linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: pwm: replace `kernel::c

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Message-ID: <CAJ-ks9=LNe_STYSEJj7tvFNFzLsfEBKd+=Nbft4Kj-7+RbU99w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:54:12 -0500
From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
To: Drew Fustini <fustini@...nel.org>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, Fu Wei <wefu@...hat.com>, 
	Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@...nel.org>, 
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 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>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: pwm: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
> >
> > 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@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs | 3 +--
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs b/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
> > index e3b7e77356fc..8ae8f852ec02 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
> > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm_th1520.rs
> > @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
> >
> >  use core::ops::Deref;
> >  use kernel::{
> > -    c_str,
> >      clk::Clk,
> >      device::{Bound, Core, Device},
> >      devres,
> > @@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
> >      OF_TABLE,
> >      MODULE_OF_TABLE,
> >      <Th1520PwmPlatformDriver as platform::Driver>::IdInfo,
> > -    [(of::DeviceId::new(c_str!("thead,th1520-pwm")), ())]
> > +    [(of::DeviceId::new(c"thead,th1520-pwm"), ())]
> >  );
> >
> >  impl platform::Driver for Th1520PwmPlatformDriver {
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
> > change-id: 20251222-cstr-pwm-c9b9a4701157
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
> >
>
> @Uwe could you please have a look?
>
> Cheers.
> Tamir

Drew, Guo, or Fu: could you please take this through your tree, or
would you be OK with it going through rust-next?