linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] rust: alloc: add Vec::remove

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Message-ID: <aBJPwKeJy1ixtwg2@pollux>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:28:48 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] rust: alloc: add Vec::remove

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 02:44:26PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> This is needed by Rust Binder in the range allocator, and by upcoming
> GPU drivers during firmware initialization.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> index 357f5a37c7b1d15b709a10c162292841eed0e376..0682108951675cbee05faa130e5a9ce72fc343ba 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> @@ -386,6 +386,42 @@ pub fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
>          Some(unsafe { removed.read() })
>      }
>  
> +    /// Removes the element at the given index.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Panics
> +    ///
> +    /// Panics if the index is out of bounds.

Let's check for the index and return an error instead. I know we also can't
prevent OOB index access panics for e.g. slices, but here we can control it.