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| author | Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> | 2022-11-10 19:41:26 +0300 |
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| committer | Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> | 2022-12-04 03:59:15 +0300 |
| commit | 7c5977464681c2ec603efcac32a9432bcd355f12 (patch) | |
| tree | d2afa9e25342c9e637b6ff615489974e5f58fc9f | |
| parent | feadd062871704b1de2111d06008ee24a8f03d02 (diff) | |
| download | linux-7c5977464681c2ec603efcac32a9432bcd355f12.tar.xz | |
rust: str: add `BStr` type
Add the `BStr` type, which is a byte string without UTF-8
validity guarantee.
It is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident
semantical meaning.
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
[Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | rust/kernel/str.rs | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs index e45ff220ae50..3aa1a0cb9bf8 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/str.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ use core::fmt; +/// Byte string without UTF-8 validity guarantee. +/// +/// `BStr` is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning. +pub type BStr = [u8]; + /// Allows formatting of [`fmt::Arguments`] into a raw buffer. /// /// It does not fail if callers write past the end of the buffer so that they can calculate the |