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Message-Id: <DFTQ8I30EH0A.H7A68JG8VBXZ@garyguo.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:16:20 +0000
From: "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>
To: "Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@...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: <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

On Tue Jan 20, 2026 at 9:13 PM GMT, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> 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@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>

> ---
> This is the same as my earlier change[0] but applies to additional
> code[1] which didn't make it to mainline in a timely manner and is now
> queued for v7.0.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251117-core-cstr-cstrings-v4-1-924886ad9f75@gmail.com/ [0]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250811-lock-class-key-cleanup-v3-2-b12967ee1ca2@google.com/ [1]
> ---
>  rust/kernel/sync.rs | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)