rust: add `kernel` crate

The `kernel` crate currently includes all the abstractions that wrap
kernel features written in C.

These abstractions call the C side of the kernel via the generated
bindings with the `bindgen` tool. Modules developed in Rust should
never call the bindings themselves.

In the future, as the abstractions grow in number, we may need
to split this crate into several, possibly following a similar
subdivision in subsystems as the kernel itself and/or moving
the code to the actual subsystems.

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ldpreload.com>
Signed-off-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ldpreload.com>
Co-developed-by: Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.de>
Signed-off-by: Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.de>
Co-developed-by: Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Co-developed-by: Boris-Chengbiao Zhou <bobo1239@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Boris-Chengbiao Zhou <bobo1239@web.de>
Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Fox Chen <foxhlchen@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Viktor Garske <viktor@v-gar.de>
Signed-off-by: Viktor Garske <viktor@v-gar.de>
Co-developed-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@dsosnowski.pl>
Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@dsosnowski.pl>
Co-developed-by: Léo Lanteri Thauvin <leseulartichaut@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Léo Lanteri Thauvin <leseulartichaut@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Niklas Mohrin <dev@niklasmohrin.de>
Signed-off-by: Niklas Mohrin <dev@niklasmohrin.de>
Co-developed-by: Milan Landaverde <milan@mdaverde.com>
Signed-off-by: Milan Landaverde <milan@mdaverde.com>
Co-developed-by: Morgan Bartlett <mjmouse9999@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Morgan Bartlett <mjmouse9999@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Maciej Falkowski <m.falkowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Maciej Falkowski <m.falkowski@samsung.com>
Co-developed-by: Nándor István Krácser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nándor István Krácser <bonifaido@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Co-developed-by: John Baublitz <john.m.baublitz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John Baublitz <john.m.baublitz@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Kernel errors.
+//!
+//! C header: [`include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h`](../../../include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h)
+
+use alloc::collections::TryReserveError;
+
+/// Contains the C-compatible error codes.
+pub mod code {
+    /// Out of memory.
+    pub const ENOMEM: super::Error = super::Error(-(crate::bindings::ENOMEM as i32));
+}
+
+/// Generic integer kernel error.
+///
+/// The kernel defines a set of integer generic error codes based on C and
+/// POSIX ones. These codes may have a more specific meaning in some contexts.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// The value is a valid `errno` (i.e. `>= -MAX_ERRNO && < 0`).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Error(core::ffi::c_int);
+
+impl Error {
+    /// Returns the kernel error code.
+    pub fn to_kernel_errno(self) -> core::ffi::c_int {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TryReserveError> for Error {
+    fn from(_: TryReserveError) -> Error {
+        code::ENOMEM
+    }
+}
+
+/// A [`Result`] with an [`Error`] error type.
+///
+/// To be used as the return type for functions that may fail.
+///
+/// # Error codes in C and Rust
+///
+/// In C, it is common that functions indicate success or failure through
+/// their return value; modifying or returning extra data through non-`const`
+/// pointer parameters. In particular, in the kernel, functions that may fail
+/// typically return an `int` that represents a generic error code. We model
+/// those as [`Error`].
+///
+/// In Rust, it is idiomatic to model functions that may fail as returning
+/// a [`Result`]. Since in the kernel many functions return an error code,
+/// [`Result`] is a type alias for a [`core::result::Result`] that uses
+/// [`Error`] as its error type.
+///
+/// Note that even if a function does not return anything when it succeeds,
+/// it should still be modeled as returning a `Result` rather than
+/// just an [`Error`].
+pub type Result<T = ()> = core::result::Result<T, Error>;