Re: [PATCH v2] rust: update `kernel::c_str!` documentation
From: Gary Guo
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 14:01:07 EST
On Mon Mar 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM GMT, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> Now that all literals are C-Strings, update the documentation to explain
> that use of this macro should be limited to non-literal strings.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch completes the work of replacing our custom `CStr` with
> upstream's.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop rename, keep only documentation update. (Gary Guo)
> - Add example of misuse to documentation. (Gary Guo)
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302-cstr-rename-macro-v1-1-a269fe4dc3f0@xxxxxxxxxx
The lint for `c_str!("literal")` now lands in klint:
https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/klint/commit/69fa3560e28031faa8c5a93e1ac95cc2b3689306
Best,
Gary