Re: [PATCH v11 2/7] rust: debugfs: Add support for read-only files

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Mon Sep 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM CEST, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> I tried using this in a "tiny" test module I had written, and I get the
> following build error:
>
>    --> samples/rust/rust_debugfs2.rs:64:53
>     |
> 64  |         _file = root.read_only_file(c_str!("name"), &hw_soc_info.name);
>     |                      --------------                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `&u32`, found `&&CStr`
>     |                      |
>     |                      arguments to this method are incorrect
>     |
>     = note: expected reference `&u32`
>                found reference `&&'static kernel::prelude::CStr`
>
> I'm trying to "just" print a CStr, which is defined as:
>
> struct HwSocInfo {
>     id: u32,
>     ver: u32,
>     raw_id: u32,
>     foundry: u32,
>     name: &'static CStr,
> }
>
> Is this just a "user is holding it wrong" error on my side, or can this api not
> handle CStr values?

What you're doing should fundamentally work.

The above error suggests that your declaration of `_file` is File<&u32> rather
than File<&'static CStr>.

Also note the double reference you create with `&hw_soc_info.name`, this should
just be `hw_soc_info.name`.

You can also test this case by applying the following diff the the sample in v5:

diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_debugfs.rs b/samples/rust/rust_debugfs.rs
index b26eea3ee723..475502f30b1a 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_debugfs.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_debugfs.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ struct RustDebugFs {
     #[pin]
     _compatible: File<CString>,
     #[pin]
+    _test: File<&'static CStr>,
+    #[pin]
     counter: File<AtomicUsize>,
     #[pin]
     inner: File<Mutex<Inner>>,
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ fn new(pdev: &platform::Device<Core>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + '_ {
                         .property_read::<CString>(c_str!("compatible"))
                         .required_by(dev)?,
                 ),
+                _test <- debugfs.read_only_file(c_str!("test"), c_str!("some_value")),
                 counter <- Self::build_counter(&debugfs),
                 inner <- Self::build_inner(&debugfs),
                 _debugfs: debugfs,