`kernel::ffi::CStr` was introduced in commit d126d23801 ("rust: str:
add `CStr` type") in November 2022 as an upstreaming of earlier work
that was done in May 2021[0]. That earlier work, having predated the
inclusion of `CStr` in `core`, largely duplicated the implementation of
`std::ffi::CStr`.
`std::ffi::CStr` was moved to `core::ffi::CStr` in Rust 1.64 in
September 2022. Hence replace `kernel::str::CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
to reduce our custom code footprint, and retain needed custom
functionality through an extension trait.
Add `CStr` to `ffi` and the kernel prelude.
Link: faa3cbcca0 [0]
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251018-cstr-core-v18-16-9378a54385f8@gmail.com
[ Removed assert that would now depend on the Rust version. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Macros and auto-generated code should use absolute paths, `::core::...`
and `::kernel::...`, for core and kernel references.
This prevents issues where user-defined modules named `core` or `kernel`
could be picked up instead of the `core` or `kernel` crates.
Thus clean some references up.
Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1150
Signed-off-by: Igor Korotin <igor.korotin.linux@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250519164615.3310844-1-igor.korotin.linux@gmail.com
[ Applied `rustfmt`. Reworded slightly. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
The following FFI types are replaced compared to `core::ffi`:
1. `char` type is now always mapped to `u8`, since kernel uses
`-funsigned-char` on the C code. `core::ffi` maps it to platform
default ABI, which can be either signed or unsigned.
2. `long` is now always mapped to `isize`. It's very common in the
kernel to use `long` to represent a pointer-sized integer, and in
fact `intptr_t` is a typedef of `long` in the kernel. Enforce this
mapping rather than mapping to `i32/i64` depending on platform can
save us a lot of unnecessary casts.
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-5-gary@garyguo.net
[ Moved `uaccess` changes from the next commit, since they were
irrefutable patterns that Rust >= 1.82.0 warns about. Reworded
slightly and reformatted a few documentation comments. Rebased on
top of `rust-next`. Added the removal of two casts to avoid Clippy
warnings. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Currently FFI integer types are defined in libcore. This commit creates
the `ffi` crate and asks bindgen to use that crate for FFI integer types
instead of `core::ffi`.
This commit is preparatory and no type changes are made in this commit
yet.
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213041.395655-4-gary@garyguo.net
[ Added `rustdoc`, `rusttest` and KUnit tests support. Rebased on top of
`rust-next` (e.g. migrated more `core::ffi` cases). Reworded crate
docs slightly and formatted. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Tamir Duberstein
Igor Korotin
Gary Guo