linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] rust: time: Implement Add<Delta>/Sub<Delta> for Instant

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Message-ID: <fa83964cb39444c6c1bf1fd4bef6a2ddf1964f2f.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:59:25 -0400
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] rust: time: Implement Add<Delta>/Sub<Delta> for
 Instant

On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 11:11 -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> Shouldn’t we clamp here instead of..
> > +
> > +        // INVARIANT: With overflow checks enabled, we verify here that the value is >= 0
> > +        #[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_OVERFLOW_CHECKS)]
> > +        assert!(res >= 0);
> 
> ..relying on this?

Not this time! There was a bit of prior discussion this but basically, the
reason we're going for this behavior is because this is the same behavior rust
already follows for overflows/underflows with normal arithmetic. Of course, we
could add clamp ops in the future if need be

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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