[PATCH v5 1/7] rust: alloc: add Vec::try_push_init and Vec::push_init

From: Eliot Courtney

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 22:22:20 EST


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

Add `Vec::push_init` which is the init-infallible version of
`try_push_init`.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs | 30 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
index c7546b9da4fa..c8b312f64657 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,
+ RemoveError,
+ TryPushInitError, //
+};

/// Create a [`KVec`] containing the arguments.
///
@@ -359,6 +367,79 @@ 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.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// use pin_init::init_zeroed;
+ ///
+ /// let mut v = KVec::<[u8; 200]>::new();
+ /// v.push_init(init_zeroed(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// assert_eq!(v[0], [0; 200]);
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn push_init(&mut self, init: impl Init<T>, flags: Flags) -> Result<(), AllocError> {
+ self.try_push_init(init, flags)
+ .map_err(|TryPushInitError::AllocError(_)| AllocError)
+ }
+
+ /// Appends an element to the back of the [`Vec`] instance by initializing it in place.
+ ///
+ /// Unlike [`Vec::push_init`], the initializer may be fallible. If the allocation fails, the
+ /// original initializer `init` is handed back in [`TryPushInitError::AllocError`]. If the
+ /// initializer itself fails, its error is returned in [`TryPushInitError::InitError`].
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// struct Element {
+ /// value: u8,
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// impl Element {
+ /// fn new(value: u32) -> impl Init<Self, Error> {
+ /// try_init!(Element {
+ /// value: u8::try_from(value)?,
+ /// }? Error)
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// let mut v: KVec<Element> = KVec::new();
+ /// v.try_push_init(Element::new(16), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ /// assert_eq!(v[0].value, 16);
+ ///
+ /// // The initializer fails because 256 does not fit in a `u8`.
+ /// assert!(v.try_push_init(Element::new(256), GFP_KERNEL).is_err());
+ /// assert_eq!(v.len(), 1);
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+ pub fn try_push_init<I, E>(
+ &mut self,
+ init: I,
+ flags: Flags,
+ ) -> Result<(), TryPushInitError<I, E>>
+ where
+ I: Init<T, E>,
+ {
+ if self.reserve(1, flags).is_err() {
+ return Err(TryPushInitError::AllocError(init));
+ }
+ // SAFETY: The call to `reserve` was successful, so there is at least one spare slot.
+ let slot = unsafe { self.spare_capacity_mut().get_unchecked_mut(0) }.as_mut_ptr();
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `slot` points to a spare slot, which is valid, uninitialized memory.
+ // - If `raw_try_init` fails, this returns without increasing the length or touching `slot`.
+ // - `init` implements `Init<T, E>`, which removes the pinning requirement.
+ unsafe { pin_init::raw_try_init(slot, init) }.map_err(TryPushInitError::InitError)?;
+ // SAFETY: The call to `raw_try_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.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec/errors.rs
index aaca6446516a..d24dfe22834a 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 TryPushInitError<I, E> {
+ /// The allocation failed. Hand the initializer back.
+ AllocError(I),
+ /// The initializer failed.
+ InitError(E),
+}
+
+impl<I, E> fmt::Debug for TryPushInitError<I, E> {
+ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+ match self {
+ TryPushInitError::AllocError(_) => write!(f, "Failed to allocate"),
+ TryPushInitError::InitError(_) => write!(f, "Initializer failed"),
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+impl<I, E> From<TryPushInitError<I, E>> for Error
+where
+ Error: From<E>,
+{
+ #[inline]
+ fn from(e: TryPushInitError<I, E>) -> Error {
+ match e {
+ TryPushInitError::AllocError(_) => ENOMEM,
+ TryPushInitError::InitError(e) => Error::from(e),
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/// Error type for [`Vec::remove`].
pub struct RemoveError;


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