1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs
index cd3d2a6cf1fc..c41607b2e4fe 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/str.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 //! String representations.
 
+use alloc::alloc::AllocError;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::fmt::{self, Write};
 use core::ops::{self, Deref, Index};
@@ -199,6 +200,12 @@ impl CStr {
     pub unsafe fn as_str_unchecked(&self) -> &str {
         unsafe { core::str::from_utf8_unchecked(self.as_bytes()) }
     }
+
+    /// Convert this [`CStr`] into a [`CString`] by allocating memory and
+    /// copying over the string data.
+    pub fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
+        CString::try_from(self)
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for CStr {
@@ -206,6 +213,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for CStr {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use kernel::c_str;
+    /// # use kernel::fmt;
     /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
     /// # use kernel::str::CString;
     /// let penguin = c_str!("🐧");
@@ -234,6 +242,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for CStr {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use kernel::c_str;
+    /// # use kernel::fmt;
     /// # use kernel::str::CStr;
     /// # use kernel::str::CString;
     /// let penguin = c_str!("🐧");
@@ -522,7 +531,7 @@ impl fmt::Write for Formatter {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
-/// use kernel::str::CString;
+/// use kernel::{str::CString, fmt};
 ///
 /// let s = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("{}{}{}", "abc", 10, 20)).unwrap();
 /// assert_eq!(s.as_bytes_with_nul(), "abc1020\0".as_bytes());
@@ -584,6 +593,21 @@ impl Deref for CString {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a CStr> for CString {
+    type Error = AllocError;
+
+    fn try_from(cstr: &'a CStr) -> Result<CString, AllocError> {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        buf.try_extend_from_slice(cstr.as_bytes_with_nul())
+            .map_err(|_| AllocError)?;
+
+        // INVARIANT: The `CStr` and `CString` types have the same invariants for
+        // the string data, and we copied it over without changes.
+        Ok(CString { buf })
+    }
+}
+
 /// A convenience alias for [`core::format_args`].
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! fmt {