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

[Tamir Duberstein]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM 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>
> > Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/clk.rs | 6 ++----
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/clk.rs b/rust/kernel/clk.rs
> > index c1cfaeaa36a2..68a0c2f4e318 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/clk.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/clk.rs
> > @@ -104,13 +104,12 @@ mod common_clk {
> >      /// The following example demonstrates how to obtain and configure a clock for a device.
> >      ///
> >      /// ```
> > -    /// use kernel::c_str;
> >      /// use kernel::clk::{Clk, Hertz};
> >      /// use kernel::device::Device;
> >      /// use kernel::error::Result;
> >      ///
> >      /// fn configure_clk(dev: &Device) -> Result {
> > -    ///     let clk = Clk::get(dev, Some(c_str!("apb_clk")))?;
> > +    ///     let clk = Clk::get(dev, Some(c"apb_clk"))?;
> >      ///
> >      ///     clk.prepare_enable()?;
> >      ///
> > @@ -272,13 +271,12 @@ fn drop(&mut self) {
> >      /// device. The code functions correctly whether or not the clock is available.
> >      ///
> >      /// ```
> > -    /// use kernel::c_str;
> >      /// use kernel::clk::{OptionalClk, Hertz};
> >      /// use kernel::device::Device;
> >      /// use kernel::error::Result;
> >      ///
> >      /// fn configure_clk(dev: &Device) -> Result {
> > -    ///     let clk = OptionalClk::get(dev, Some(c_str!("apb_clk")))?;
> > +    ///     let clk = OptionalClk::get(dev, Some(c"apb_clk"))?;
> >      ///
> >      ///     clk.prepare_enable()?;
> >      ///
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
> > change-id: 20251222-cstr-clk-122a1428b919
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> @Stephen could you please have a look?
>
> Cheers.
> Tamir

Michael or Stephen: could you take this through clk or would you be ok
with it going through rust-next?