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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgiRPOVRsF5yz6d-fOciHg1EcwjD21eAgu4sSynSSsgf5A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:47:31 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Michal Rostecki <vadorovsky@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v5] rust: str: Use `core::CStr`, remove the custom
 `CStr` implementation

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM Michal Rostecki <vadorovsky@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Michal Rostecki <vadorovsky@...il.com>
> >
> > `CStr` became a part of `core` library in Rust 1.75. This change replaces
> > the custom `CStr` implementation with the one from `core`.
> >
> > `core::CStr` behaves generally the same as the removed implementation,
> > with the following differences:
> >
> > - It does not implement `Display`.
> > - It does not provide `from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut` method.
> > - It has `as_ptr()` method instead of `as_char_ptr()`, which also returns
> >   `*const c_char`.
> >
> > The first two differences are handled by providing the `CStrExt` trait,
> > with `display()` and `from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut()` methods.
> > `display()` returns a `CStrDisplay` wrapper, with a custom `Display`
> > implementation.
> >
> > `DerefMut` implementation for `CString` is removed here, as it's not
> > being used anywhere.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Rostecki <vadorovsky@...il.com>
>
> A few comments:
>
> * I would probably add CStrExt to the kernel prelude.
> * I would probably remove `from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked_mut` and keep
> `DerefMut for CString` instead of the other way around.
> * Perhaps we should remove the `c_str!` macro and use c"" instead?

Ah, also, please add this tag:

Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075

Alice

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