Re: [PATCH v17 07/11] rust: debugfs: use `kernel::fmt`

[Matthew Maurer]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
> callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
> support for read-only files").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |  2 +-
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |  7 +++----
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |  6 +++---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            | 10 +++++-----
>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx>


On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Reduce coupling to implementation details of the formatting machinery by
> avoiding direct use for `core`'s formatting traits and macros.
>
> This backslid in commit 40ecc49466c8 ("rust: debugfs: Add support for
> callback-based files") and commit 5e40b591cb46 ("rust: debugfs: Add
> support for read-only files").
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs                   |  2 +-
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs |  7 +++----
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs          |  6 +++---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs            | 10 +++++-----
>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> index 381c23b3dd83..8c35d032acfe 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
>  // When DebugFS is disabled, many parameters are dead. Linting for this isn't helpful.
>  #![cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS), allow(unused_variables))]
>
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::str::CStr;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
>  use crate::sync::Arc;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt;
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>  use core::marker::PhantomPinned;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> index 6c024230f676..a260d8dee051 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/callback_adapters.rs
> @@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
>  //! than a trait implementation. If provided, it will override the trait implementation.
>
>  use super::{Reader, Writer};
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt;
> -use core::fmt::Formatter;
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>  use core::ops::Deref;
>
> @@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &D {
>
>  impl<D, F> Writer for FormatAdapter<D, F>
>  where
> -    F: Fn(&D, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
> +    F: Fn(&D, &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result + 'static,
>  {
> -    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +    fn write(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          // SAFETY: FormatAdapter<_, F> can only be constructed if F is inhabited
>          let f: &F = unsafe { materialize_zst() };
>          f(&self.inner, fmt)
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> index 50fead17b6f3..9ad5e3fa6f69 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/file_ops.rs
> @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
>
>  use super::{Reader, Writer};
>  use crate::debugfs::callback_adapters::Adapter;
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::seq_file::SeqFile;
>  use crate::seq_print;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSlice;
> -use core::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result};
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)]
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
>
>  struct WriterAdapter<T>(T);
>
> -impl<'a, T: Writer> Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
> -    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
> +impl<'a, T: Writer> fmt::Display for WriterAdapter<&'a T> {
> +    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          self.0.write(f)
>      }
>  }
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> index ab009eb254b3..ad33bfbc7669 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs/traits.rs
> @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
>
>  //! Traits for rendering or updating values exported to DebugFS.
>
> +use crate::fmt;
>  use crate::prelude::*;
>  use crate::sync::Mutex;
>  use crate::uaccess::UserSliceReader;
> -use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
>  use core::str::FromStr;
>  use core::sync::atomic::{
>      AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI64, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU64,
> @@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
>  /// explicitly instead.
>  pub trait Writer {
>      /// Formats the value using the given formatter.
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
>  }
>
>  impl<T: Writer> Writer for Mutex<T> {
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          self.lock().write(f)
>      }
>  }
>
> -impl<T: Debug> Writer for T {
> -    fn write(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
> +impl<T: fmt::Debug> Writer for T {
> +    fn write(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
>          writeln!(f, "{self:?}")
>      }
>  }
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
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