[PATCH] rust: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings in seq_file and device

From: Ryan Foster

Date: Tue Jan 20 2026 - 09:02:41 EST


C-String literals were added in Rust 1.77. Replace instances of
`kernel::c_str!` with C-String literals where possible.

This patch updates seq_file and device modules to use the native
C-string literal syntax (c"...") instead of the kernel::c_str! macro.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Foster <foster.ryan.r@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/device.rs | 5 +----
rust/kernel/seq_file.rs | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index 71b200df0f40..1c3d1d962d15 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
};
use core::{any::TypeId, marker::PhantomData, ptr};

-#[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
-use crate::c_str;
-
pub mod property;

// Assert that we can `read()` / `write()` a `TypeId` instance from / into `struct driver_type`.
@@ -462,7 +459,7 @@ unsafe fn printk(&self, klevel: &[u8], msg: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
bindings::_dev_printk(
klevel.as_ptr().cast::<crate::ffi::c_char>(),
self.as_raw(),
- c_str!("%pA").as_char_ptr(),
+ c"%pA".as_char_ptr(),
core::ptr::from_ref(&msg).cast::<crate::ffi::c_void>(),
)
};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs b/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
index 855e533813a6..518265558d66 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/seq_file.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
//!
//! C header: [`include/linux/seq_file.h`](srctree/include/linux/seq_file.h)

-use crate::{bindings, c_str, fmt, str::CStrExt as _, types::NotThreadSafe, types::Opaque};
+use crate::{bindings, fmt, str::CStrExt as _, types::NotThreadSafe, types::Opaque};

/// A utility for generating the contents of a seq file.
#[repr(transparent)]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn call_printf(&self, args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
unsafe {
bindings::seq_printf(
self.inner.get(),
- c_str!("%pA").as_char_ptr(),
+ c"%pA".as_char_ptr(),
core::ptr::from_ref(&args).cast::<crate::ffi::c_void>(),
);
}
--
2.52.0