Re: [PATCH] rust: kunit: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

From: David Gow
Date: Mon Jan 05 2026 - 05:00:54 EST


On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 at 20:28, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxxx> 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>
> ---

Sorry for the delay: this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
-- David


> rust/kernel/kunit.rs | 11 ++++-------
> rust/macros/kunit.rs | 10 +++++-----
> scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
> index 79436509dd73..21aef6c97325 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/kunit.rs
> @@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
> use crate::fmt;
> use crate::prelude::*;
>
> -#[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
> -use crate::c_str;
> -
> /// Prints a KUnit error-level message.
> ///
> /// Public but hidden since it should only be used from KUnit generated code.
> @@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn err(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
> #[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
> unsafe {
> bindings::_printk(
> - c_str!("\x013%pA").as_char_ptr(),
> + c"\x013%pA".as_char_ptr(),
> core::ptr::from_ref(&args).cast::<c_void>(),
> );
> }
> @@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn info(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
> #[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
> unsafe {
> bindings::_printk(
> - c_str!("\x016%pA").as_char_ptr(),
> + c"\x016%pA".as_char_ptr(),
> core::ptr::from_ref(&args).cast::<c_void>(),
> );
> }
> @@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ macro_rules! kunit_assert {
> break 'out;
> }
>
> - static FILE: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!($file);
> + static FILE: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $file;
> static LINE: i32 = ::core::line!() as i32 - $diff;
> static CONDITION: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!(stringify!($condition));
>
> @@ -253,7 +250,7 @@ pub const fn kunit_case_null() -> kernel::bindings::kunit_case {
> /// }
> ///
> /// static mut KUNIT_TEST_CASES: [kernel::bindings::kunit_case; 2] = [
> -/// kernel::kunit::kunit_case(kernel::c_str!("name"), test_fn),
> +/// kernel::kunit::kunit_case(c"name", test_fn),
> /// kernel::kunit::kunit_case_null(),
> /// ];
> /// kernel::kunit_unsafe_test_suite!(suite_name, KUNIT_TEST_CASES);
> diff --git a/rust/macros/kunit.rs b/rust/macros/kunit.rs
> index b395bb053695..3d7724b35c0f 100644
> --- a/rust/macros/kunit.rs
> +++ b/rust/macros/kunit.rs
> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ pub(crate) fn kunit_tests(attr: TokenStream, ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
> // unsafe extern "C" fn kunit_rust_wrapper_bar(_test: *mut ::kernel::bindings::kunit) { bar(); }
> //
> // static mut TEST_CASES: [::kernel::bindings::kunit_case; 3] = [
> - // ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(::kernel::c_str!("foo"), kunit_rust_wrapper_foo),
> - // ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(::kernel::c_str!("bar"), kunit_rust_wrapper_bar),
> + // ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(c"foo", kunit_rust_wrapper_foo),
> + // ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(c"bar", kunit_rust_wrapper_bar),
> // ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case_null(),
> // ];
> //
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub(crate) fn kunit_tests(attr: TokenStream, ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
> writeln!(kunit_macros, "{kunit_wrapper}").unwrap();
> writeln!(
> test_cases,
> - " ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(::kernel::c_str!(\"{test}\"), {kunit_wrapper_fn_name}),"
> + " ::kernel::kunit::kunit_case(c\"{test}\", {kunit_wrapper_fn_name}),"
> )
> .unwrap();
> writeln!(
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub(crate) fn kunit_tests(attr: TokenStream, ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
> #[allow(unused)]
> macro_rules! assert {{
> ($cond:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
> - kernel::kunit_assert!("{test}", "{path}", 0, $cond);
> + kernel::kunit_assert!("{test}", c"{path}", 0, $cond);
> }}}}
> }}
>
> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ macro_rules! assert {{
> #[allow(unused)]
> macro_rules! assert_eq {{
> ($left:expr, $right:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
> - kernel::kunit_assert_eq!("{test}", "{path}", 0, $left, $right);
> + kernel::kunit_assert_eq!("{test}", c"{path}", 0, $left, $right);
> }}}}
> }}
> "#
> diff --git a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
> index be0561049660..967064ebd391 100644
> --- a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
> +++ b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn {kunit_name}(__kunit_test: *mut ::kernel::bindings::kunit) {{
> macro_rules! assert {{
> ($cond:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
> ::kernel::kunit_assert!(
> - "{kunit_name}", "{real_path}", __DOCTEST_ANCHOR - {line}, $cond
> + "{kunit_name}", c"{real_path}", __DOCTEST_ANCHOR - {line}, $cond
> );
> }}}}
> }}
> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ macro_rules! assert {{
> macro_rules! assert_eq {{
> ($left:expr, $right:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
> ::kernel::kunit_assert_eq!(
> - "{kunit_name}", "{real_path}", __DOCTEST_ANCHOR - {line}, $left, $right
> + "{kunit_name}", c"{real_path}", __DOCTEST_ANCHOR - {line}, $left, $right
> );
> }}}}
> }}
>
> ---
> base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
> change-id: 20251222-cstr-kunit-be68dd8cfbd5
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
>

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