -> Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<core::fmt::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(_: core::fmt::Error) -> Error {
+impl From<fmt::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(_: fmt::Error) -> Error {
         code::EINVAL
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/kernel/print.rs b/rust/kernel/print.rs
index ecdcee43e5a5..2d743d78d220 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/print.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/print.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 use crate::{
     ffi::{c_char, c_void},
+    fmt,
     prelude::*,
     str::RawFormatter,
 };
-use core::fmt;
 
 // Called from `vsprintf` with format specifier `%pA`.
 #[expect(clippy::missing_safety_doc)]
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ macro_rules! print_macro (
         // takes borrows on the arguments, but does not extend the scope of temporaries.
         // Therefore, a `match` expression is used to keep them around, since
         // the scrutinee is kept until the end of the `match`.
-        match format_args!($($arg)+) {
+        match $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+) {
             // SAFETY: This hidden macro should only be called by the documented
             // printing macros which ensure the format string is one of the fixed
             // ones. All `__LOG_PREFIX`s are null-terminated as they are generated
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ macro_rules! print_macro (
     // The `CONT` case.
     ($format_string:path, true, $($arg:tt)+) => (
         $crate::print::call_printk_cont(
-            format_args!($($arg)+),
+            $crate::prelude::fmt!($($arg)+),
         );
     );
 );
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index 10399fb7af45..48d9a518db96 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! String representations.
 
 use crate::alloc::{flags::*, AllocError, KVec};
-use core::fmt::{self, Write};
+use crate::fmt::{self, Write};
 use core::ops::{self, Deref, DerefMut, Index};
 
 use crate::prelude::*;
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_print_main.rs b/samples/rust/rust_print_main.rs
index 8ea95e8c2f36..4095c72afeab 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_print_main.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_print_main.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn arc_print() -> Result {
         // behaviour, contract or protocol on both `i32` and `&str` into a single `Arc` of
         // type `Arc<dyn Display>`.
 
-        use core::fmt::Display;
+        use kernel::fmt::Display;
         fn arc_dyn_print(arc: &Arc<dyn Display>) {
             pr_info!("Arc<dyn Display> says {arc}");
         }

-- 
2.50.0