linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 02/16] rust: str: allow `str::Formatter` to format into `&mut [u8]`.

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Message-Id: <20250711-rnull-up-v6-16-v3-2-3a262b4e2921@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:43:03 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
 Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
 Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
 Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
 Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
 Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/16] rust: str: allow `str::Formatter` to format into
 `&mut [u8]`.

Improve `Formatter` so that it can write to an array or slice buffer.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/str.rs | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index 488b0e97004e..41af456a46c8 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use core::{
     fmt::{self, Write},
+    marker::PhantomData,
     ops::{self, Deref, DerefMut, Index},
 };
 
@@ -794,9 +795,9 @@ fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
 /// Allows formatting of [`fmt::Arguments`] into a raw buffer.
 ///
 /// Fails if callers attempt to write more than will fit in the buffer.
-pub(crate) struct Formatter(RawFormatter);
+pub(crate) struct Formatter<'a>(RawFormatter, PhantomData<&'a mut ()>);
 
-impl Formatter {
+impl Formatter<'_> {
     /// Creates a new instance of [`Formatter`] with the given buffer.
     ///
     /// # Safety
@@ -805,11 +806,19 @@ impl Formatter {
     /// for the lifetime of the returned [`Formatter`].
     pub(crate) unsafe fn from_buffer(buf: *mut u8, len: usize) -> Self {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function satisfy those of the callee.
-        Self(unsafe { RawFormatter::from_buffer(buf, len) })
+        Self(unsafe { RawFormatter::from_buffer(buf, len) }, PhantomData)
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new [`Self`] instance.
+    #[expect(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn new<'a>(buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> Formatter<'a> {
+        // SAFETY: `buffer` is valid for writes for the entire length for
+        // the lifetime of `Self`.
+        unsafe { Formatter::from_buffer(buffer.as_mut_ptr(), buffer.len()) }
     }
 }
 
-impl Deref for Formatter {
+impl Deref for Formatter<'_> {
     type Target = RawFormatter;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -817,7 +826,7 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Write for Formatter {
+impl fmt::Write for Formatter<'_> {
     fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
         self.0.write_str(s)?;
 

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