[PATCH v4 12/20] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier

[Miguel Ojeda]

From: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch adds a format specifier `%pA` to `vsprintf` which formats
a pointer as `core::fmt::Arguments`. Doing so allows us to directly
format to the internal buffer of `printf`, so we do not have to use
a temporary buffer on the stack to pre-assemble the message on
the Rust side.

This specifier is intended only to be used from Rust and not for C, so
`checkpatch.pl` is intentionally unchanged to catch any misuse.

Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@xxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/rust.h     | 14 ++++++++++++++
 lib/vsprintf.c |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/rust.h

diff --git a/lib/rust.h b/lib/rust.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cf0b102b496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rust.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LIB_RUST_H
+#define _LIB_RUST_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RUST
+char *rust_fmt_argument(char* buf, char* end, void *ptr);
+#else
+static inline char *rust_fmt_argument(char* buf, char* end, void *ptr)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LIB_RUST_H */
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 3b8129dd374c..61528094ec87 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 #include "kstrtox.h"
+#include "rust.h"
 
 static noinline unsigned long long simple_strntoull(const char *startp, size_t max_chars, char **endp, unsigned int base)
 {
@@ -2378,6 +2379,10 @@ early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable);
  *
  * Note: The default behaviour (unadorned %p) is to hash the address,
  * rendering it useful as a unique identifier.
+ *
+ * There is also a '%pA' format specifier, but it is only intended to be used
+ * from Rust code to format core::fmt::Arguments. Do *not* use it from C.
+ * See rust/kernel/print.rs for details.
  */
 static noinline_for_stack
 char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
@@ -2450,6 +2455,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 		return device_node_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
 	case 'f':
 		return fwnode_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
+	case 'A':
+		return rust_fmt_argument(buf, end, ptr);
 	case 'x':
 		return pointer_string(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	case 'e':
-- 
2.35.1