rust: replace kernel::c_str! with C-Strings

C-String literals were added in Rust 1.77. Replace instances of
`kernel::c_str!` with C-String literals where possible and rename
`kernel::c_str!` to `c_str_avoid_literals` to clarify its intended use.

Closes: Rust-for-Linux#1075
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <[email protected]>

Author: tamird

drivers/net/phy/ax88796b_rust.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 //!
 //! C version of this driver: [`drivers/net/phy/ax88796b.c`](./ax88796b.c)
 use kernel::{
-    c_str,
     net::phy::{self, reg::C22, DeviceId, Driver},
     prelude::*,
     uapi,
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ struct PhyAX88772A;
 #[vtable]
 impl Driver for PhyAX88772A {
     const FLAGS: u32 = phy::flags::IS_INTERNAL;
-    const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("Asix Electronics AX88772A");
+    const NAME: &'static CStr = c"Asix Electronics AX88772A";
     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: DeviceId = DeviceId::new_with_exact_mask(0x003b1861);
 
     // AX88772A is not working properly with some old switches (NETGEAR EN 108TP):
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ struct PhyAX88772C;
 #[vtable]
 impl Driver for PhyAX88772C {
     const FLAGS: u32 = phy::flags::IS_INTERNAL;
-    const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("Asix Electronics AX88772C");
+    const NAME: &'static CStr = c"Asix Electronics AX88772C";
     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: DeviceId = DeviceId::new_with_exact_mask(0x003b1881);
 
     fn suspend(dev: &mut phy::Device) -> Result {
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ struct PhyAX88796B;
 
 #[vtable]
 impl Driver for PhyAX88796B {
-    const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("Asix Electronics AX88796B");
+    const NAME: &'static CStr = c"Asix Electronics AX88796B";
     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: DeviceId = DeviceId::new_with_model_mask(0x003b1841);
 
     fn soft_reset(dev: &mut phy::Device) -> Result {

drivers/net/phy/qt2025.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 //!
 //! The QT2025 PHY integrates an Intel 8051 micro-controller.
 
-use kernel::c_str;
 use kernel::error::code;
 use kernel::firmware::Firmware;
 use kernel::net::phy::{
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ struct PhyQT2025;
 
 #[vtable]
 impl Driver for PhyQT2025 {
-    const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("QT2025 10Gpbs SFP+");
+    const NAME: &'static CStr = c"QT2025 10Gpbs SFP+";
     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: phy::DeviceId = phy::DeviceId::new_with_exact_mask(0x0043a400);
 
     fn probe(dev: &mut phy::Device) -> Result<()> {
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ impl Driver for PhyQT2025 {
         // The micro-controller will start running from the boot ROM.
         dev.write(C45::new(Mmd::PCS, 0xe854), 0x00c0)?;
 
-        let fw = Firmware::request(c_str!("qt2025-2.0.3.3.fw"), dev.as_ref())?;
+        let fw = Firmware::request(c"qt2025-2.0.3.3.fw", dev.as_ref())?;
         if fw.data().len() > SZ_16K + SZ_8K {
             return Err(code::EFBIG);
         }

rust/kernel/devres.rs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct DevresInner<T> {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```no_run
-/// # use kernel::{bindings, c_str, device::Device, devres::Devres, io::{Io, IoRaw}};
+/// # use kernel::{bindings, device::Device, devres::Devres, io::{Io, IoRaw}};
 /// # use core::ops::Deref;
 ///
 /// // See also [`pci::Bar`] for a real example.

rust/kernel/firmware.rs

@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ impl FwFunc {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```no_run
-/// # use kernel::{c_str, device::Device, firmware::Firmware};
+/// # use kernel::{device::Device, firmware::Firmware};
 ///
 /// # fn no_run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 /// # // SAFETY: *NOT* safe, just for the example to get an `ARef<Device>` instance
 /// # let dev = unsafe { Device::get_device(core::ptr::null_mut()) };
 ///
-/// let fw = Firmware::request(c_str!("path/to/firmware.bin"), &dev)?;
+/// let fw = Firmware::request(c"path/to/firmware.bin", &dev)?;
 /// let blob = fw.data();
 ///
 /// # Ok(())

rust/kernel/kunit.rs

@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ macro_rules! kunit_assert {
                 break 'out;
             }
 
-            static NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!($name);
-            static FILE: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!($file);
+            static NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($name);
+            static FILE: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($file);
             static LINE: i32 = core::line!() as i32 - $diff;
-            static CONDITION: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!(stringify!($condition));
+            static CONDITION: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
+                $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!(stringify!($condition));
 
             // SAFETY: FFI call without safety requirements.
             let kunit_test = unsafe { $crate::bindings::kunit_get_current_test() };

rust/kernel/net/phy.rs

@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ impl DeviceMask {
 ///
 /// ```
 /// # mod module_phy_driver_sample {
-/// use kernel::c_str;
 /// use kernel::net::phy::{self, DeviceId};
 /// use kernel::prelude::*;
 ///
@@ -799,7 +798,7 @@ impl DeviceMask {
 ///
 /// #[vtable]
 /// impl phy::Driver for PhySample {
-///     const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("PhySample");
+///     const NAME: &'static CStr = c"PhySample";
 ///     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: phy::DeviceId = phy::DeviceId::new_with_exact_mask(0x00000001);
 /// }
 /// # }
@@ -808,7 +807,6 @@ impl DeviceMask {
 /// This expands to the following code:
 ///
 /// ```ignore
-/// use kernel::c_str;
 /// use kernel::net::phy::{self, DeviceId};
 /// use kernel::prelude::*;
 ///
@@ -828,7 +826,7 @@ impl DeviceMask {
 ///
 /// #[vtable]
 /// impl phy::Driver for PhySample {
-///     const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("PhySample");
+///     const NAME: &'static CStr = c"PhySample";
 ///     const PHY_DEVICE_ID: phy::DeviceId = phy::DeviceId::new_with_exact_mask(0x00000001);
 /// }
 ///

rust/kernel/platform.rs

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ macro_rules! module_platform_driver {
 /// # Example
 ///
 ///```
-/// # use kernel::{bindings, c_str, of, platform};
+/// # use kernel::{bindings, of, platform};
 ///
 /// struct MyDriver;
 ///
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ macro_rules! module_platform_driver {
 ///     MODULE_OF_TABLE,
 ///     <MyDriver as platform::Driver>::IdInfo,
 ///     [
-///         (of::DeviceId::new(c_str!("test,device")), ())
+///         (of::DeviceId::new(c"test,device"), ())
 ///     ]
 /// );
 ///

rust/kernel/str.rs

@@ -273,14 +273,13 @@ pub trait CStrExt {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::c_str;
     /// # use kernel::fmt;
     /// # use kernel::str::CString;
-    /// let penguin = c_str!("🐧");
+    /// let penguin = c"🐧";
     /// let s = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("{}", penguin.display()))?;
     /// assert_eq!(s.to_bytes_with_nul(), "\\xf0\\x9f\\x90\\xa7\0".as_bytes());
     ///
-    /// let ascii = c_str!("so \"cool\"");
+    /// let ascii = c"so \"cool\"";
     /// let s = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("{}", ascii.display()))?;
     /// assert_eq!(s.to_bytes_with_nul(), "so \"cool\"\0".as_bytes());
     /// # Ok::<(), kernel::error::Error>(())
@@ -368,25 +367,37 @@ impl AsRef<BStr> for CStr {
     }
 }
 
-/// Creates a new [`CStr`] from a string literal.
+/// Creates a static C string wrapper at compile time.
 ///
-/// The string literal should not contain any `NUL` bytes.
+/// Rust supports C string literals since Rust 1.77, and they should be used instead of this macro
+/// where possible. This macro exists to allow static *non-literal* C strings to be created at
+/// compile time. This is most often used in other macros.
+///
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// This macro panics if the operand contains an interior `NUL` byte.
 ///
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
-/// # use kernel::c_str;
+/// # use kernel::c_str_avoid_literals;
 /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
-/// const MY_CSTR: &CStr = c_str!("My awesome CStr!");
+/// const MY_CSTR: &CStr = c_str_avoid_literals!(concat!(file!(), ":", line!(), ": My CStr!"));
 /// ```
 #[macro_export]
-macro_rules! c_str {
+macro_rules! c_str_avoid_literals {
+    // NB: we could write `($str:lit) => compile_error!("use a C string literal instead");` here but
+    // that would trigger when the literal is at the top of several macro expansions. That would be
+    // too limiting to macro authors, so we rely on the name as a hint instead.
     ($str:expr) => {{
-        const S: &str = concat!($str, "\0");
-        const C: &$crate::str::CStr = match $crate::str::CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(S.as_bytes()) {
-            Ok(v) => v,
-            Err(_) => panic!("string contains interior NUL"),
-        };
+        const S: &'static str = concat!($str, "\0");
+        const C: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
+            match $crate::str::CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(S.as_bytes()) {
+                Ok(v) => v,
+                Err(core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError { .. }) => {
+                    panic!("string contains interior NUL")
+                }
+            };
         C
     }};
 }

rust/kernel/sync.rs

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ macro_rules! static_lock_class {
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! optional_name {
     () => {
-        $crate::c_str!(::core::concat!(::core::file!(), ":", ::core::line!()))
+        $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!(::core::concat!(::core::file!(), ":", ::core::line!()))
     };
     ($name:literal) => {
-        $crate::c_str!($name)
+        $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!($name)
     };
 }

rust/kernel/sync/lock/global.rs

@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ macro_rules! global_lock {
         $pub enum $name {}
 
         impl $crate::sync::lock::GlobalLockBackend for $name {
-            const NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr = $crate::c_str!(::core::stringify!($name));
+            const NAME: &'static $crate::str::CStr =
+                $crate::c_str_avoid_literals!(::core::stringify!($name));
             type Item = $valuety;
             type Backend = $crate::global_lock_inner!(backend $kind);
 

rust/macros/module.rs

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ pub(crate) fn module(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             }};
 
             impl kernel::ModuleMetadata for {type_} {{
-                const NAME: &'static kernel::str::CStr = kernel::c_str!(\"{name}\");
+                const NAME: &'static kernel::str::CStr = c\"{name}\";
             }}
 
             // Double nested modules, since then nobody can access the public items inside.

samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! To make this driver probe, QEMU must be run with `-device pci-testdev`.
 
-use kernel::{bindings, c_str, devres::Devres, pci, prelude::*};
+use kernel::{bindings, devres::Devres, pci, prelude::*};
 
 struct Regs;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl pci::Driver for SampleDriver {
         pdev.enable_device_mem()?;
         pdev.set_master();
 
-        let bar = pdev.iomap_region_sized::<{ Regs::END }>(0, c_str!("rust_driver_pci"))?;
+        let bar = pdev.iomap_region_sized::<{ Regs::END }>(0, c"rust_driver_pci")?;
 
         let drvdata = KBox::new(
             Self {

samples/rust/rust_driver_platform.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 //! Rust Platform driver sample.
 
-use kernel::{c_str, of, platform, prelude::*};
+use kernel::{of, platform, prelude::*};
 
 struct SampleDriver {
     pdev: platform::Device,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ kernel::of_device_table!(
     OF_TABLE,
     MODULE_OF_TABLE,
     <SampleDriver as platform::Driver>::IdInfo,
-    [(of::DeviceId::new(c_str!("test,rust-device")), Info(42))]
+    [(of::DeviceId::new(c"test,rust-device"), Info(42))]
 );
 
 impl platform::Driver for SampleDriver {

samples/rust/rust_misc_device.rs

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 use core::pin::Pin;
 
 use kernel::{
-    c_str,
     device::Device,
     fs::File,
     ioctl::{_IO, _IOC_SIZE, _IOR, _IOW},
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ impl kernel::InPlaceModule for RustMiscDeviceModule {
         pr_info!("Initialising Rust Misc Device Sample\n");
 
         let options = MiscDeviceOptions {
-            name: c_str!("rust-misc-device"),
+            name: c"rust-misc-device",
         };
 
         try_pin_init!(Self {