linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 03/15] rust: sync: change error type of constructor functions

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Message-ID: <f50f9ef6-56c3-7ef3-9978-e30a55c55267@ryhl.io>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 19:56:15 +0200
From:   Alice Ryhl <alice@...l.io>
To:     Benno Lossin <y86-dev@...tonmail.com>
Cc:     rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/15] rust: sync: change error type of constructor
 functions

On 4/3/23 17:44, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Change the error type of the constructors of `Arc` and `UniqueArc` to be
> `AllocError` instead of `Error`. This makes the API more clear as to
> what can go wrong when calling `try_new` or its variants.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <y86-dev@...tonmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>
> Cc: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
> Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>