uefi: Move PoolString to enable additional use

uefi/src/boot.rs

@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ unsafe fn get_memory_map_and_exit_boot_services(buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<Memory
 ///
 /// [`helpers`]: crate::helpers
 /// [`Output`]: crate::proto::console::text::Output
-/// [`PoolString`]: crate::proto::device_path::text::PoolString
+/// [`PoolString`]: crate::data_types::PoolString
 #[must_use]
 pub unsafe fn exit_boot_services(custom_memory_type: Option<MemoryType>) -> MemoryMapOwned {
     // LOADER_DATA is the default and also used by the Linux kernel:

uefi/src/data_types/mod.rs

@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ mod opaque;
 
 mod strs;
 pub use strs::{
-    CStr16, CStr8, EqStrUntilNul, FromSliceWithNulError, FromStrWithBufError, UnalignedCStr16Error,
+    CStr16, CStr8, EqStrUntilNul, FromSliceWithNulError, FromStrWithBufError, PoolString,
+    UnalignedCStr16Error,
 };
 
 /// These functions are used in the implementation of the [`cstr8`] macro.

uefi/src/data_types/strs.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
 
+use uefi_raw::Status;
+
 use super::chars::{Char16, Char8, NUL_16, NUL_8};
 use super::UnalignedSlice;
+use crate::mem::PoolAllocation;
 use crate::polyfill::maybe_uninit_slice_assume_init_ref;
 use core::borrow::Borrow;
 use core::ffi::CStr;
 use core::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use core::ops::Deref;
+use core::ptr::NonNull;
 use core::{ptr, slice};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
@@ -718,6 +723,40 @@ impl PartialEq<CString16> for &CStr16 {
     }
 }
 
+/// UCS-2 string allocated from UEFI pool memory.
+///
+/// This is similar to a [`CString16`], but used for memory that was allocated
+/// internally by UEFI rather than the Rust allocator.
+///
+/// [`CString16`]: crate::CString16
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PoolString(PoolAllocation);
+
+impl PoolString {
+    /// Create a [`PoolString`] from a [`CStr16`] residing in a buffer allocated
+    /// using [`allocate_pool()`][cbap].
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The caller must ensure that the buffer points to a valid [`CStr16`] and
+    /// resides in a buffer allocated using [`allocate_pool()`][cbap]
+    ///
+    /// [cbap]: crate::boot::allocate_pool()
+    pub unsafe fn new(text: *const Char16) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        NonNull::new(text.cast_mut())
+            .map(|p| Self(PoolAllocation::new(p.cast())))
+            .ok_or(Status::OUT_OF_RESOURCES.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for PoolString {
+    type Target = CStr16;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        unsafe { CStr16::from_ptr(self.0.as_ptr().as_ptr().cast()) }
+    }
+}
+
 impl UnalignedSlice<'_, u16> {
     /// Create a [`CStr16`] from an [`UnalignedSlice`] using an aligned
     /// buffer for storage. The lifetime of the output is tied to `buf`,

uefi/src/proto/device_path/text.rs

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 // if there is insufficient memory. So we treat any NULL output as an
 // `OUT_OF_RESOURCES` error.
 
+use crate::data_types::PoolString;
 use crate::mem::PoolAllocation;
 use crate::proto::device_path::{DevicePath, DevicePathNode};
 use crate::proto::unsafe_protocol;
-use crate::{CStr16, Char16, Result, Status};
-use core::ops::Deref;
+use crate::{CStr16, Result, Status};
 use core::ptr::NonNull;
 use uefi_raw::protocol::device_path::{DevicePathFromTextProtocol, DevicePathToTextProtocol};
 
@@ -47,31 +47,6 @@ pub struct DisplayOnly(pub bool);
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub struct AllowShortcuts(pub bool);
 
-/// UCS-2 string allocated from UEFI pool memory.
-///
-/// This is similar to a [`CString16`], but used for memory that was allocated
-/// internally by UEFI rather than the Rust allocator.
-///
-/// [`CString16`]: crate::CString16
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct PoolString(PoolAllocation);
-
-impl PoolString {
-    fn new(text: *const Char16) -> Result<Self> {
-        NonNull::new(text.cast_mut())
-            .map(|p| Self(PoolAllocation::new(p.cast())))
-            .ok_or(Status::OUT_OF_RESOURCES.into())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Deref for PoolString {
-    type Target = CStr16;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        unsafe { CStr16::from_ptr(self.0.as_ptr().as_ptr().cast()) }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Protocol for converting a [`DevicePath`] or `DevicePathNode`] to a string.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
@@ -98,7 +73,7 @@ impl DevicePathToText {
                 allow_shortcuts.0.into(),
             )
         };
-        PoolString::new(text.cast())
+        unsafe { PoolString::new(text.cast()) }
     }
 
     /// Convert a [`DevicePath`] to a [`PoolString`].
@@ -120,7 +95,7 @@ impl DevicePathToText {
                 allow_shortcuts.0.into(),
             )
         };
-        PoolString::new(text.cast())
+        unsafe { PoolString::new(text.cast()) }
     }
 }