diff --git a/native/src/base/cstr.rs b/native/src/base/cstr.rs
index acb415392..ab9f9ab31 100644
--- a/native/src/base/cstr.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/cstr.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ use crate::slice_from_ptr_mut;
 use libc::c_char;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+// Utf8CStr types are UTF-8 validated and null terminated strings.
+//
+// Several Utf8CStr types:
+//
+// Utf8CStr: can only exist as reference, similar to &str
+// Utf8CString: dynamically sized buffer allocated on the heap
+// Utf8CStrBufRef: reference to a fixed sized buffer
+// Utf8CStrBufArr<N>: fixed sized buffer allocated on the stack
+//
+// In most cases, these are the types being used
+//
+// &Utf8CStr: whenever a printable null terminated string is needed
+// &mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite: whenever we need a buffer that only needs to support appending
+//                         strings to the end, and has to be null terminated
+// &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf: whenever we need a pre-allocated buffer that is large enough to fit
+//                       in the result, and has to be null terminated
+//
+// All types dereferences to &Utf8CStr.
+// Utf8CString, Utf8CStrBufRef, and Utf8CStrBufArr<N> implements Utf8CStrWrite.
+// Utf8CStrBufRef and Utf8CStrBufArr<N> implements Utf8CStrBuf.
+
 pub fn copy_cstr<T: AsRef<CStr> + ?Sized>(dest: &mut [u8], src: &T) -> usize {
     let src = src.as_ref().to_bytes_with_nul();
     let len = min(src.len(), dest.len());
@@ -17,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn copy_cstr<T: AsRef<CStr> + ?Sized>(dest: &mut [u8], src: &T) -> usize {
     len - 1
 }
 
-fn utf8_cstr_append(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
+fn utf8_cstr_buf_append(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
     let mut used = buf.len();
     if used >= buf.capacity() - 1 {
         // Truncate
@@ -32,28 +53,35 @@ fn utf8_cstr_append(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
     len
 }
 
-fn utf8_cstr_append_lossy(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
+fn utf8_cstr_append_lossy(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
     let chunks = Utf8Chunks::new(s);
     let mut len = 0_usize;
     for chunk in chunks {
-        len += utf8_cstr_append(buf, chunk.valid().as_bytes());
+        len += buf.push_str(chunk.valid());
         if !chunk.invalid().is_empty() {
-            len += utf8_cstr_append(
-                buf,
-                char::REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER
-                    .encode_utf8(&mut [0; 4])
-                    .as_bytes(),
-            );
+            len += buf.push_str(char::REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER.encode_utf8(&mut [0; 4]));
         }
     }
     len
 }
 
-pub trait Utf8CStrBuf:
+// Trait definitions
+
+pub trait Utf8CStrWrite:
     Write + AsRef<Utf8CStr> + AsMut<Utf8CStr> + Deref<Target = Utf8CStr> + DerefMut
 {
-    fn buf(&self) -> &[u8];
     fn len(&self) -> usize;
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
+    }
+    fn push_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize;
+    fn push_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize;
+    fn clear(&mut self);
+}
+
+pub trait Utf8CStrBuf: Utf8CStrWrite {
+    fn buf(&self) -> &[u8];
 
     // Modifying the underlying buffer or length is unsafe because it can either:
     // 1. Break null termination
@@ -62,29 +90,92 @@ pub trait Utf8CStrBuf:
     unsafe fn mut_buf(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
     unsafe fn set_len(&mut self, len: usize);
 
-    fn append(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize;
-    fn append_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize;
-    unsafe fn append_unchecked(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize;
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len() == 0
-    }
-
     #[inline(always)]
     fn capacity(&self) -> usize {
         self.buf().len()
     }
+}
 
-    fn clear(&mut self) {
+trait AsUtf8CStr {
+    fn as_utf8_cstr(&self) -> &Utf8CStr;
+    fn as_utf8_cstr_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Utf8CStr;
+}
+
+// Implementation for Utf8CString
+
+trait StringExt {
+    fn nul_terminate(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
+}
+
+impl StringExt for String {
+    fn nul_terminate(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        self.reserve(1);
+        // SAFETY: the string is reserved to have enough capacity to fit in the null byte
+        // SAFETY: the null byte is explicitly added outside of the string's length
         unsafe {
-            self.mut_buf()[0] = b'\0';
-            self.set_len(0);
+            let buf = slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.as_mut_ptr(), self.len() + 1);
+            *buf.get_unchecked_mut(self.len()) = b'\0';
+            buf
         }
     }
 }
 
-trait Utf8CStrBufImpl: Utf8CStrBuf {
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Utf8CString(String);
+
+impl Utf8CString {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsUtf8CStr for Utf8CString {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn as_utf8_cstr(&self) -> &Utf8CStr {
+        // SAFETY: the internal string is always null terminated
+        unsafe { mem::transmute(slice::from_raw_parts(self.0.as_ptr(), self.0.len() + 1)) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn as_utf8_cstr_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Utf8CStr {
+        Utf8CStr::from_string(&mut self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Utf8CStrWrite for Utf8CString {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0.len()
+    }
+
+    fn push_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize {
+        self.0.push_str(s);
+        self.0.nul_terminate();
+        s.len()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn push_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
+        utf8_cstr_append_lossy(self, s)
+    }
+
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.0.clear();
+        self.0.nul_terminate();
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for Utf8CString {
+    fn from(mut value: String) -> Self {
+        value.nul_terminate();
+        Utf8CString(value)
+    }
+}
+
+// Implementations for Utf8CStrBuf
+
+impl<T: Utf8CStrBuf> AsUtf8CStr for T {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn as_utf8_cstr(&self) -> &Utf8CStr {
         // SAFETY: the internal buffer is always UTF-8 checked
@@ -104,35 +195,30 @@ trait Utf8CStrBufImpl: Utf8CStrBuf {
 }
 
 // UTF-8 validated + null terminated reference to buffer
-pub struct Utf8CStrSlice<'a> {
+pub struct Utf8CStrBufRef<'a> {
     used: usize,
     buf: &'a mut [u8],
 }
 
-impl<'a> Utf8CStrSlice<'a> {
-    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(buf: *mut u8, len: usize) -> Utf8CStrSlice<'a> {
+impl<'a> Utf8CStrBufRef<'a> {
+    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(buf: *mut u8, len: usize) -> Utf8CStrBufRef<'a> {
         Self::from(slice_from_ptr_mut(buf, len))
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<&'a mut [u8]> for Utf8CStrSlice<'a> {
-    fn from(buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Utf8CStrSlice<'a> {
+impl<'a> From<&'a mut [u8]> for Utf8CStrBufRef<'a> {
+    fn from(buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Utf8CStrBufRef<'a> {
         buf[0] = b'\0';
-        Utf8CStrSlice { used: 0, buf }
+        Utf8CStrBufRef { used: 0, buf }
     }
 }
 
-impl Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrSlice<'_> {
+impl Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrBufRef<'_> {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn buf(&self) -> &[u8] {
         self.buf
     }
 
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.used
-    }
-
     #[inline(always)]
     unsafe fn mut_buf(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         self.buf
@@ -142,49 +228,29 @@ impl Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrSlice<'_> {
     unsafe fn set_len(&mut self, len: usize) {
         self.used = len;
     }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn append(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append(self, s.as_bytes())
-    }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn append_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append_lossy(self, s)
-    }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    unsafe fn append_unchecked(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append(self, s)
-    }
 }
 
 // UTF-8 validated + null terminated buffer on the stack
-pub struct Utf8CStrArr<const N: usize> {
+pub struct Utf8CStrBufArr<const N: usize> {
     used: usize,
     buf: [u8; N],
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> Utf8CStrArr<N> {
+impl<const N: usize> Utf8CStrBufArr<N> {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Utf8CStrArr {
+        Utf8CStrBufArr {
             used: 0,
             buf: [0; N],
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrArr<N> {
+impl<const N: usize> Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrBufArr<N> {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn buf(&self) -> &[u8] {
         &self.buf
     }
 
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.used
-    }
-
     #[inline(always)]
     unsafe fn mut_buf(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         &mut self.buf
@@ -195,30 +261,15 @@ impl<const N: usize> Utf8CStrBuf for Utf8CStrArr<N> {
         self.used = len;
     }
 
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn append(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append(self, s.as_bytes())
-    }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn append_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append_lossy(self, s)
-    }
-
-    #[inline(always)]
-    unsafe fn append_unchecked(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
-        utf8_cstr_append(self, s)
-    }
-
     #[inline(always)]
     fn capacity(&self) -> usize {
         N
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for Utf8CStrArr<4096> {
+impl Default for Utf8CStrBufArr<4096> {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Utf8CStrArr::<4096>::new()
+        Utf8CStrBufArr::<4096>::new()
     }
 }
 
@@ -232,24 +283,6 @@ pub enum StrErr {
     NullPointerError,
 }
 
-// Provide a way to have a heap allocated, UTF-8 validated, and null terminated string
-pub trait StringExt {
-    fn nul_terminate(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
-}
-
-impl StringExt for String {
-    fn nul_terminate(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
-        self.reserve(1);
-        // SAFETY: the string is reserved to have enough capacity to fit in the null byte
-        // SAFETY: the null byte is explicitly added outside of the string's length
-        unsafe {
-            let buf = slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.as_mut_ptr(), self.len() + 1);
-            *buf.get_unchecked_mut(self.len()) = b'\0';
-            buf
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 // UTF-8 validated + null terminated string slice
 pub struct Utf8CStr([u8]);
 
@@ -378,28 +411,28 @@ impl DerefMut for FsPath {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct FsPathBuf<'a>(&'a mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf);
+pub struct FsPathBuf<'a>(&'a mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite);
 
 impl<'a> FsPathBuf<'a> {
-    pub fn new(value: &'a mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(value: &'a mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite) -> Self {
         FsPathBuf(value)
     }
 
     pub fn join<T: AsRef<str>>(self, path: T) -> Self {
-        fn inner(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, path: &str) {
+        fn inner(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite, path: &str) {
             if path.starts_with('/') {
                 buf.clear();
             } else {
-                buf.append("/");
+                buf.push_str("/");
             }
-            buf.append(path);
+            buf.push_str(path);
         }
         inner(self.0, path.as_ref());
         self
     }
 
     pub fn join_fmt<T: Display>(self, name: T) -> Self {
-        fn inner(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf, path: Arguments) {
+        fn inner(buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrWrite, path: Arguments) {
             buf.write_fmt(path).ok();
         }
         inner(self.0, format_args!("/{}", name));
@@ -504,22 +537,17 @@ impl_str!(
     (Utf8CStr,)
     (FsPath,)
     (FsPathBuf<'_>,)
+    (Utf8CStrBufRef<'_>,)
+    (Utf8CStrBufArr<N>, const N: usize)
+    (Utf8CString,)
 );
 
-macro_rules! impl_str_buf {
+macro_rules! impl_str_write {
     ($( ($t:ty, $($g:tt)*) )*) => {$(
-        impl_str!(($t, $($g)*));
-        impl<$($g)*> $t {
-            #[inline(always)]
-            pub fn append<T: AsRef<str>>(&mut self, s: T) -> usize {
-                utf8_cstr_append(self, s.as_ref().as_bytes())
-            }
-        }
-        impl<$($g)*> Utf8CStrBufImpl for $t {}
         impl<$($g)*> Write for $t {
             #[inline(always)]
             fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
-                self.append(s);
+                self.push_str(s);
                 Ok(())
             }
         }
@@ -546,9 +574,41 @@ macro_rules! impl_str_buf {
     )*}
 }
 
+impl_str_write!(
+    (Utf8CStrBufRef<'_>,)
+    (Utf8CStrBufArr<N>, const N: usize)
+    (Utf8CString,)
+);
+
+macro_rules! impl_str_buf {
+    ($( ($t:ty, $($g:tt)*) )*) => {$(
+        impl<$($g)*> Utf8CStrWrite for $t {
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn len(&self) -> usize {
+                self.used
+            }
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn push_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> usize {
+                utf8_cstr_buf_append(self, s.as_bytes())
+            }
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn push_lossy(&mut self, s: &[u8]) -> usize {
+                utf8_cstr_append_lossy(self, s)
+            }
+            #[inline(always)]
+            fn clear(&mut self) {
+                unsafe {
+                    self.mut_buf()[0] = b'\0';
+                    self.set_len(0);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    )*}
+}
+
 impl_str_buf!(
-    (Utf8CStrSlice<'_>,)
-    (Utf8CStrArr<N>, const N: usize)
+    (Utf8CStrBufRef<'_>,)
+    (Utf8CStrBufArr<N>, const N: usize)
 );
 
 // The cstr! macro is copied from https://github.com/bytecodealliance/rustix/blob/main/src/cstr.rs
diff --git a/native/src/base/cxx_extern.rs b/native/src/base/cxx_extern.rs
index 8678309a8..ec72e85a4 100644
--- a/native/src/base/cxx_extern.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/cxx_extern.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ use libc::mode_t;
 use crate::logging::CxxResultExt;
 pub(crate) use crate::xwrap::*;
 use crate::{
-    clone_attr, fclone_attr, fd_path, map_fd, map_file, Directory, FsPath, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrSlice,
+    clone_attr, fclone_attr, fd_path, map_fd, map_file, Directory, FsPath, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBufRef,
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn fd_path_for_cxx(fd: RawFd, buf: &mut [u8]) -> isize {
-    let mut buf = Utf8CStrSlice::from(buf);
+    let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufRef::from(buf);
     fd_path(fd, &mut buf)
         .log_cxx_with_msg(|w| w.write_str("fd_path failed"))
         .map_or(-1_isize, |_| buf.len() as isize)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fd_path_for_cxx(fd: RawFd, buf: &mut [u8]) -> isize {
 unsafe extern "C" fn canonical_path(path: *const c_char, buf: *mut u8, bufsz: usize) -> isize {
     match Utf8CStr::from_ptr(path) {
         Ok(p) => {
-            let mut buf = Utf8CStrSlice::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
+            let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufRef::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
             FsPath::from(p)
                 .realpath(&mut buf)
                 .map_or(-1, |_| buf.len() as isize)
diff --git a/native/src/base/files.rs b/native/src/base/files.rs
index 37b51b1e6..253113e83 100644
--- a/native/src/base/files.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/files.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ use num_traits::AsPrimitive;
 
 use crate::cxx_extern::readlinkat_for_cxx;
 use crate::{
-    copy_cstr, cstr, errno, error, FsPath, FsPathBuf, LibcReturn, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrArr,
-    Utf8CStrBuf,
+    copy_cstr, cstr, errno, error, FsPath, FsPathBuf, LibcReturn, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBuf,
+    Utf8CStrBufArr,
 };
 
 pub fn __open_fd_impl(path: &Utf8CStr, flags: i32, mode: mode_t) -> io::Result<OwnedFd> {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ macro_rules! open_fd {
 }
 
 pub fn fd_path(fd: RawFd, buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let mut arr = Utf8CStrArr::<40>::new();
+    let mut arr = Utf8CStrBufArr::<40>::new();
     let path = FsPathBuf::new(&mut arr).join("/proc/self/fd").join_fmt(fd);
     path.read_link(buf)
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl<T: Write> WriteExt for T {
 
 pub struct FileAttr {
     pub st: libc::stat,
-    pub con: Utf8CStrArr<128>,
+    pub con: Utf8CStrBufArr<128>,
 }
 
 const XATTR_NAME_SELINUX: &[u8] = b"security.selinux\0";
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ impl DirEntry<'_> {
 
     pub fn path(&self, buf: &mut dyn Utf8CStrBuf) -> io::Result<()> {
         self.dir.path(buf)?;
-        buf.append("/");
-        buf.append_lossy(self.d_name().to_bytes());
+        buf.push_str("/");
+        buf.push_lossy(self.d_name().to_bytes());
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ impl DirEntry<'_> {
     }
 
     pub fn get_attr(&self) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
-        let mut path = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+        let mut path = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
         self.path(&mut path)?;
         FsPath::from(path).get_attr()
     }
 
     pub fn set_attr(&self, attr: &FileAttr) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut path = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+        let mut path = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
         self.path(&mut path)?;
         FsPath::from(path).set_attr(attr)
     }
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl Directory {
                 std::io::copy(&mut src, &mut dest)?;
                 fd_set_attr(dest.as_raw_fd(), &attr)?;
             } else if e.is_lnk() {
-                let mut path = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+                let mut path = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
                 e.read_link(&mut path)?;
                 unsafe {
                     libc::symlinkat(path.as_ptr(), dir.as_raw_fd(), e.d_name.as_ptr())
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ impl FsPath {
         unsafe {
             attr = FileAttr {
                 st: mem::zeroed(),
-                con: Utf8CStrArr::new(),
+                con: Utf8CStrBufArr::new(),
             };
             libc::lstat(self.as_ptr(), &mut attr.st).as_os_err()?;
             if SELINUX_ENABLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ impl FsPath {
                 let mut dest = path.create(O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0o777)?;
                 std::io::copy(&mut src, &mut dest)?;
             } else if (attr.st.st_mode & libc::S_IFMT as c_uint) == S_IFLNK.as_() {
-                let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+                let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
                 self.read_link(&mut buf)?;
                 unsafe {
                     libc::symlink(buf.as_ptr(), path.as_ptr()).as_os_err()?;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pub fn fd_get_attr(fd: RawFd) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
     unsafe {
         attr = FileAttr {
             st: mem::zeroed(),
-            con: Utf8CStrArr::new(),
+            con: Utf8CStrBufArr::new(),
         };
         libc::fstat(fd, &mut attr.st).as_os_err()?;
         if SELINUX_ENABLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
diff --git a/native/src/base/logging.rs b/native/src/base/logging.rs
index f79d4c72e..3e779cb44 100644
--- a/native/src/base/logging.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/logging.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::panic::Location;
 use std::process::exit;
 
 use crate::ffi::LogLevel;
-use crate::{Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrArr};
+use crate::{Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBufArr};
 
 // Error handling and logging throughout the Rust codebase in Magisk:
 //
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn log_from_cxx(level: LogLevel, msg: &[u8]) {
 
 pub fn log_with_formatter<F: FnOnce(Formatter) -> fmt::Result>(level: LogLevel, f: F) {
     log_with_writer(level, |write| {
-        let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+        let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
         f(&mut buf).ok();
         write(level, &buf);
     });
diff --git a/native/src/base/xwrap.rs b/native/src/base/xwrap.rs
index 3fe949211..5144f9d0c 100644
--- a/native/src/base/xwrap.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/xwrap.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use libc::{
 };
 
 use crate::cxx_extern::readlinkat_for_cxx;
-use crate::{cstr, errno, raw_cstr, CxxResultExt, FsPath, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrSlice};
+use crate::{cstr, errno, raw_cstr, CxxResultExt, FsPath, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBufRef};
 
 fn ptr_to_str<'a, T>(ptr: *const T) -> &'a str {
     if ptr.is_null() {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ mod c_export {
 unsafe extern "C" fn xrealpath(path: *const c_char, buf: *mut u8, bufsz: usize) -> isize {
     match Utf8CStr::from_ptr(path) {
         Ok(p) => {
-            let mut buf = Utf8CStrSlice::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
+            let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufRef::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
             FsPath::from(p)
                 .realpath(&mut buf)
                 .log_cxx_with_msg(|w| w.write_fmt(format_args!("realpath {} failed", p)))
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn xrealpath(path: *const c_char, buf: *mut u8, bufsz: usize)
 unsafe extern "C" fn xreadlink(path: *const c_char, buf: *mut u8, bufsz: usize) -> isize {
     match Utf8CStr::from_ptr(path) {
         Ok(p) => {
-            let mut buf = Utf8CStrSlice::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
+            let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufRef::from_ptr(buf, bufsz);
             FsPath::from(p)
                 .read_link(&mut buf)
                 .log_cxx_with_msg(|w| w.write_fmt(format_args!("readlink {} failed", p)))
diff --git a/native/src/core/daemon.rs b/native/src/core/daemon.rs
index 2333aefac..2e612797a 100644
--- a/native/src/core/daemon.rs
+++ b/native/src/core/daemon.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, OnceLock};
 
-use base::{cstr, Directory, ResultExt, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBuf, Utf8CStrSlice, WalkResult};
+use base::{cstr, Directory, ResultExt, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBuf, Utf8CStrBufRef, WalkResult};
 
 use crate::logging::{magisk_logging, zygisk_logging};
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ pub fn find_apk_path(pkg: &[u8], data: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
             Ok(Skip)
         })?;
         if !buf.is_empty() {
-            buf.append("/base.apk");
+            buf.push_str("/base.apk");
         }
         Ok(buf.len())
     }
-    inner(pkg, &mut Utf8CStrSlice::from(data))
+    inner(pkg, &mut Utf8CStrBufRef::from(data))
         .log()
         .unwrap_or(0)
 }
diff --git a/native/src/core/logging.rs b/native/src/core/logging.rs
index c09cfffe2..a490f8aa7 100644
--- a/native/src/core/logging.rs
+++ b/native/src/core/logging.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ extern "C" fn logfile_writer(arg: *mut c_void) -> *mut c_void {
 
         let mut meta = LogMeta::zeroed();
         let mut msg_buf = [0u8; MAX_MSG_LEN];
-        let mut aux = Utf8CStrArr::<64>::new();
+        let mut aux = Utf8CStrBufArr::<64>::new();
 
         loop {
             // Read request
diff --git a/native/src/core/resetprop/persist.rs b/native/src/core/resetprop/persist.rs
index 59c7f4dc9..4dd8e3b02 100644
--- a/native/src/core/resetprop/persist.rs
+++ b/native/src/core/resetprop/persist.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use quick_protobuf::{BytesReader, MessageRead, MessageWrite, Writer};
 use base::libc::{O_CLOEXEC, O_RDONLY};
 use base::{
     clone_attr, cstr, debug, libc::mkstemp, Directory, FsPath, FsPathBuf, LibcReturn, LoggedError,
-    LoggedResult, MappedFile, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrArr, WalkResult,
+    LoggedResult, MappedFile, Utf8CStr, Utf8CStrBufArr, WalkResult,
 };
 
 use crate::ffi::{prop_cb_exec, PropCb};
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn check_proto() -> bool {
 }
 
 fn file_get_prop(name: &Utf8CStr) -> LoggedResult<String> {
-    let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+    let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
     let path = FsPathBuf::new(&mut buf)
         .join(PERSIST_PROP_DIR!())
         .join(name);
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ fn file_get_prop(name: &Utf8CStr) -> LoggedResult<String> {
 }
 
 fn file_set_prop(name: &Utf8CStr, value: Option<&Utf8CStr>) -> LoggedResult<()> {
-    let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+    let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
     let path = FsPathBuf::new(&mut buf)
         .join(PERSIST_PROP_DIR!())
         .join(name);
     if let Some(value) = value {
-        let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+        let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
         let mut tmp = FsPathBuf::new(&mut buf)
             .join(PERSIST_PROP_DIR!())
             .join("prop.XXXXXX");
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fn proto_read_props() -> LoggedResult<PersistentProperties> {
 }
 
 fn proto_write_props(props: &PersistentProperties) -> LoggedResult<()> {
-    let mut buf = Utf8CStrArr::default();
+    let mut buf = Utf8CStrBufArr::default();
     let mut tmp = FsPathBuf::new(&mut buf).join(concat!(PERSIST_PROP!(), ".XXXXXX"));
     {
         let f = unsafe {