[PATCH v2 1/8] rust: alloc: add Vec::try_push_init

From: Eliot Courtney

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 10:26:55 EST


Add `Vec::try_push_init` for fallible initializers (`impl Init<T, E>`)
and a new sum error type `PushInitError<I, E>` that it returns. If
allocation fails, it hands back the original initializer. A From impl
for `Error` lets callers decay the `PushInitError<I, E>` to a regular
Error if they want.

Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
index c7546b9da4fa..fe86530624c1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
@@ -52,10 +52,18 @@
}, //
};

-use pin_init::Zeroable;
+use pin_init::{
+ Init,
+ Zeroable, //
+};

mod errors;
-pub use self::errors::{InsertError, PushError, RemoveError};
+pub use self::errors::{
+ InsertError,
+ PushError,
+ PushInitError,
+ RemoveError, //
+};

/// Create a [`KVec`] containing the arguments.
///
@@ -359,6 +367,49 @@ pub fn push(&mut self, v: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<(), AllocError> {
Ok(())
}

+ /// Appends an element to the back of the [`Vec`] instance by initializing it in place.
+ ///
+ /// Unlike [`Vec::push`], the initializer may be fallible. If the allocation fails, the
+ /// original initializer `init` is handed back in [`PushInitError::AllocError`]. If the
+ /// initializer itself fails, its error is returned in [`PushInitError::InitError`].
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// struct Element {
+ /// buf: KVec<u8>,
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// impl Element {
+ /// fn new() -> impl Init<Self, Error> {
+ /// try_init!(Element {
+ /// buf: KVec::with_capacity(16, GFP_KERNEL)?,
+ /// }? Error)
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// let mut v: KVec<Element> = KVec::new();
+ /// v.try_push_init(Element::new(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// assert!(v[0].buf.is_empty());
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ pub fn try_push_init<I, E>(&mut self, init: I, flags: Flags) -> Result<(), PushInitError<I, E>>
+ where
+ I: Init<T, E>,
+ {
+ if self.reserve(1, flags).is_err() {
+ return Err(PushInitError::AllocError(init));
+ }
+ // SAFETY: The call to `reserve` was successful, so there is at least one spare slot.
+ unsafe { init.__init(self.spare_capacity_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<T>()) }
+ .map_err(PushInitError::InitError)?;
+ // SAFETY: The call to `__init` returned `Ok`, so the first spare slot now holds an
+ // initialized `T`. The new length does not exceed the capacity because `reserve` ensured
+ // the capacity is greater than the length by at least one.
+ unsafe { self.inc_len(1) };
+ Ok(())
+ }
+
/// Appends an element to the back of the [`Vec`] instance without reallocating.
///
/// Fails if the vector does not have capacity for the new element.
@@ -1174,6 +1225,7 @@ fn eq(&self, other: &$rhs) -> bool { self[..] == other[..] }
)*
}
}
+pub(super) use impl_slice_eq;

impl_slice_eq! {
[A1: Allocator, A2: Allocator] Vec<T, A1>, Vec<U, A2>,
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
index aaca6446516a..4e4be9a46d83 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,36 @@ fn from(_: PushError<T>) -> Error {
}
}

+/// Error type for [`Vec::try_push_init`].
+pub enum PushInitError<I, E> {
+ /// The allocation failed. Hand the initializer back.
+ AllocError(I),
+ /// The initializer failed.
+ InitError(E),
+}
+
+impl<I, E> fmt::Debug for PushInitError<I, E> {
+ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+ match self {
+ PushInitError::AllocError(_) => write!(f, "Failed to allocate"),
+ PushInitError::InitError(_) => write!(f, "Initializer failed"),
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<I, E> From<PushInitError<I, E>> for Error
+where
+ Error: From<E>,
+{
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(e: PushInitError<I, E>) -> Error {
+ match e {
+ PushInitError::AllocError(_) => ENOMEM,
+ PushInitError::InitError(e) => Error::from(e),
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/// Error type for [`Vec::remove`].
pub struct RemoveError;


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