rust: error: allow specifying error type on `Result`
authorAlice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Tue, 2 May 2023 12:40:15 +0000 (12:40 +0000)
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Wed, 31 May 2023 16:53:10 +0000 (18:53 +0200)
commit4a59081c09cbfe17505baf3db50ebb9b97290bae
treee6fa3f0dc0f650ba8be998ed47ad41ddbd2de6a8
parent309786c2393c7b3375c232b137e52613c8099327
rust: error: allow specifying error type on `Result`

Currently, if the `kernel::error::Result` type is in scope (which is
often is, since it's in the kernel's prelude), you cannot write
`Result<T, SomeOtherErrorType>` when you want to use a different error
type than `kernel::error::Error`.

To solve this we change the error type from being hard-coded to just
being a default generic parameter. This still lets you write `Result<T>`
when you just want to use the `Error` error type, but also lets you
write `Result<T, SomeOtherErrorType>` when necessary.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230502124015.356001-1-aliceryhl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
rust/kernel/error.rs