Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: net: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

From: Tamir Duberstein
Date: Sat Jan 03 2026 - 21:28:40 EST


On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/22/25 1:32 PM, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> > > From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/phy/ax88796b_rust.rs | 7 +++----
> > > drivers/net/phy/qt2025.rs | 5 ++---
> > > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > It's not clear to me if this is targeting the net-next tree. In such case:
> >
> > ## Form letter - net-next-closed
> >
> > The net-next tree is closed for new drivers, features, code refactoring
> > and optimizations due to the merge window and the winter break. We are
> > currently accepting bug fixes only.
> >
> > Please repost when net-next reopens after Jan 2nd.
> >
> > RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.
>
> Yes, this is targeting net-next (unless you folks are OK with it going
> through rust-next, which is also OK with me). Thank you for including
> the date to resend.

v2 (same as v1 + tags):
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260103-cstr-net-v2-0-8688f504b85d@xxxxxxxxx/.

Cheers.

Tamir