linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: init: broaden the blanket impl of `Init`

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:43:07 -0300
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To:     Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        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>
Cc:     rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: init: broaden the blanket impl of `Init`

On 4/13/23 07:02, Benno Lossin wrote:
> This makes it possible to use `T` as a `impl Init<T, E>` for every error
> type `E` instead of just `Infallible`.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
> ---
> 
> @Miguel: you can squash this patch into 90e53c5e70a69 or put it on top of
> rust-next.
> 
>  rust/kernel/init.rs | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
> index a1298c8bbda0..4ebfb08dab11 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
> @@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ pub fn uninit<T, E>() -> impl Init<MaybeUninit<T>, E> {
>  }
> 
>  // SAFETY: Every type can be initialized by-value.
> -unsafe impl<T> Init<T> for T {
> -    unsafe fn __init(self, slot: *mut T) -> Result<(), Infallible> {
> +unsafe impl<T, E> Init<T, E> for T {
> +    unsafe fn __init(self, slot: *mut T) -> Result<(), E> {
>          unsafe { slot.write(self) };
>          Ok(())
>      }
> 
> base-commit: 1944caa8e8dcb2d93d99d8364719ad8d07aa163f
> --
> 2.39.2
> 
> 

Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>