linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 05/18] rust: str: introduce `kstrtobool` function

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Message-Id: <20250815-rnull-up-v6-16-v5-5-581453124c15@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:30:40 +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>, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
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 v5 05/18] rust: str: introduce `kstrtobool` function

Add a Rust wrapper for the kernel's `kstrtobool` function that converts
common user inputs into boolean values.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/str.rs | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index d8326f7bc9c1..5611f7846dc0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use crate::{
     alloc::{flags::*, AllocError, KVec},
+    error::Result,
     fmt::{self, Write},
     prelude::*,
 };
@@ -920,6 +921,63 @@ fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
     }
 }
 
+/// Convert common user inputs into boolean values using the kernel's `kstrtobool` function.
+///
+/// This routine returns `Ok(bool)` if the first character is one of 'YyTt1NnFf0', or
+/// \[oO\]\[NnFf\] for "on" and "off". Otherwise it will return `Err(EINVAL)`.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use kernel::{c_str, str::kstrtobool};
+///
+/// // Lowercase
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("true")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("tr")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("t")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("twrong")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("false")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("f")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("yes")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("no")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("on")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("off")), Ok(false));
+///
+/// // Camel case
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("True")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("False")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("Yes")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("No")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("On")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("Off")), Ok(false));
+///
+/// // All caps
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("TRUE")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("FALSE")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("YES")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("NO")), Ok(false));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("ON")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("OFF")), Ok(false));
+///
+/// // Numeric
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("1")), Ok(true));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("0")), Ok(false));
+///
+/// // Invalid input
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("invalid")), Err(EINVAL));
+/// assert_eq!(kstrtobool(c_str!("2")), Err(EINVAL));
+/// ```
+pub fn kstrtobool(string: &CStr) -> Result<bool> {
+    let mut result: bool = false;
+
+    // SAFETY: `string` is a valid null-terminated C string, and `result` is a valid
+    // pointer to a bool that we own.
+    let ret =
+        unsafe { bindings::kstrtobool(string.as_char_ptr(), core::ptr::from_mut(&mut result)) };
+
+    kernel::error::to_result(ret).map(|()| result)
+}
+
 /// An owned string that is guaranteed to have exactly one `NUL` byte, which is at the end.
 ///
 /// Used for interoperability with kernel APIs that take C strings.

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