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

[Gary Guo]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:02:17 +0000
Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
> @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
> 
>