Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] rust: alloc: add Vec::remove

[Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 06:28:48PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 02:44:26PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > This is needed by Rust Binder in the range allocator, and by upcoming
> > GPU drivers during firmware initialization.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> > index 357f5a37c7b1d15b709a10c162292841eed0e376..0682108951675cbee05faa130e5a9ce72fc343ba 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> > @@ -386,6 +386,42 @@ pub fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
> >          Some(unsafe { removed.read() })
> >      }
> >  
> > +    /// Removes the element at the given index.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// # Panics
> > +    ///
> > +    /// Panics if the index is out of bounds.
> 
> Let's check for the index and return an error instead. I know we also can't
> prevent OOB index access panics for e.g. slices, but here we can control it.

Okay, I will return an `Option<T>`.

Alice