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Message-Id: <20250710-core-cstr-cstrings-v1-8-027420ea799e@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:31:11 -0400
From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
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 linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/17] rust: firmware: replace `kernel::c_str!` with
 C-Strings

C-String literals were added in Rust 1.77. Replace instances of
`kernel::c_str!` with C-String literals where possible.

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
---
 rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index 4adcf39b475e..d07849333991 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ fn request_nowarn() -> Self {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```no_run
-/// # use kernel::{c_str, device::Device, firmware::Firmware};
+/// # use kernel::{device::Device, firmware::Firmware};
 ///
 /// # fn no_run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 /// # // SAFETY: *NOT* safe, just for the example to get an `ARef<Device>` instance
 /// # let dev = unsafe { Device::get_device(core::ptr::null_mut()) };
 ///
-/// let fw = Firmware::request(c_str!("path/to/firmware.bin"), &dev)?;
+/// let fw = Firmware::request(c"path/to/firmware.bin", &dev)?;
 /// let blob = fw.data();
 ///
 /// # Ok(())
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ macro_rules! module_firmware {
     ($($builder:tt)*) => {
         const _: () = {
             const __MODULE_FIRMWARE_PREFIX: &'static $crate::str::CStr = if cfg!(MODULE) {
-                $crate::c_str!("")
+                c""
             } else {
                 <LocalModule as $crate::ModuleMetadata>::NAME
             };

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2.50.0