[PATCH v2 08/19] rust: firmware: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

From: Tamir Duberstein
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 12:13:26 EST


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

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index 376e7e77453f..71168d8004e2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ fn request_nowarn() -> Self {
/// # 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(())
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ macro_rules! module_firmware {
($($builder:tt)*) => {
const _: () = {
const __MODULE_FIRMWARE_PREFIX: &'static $crate::str::CStr = if cfg!(MODULE) {
- $crate::c_str!("")
+ c""
} else {
<LocalModule as $crate::ModuleMetadata>::NAME
};

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2.50.1