Re: [PATCH] rust: alloc: allow different error types in `KBox::pin_slice`

["Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>]

On Sat Feb 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM CET, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Previously, `KBox::pin_slice` required the initializer error type to match
> the return error type via `E: From<AllocError>`. This prevented using
> infallible initializers like `new_mutex!` inside `pin_slice`, because
> `Infallible` does not implement `From<AllocError>`.
>
> Introduce a separate type parameter `E2` for the initializer error type and
> require `AllocError: Into<E>` and `E2: Into<E>` instead. This allows the
> initializer to return a different error type that can be converted into the
> final error type, enabling use of infallible pin initializers in fallible
> allocation contexts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
> ---
> @Benno, I would like to add your SoB and CDB tags.

Please do.

Cheers,
Benno

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>  rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 19 +++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)