[RFC v3 23/27] rust: allow extracting the buffer from a CString
From: alistair23
Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 22:42:42 EST
From: Alistair Francis <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The kernel CString is a wrapper aroud a KVec. This patch allows
retrieving the underlying buffer and consuming the CString. This allows
users to create a CString from a string and then retrieve the underlying
buffer.
Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/str.rs | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index fa87779d2253..17426db83c9f 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -844,6 +844,11 @@ pub fn try_from_fmt(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
// exist in the buffer.
Ok(Self { buf })
}
+
+ /// Return the internal buffer while consuming the original [`CString`]
+ pub fn into_vec(self) -> KVec<u8> {
+ self.buf
+ }
}
impl Deref for CString {
--
2.52.0