[PATCH] rust: str: make NullTerminatedFormatter public

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 21:25:52 EST


If `CONFIG_BLOCK` is disabled, the following warnings are displayed
during build:

warning: struct `NullTerminatedFormatter` is never constructed
--> ../rust/kernel/str.rs:667:19
|
667 | pub(crate) struct NullTerminatedFormatter<'a> {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
= note: `#[warn(dead_code)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default

warning: associated function `new` is never used
--> ../rust/kernel/str.rs:673:19
|
671 | impl<'a> NullTerminatedFormatter<'a> {
| ------------------------------------ associated function in this implementation
672 | /// Create a new [`Self`] instance.
673 | pub(crate) fn new(buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> Option<NullTerminatedFormatter<'a>> {

Fix them by making `NullTerminatedFormatter` public, as it could be
useful for drivers anyway.

Fixes: cdde7a1951ff ("rust: str: introduce `NullTerminatedFormatter`")
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/str.rs | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index fa87779d2253..3f8918764640 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -664,13 +664,13 @@ fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
///
/// * The first byte of `buffer` is always zero.
/// * The length of `buffer` is at least 1.
-pub(crate) struct NullTerminatedFormatter<'a> {
+pub struct NullTerminatedFormatter<'a> {
buffer: &'a mut [u8],
}

impl<'a> NullTerminatedFormatter<'a> {
/// Create a new [`Self`] instance.
- pub(crate) fn new(buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> Option<NullTerminatedFormatter<'a>> {
+ pub fn new(buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> Option<NullTerminatedFormatter<'a>> {
*(buffer.first_mut()?) = 0;

// INVARIANT:

---
base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
change-id: 20260224-nullterminatedformatter-d06c3733c3bc

Best regards,
--
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>