Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] rust: simplify `Adapter::id_info`

From: Greg KH

Date: Sat Jan 17 2026 - 07:07:58 EST


On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 02:02:40PM +0300, Onur Özkan wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:00:11 +0100
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 12:47:10PM +0300, Onur Özkan wrote:
> > > id_info() checks ACPI first and falls back to OF.
> > >
> > > This replaces the unnecessarily verbose approach with a
> > > simple or_else() chain and drops temporary variables.
> > >
> > > No functional change intended.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Onur Özkan <work@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > rust/kernel/driver.rs | 12 +-----------
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/rust/kernel/driver.rs b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
> > > index 649d06468f41..6cef792d54e4 100644
> > > --- a/rust/kernel/driver.rs
> > > +++ b/rust/kernel/driver.rs
> > > @@ -307,16 +307,6 @@ fn of_id_info(dev: &device::Device) ->
> > > Option<&'static Self::IdInfo> { /// If this returns `None`, it
> > > means that there is no match in any of the ID tables directly ///
> > > associated with a [`device::Device`]. fn id_info(dev:
> > > &device::Device) -> Option<&'static Self::IdInfo> {
> > > - let id = Self::acpi_id_info(dev);
> > > - if id.is_some() {
> > > - return id;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - let id = Self::of_id_info(dev);
> > > - if id.is_some() {
> > > - return id;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - None
> > > + Self::acpi_id_info(dev).or_else(|| Self::of_id_info(dev))
> >
> > Have we already started the game of "rust golf" on the kernel? The
> > original code here is much easier to read, and the compiler should
> > produce the same thing for both, right?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> I don't know what "rust golf" means, the main motivation here was to use
> a more idiomatic Rust pattern.

I was referring to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_golf
sorry for not being explicit :)

> Functions called in Adapter::id_info already return the same Result
> type and it's quite annoying(IMO) to do "if x.is_some() { return x }"
> in cases like this. Clippy would argue on many cases similar to this.
> Readability is subjective, but to me the new code is slightly simpler
> to follow (as it does the "try X, then Y" thing in a shorter way).

Does clippy complain about this one?

> That said, I don't have strong feelings on the new code. The main
> motivation was to drop the "annoying" code with more idiomatic one,
> but seems like not everyone agrees with it. Feel free to ignore the
> patch if you prefer the original code.

I don't have strong feelings either, but the original is "easier" for
those of us used to C code.

thanks,

greg k-h