[PATCH 10/33] rust: transmute: simplify code with Rust 1.80.0 `split_at_*checked()`

Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-01T11:48:01Z

`feature(split_at_checked)` [1] has been stabilized in Rust 1.80.0 [2],
which is beyond our new minimum Rust version (Rust 1.85.0).

Thus simplify the code using `split_at_*checked()`.

Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/119128 [1]
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/124678 [2]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/transmute.rs | 33 ++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
index b9e6eadc08f5..654b5ede2fe2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
@@ -66,16 +66,9 @@ fn from_bytes_prefix(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<(&Self, &[u8])>
where
Self: Sized,
{
- if bytes.len() < size_of::<Self>() {
- None
- } else {
- // PANIC: We checked that `bytes.len() >= size_of::<Self>`, thus `split_at` cannot
- // panic.
- // TODO: replace with `split_at_checked` once the MSRV is >= 1.80.
- let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at(size_of::<Self>());
+ let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;

- Self::from_bytes(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
- }
+ Self::from_bytes(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
}

/// Converts a mutable slice of bytes to a reference to `Self`.
@@ -108,16 +101,9 @@ fn from_bytes_mut_prefix(bytes: &mut [u8]) -> Option<(&mut Self, &mut [u8])>
where
Self: AsBytes + Sized,
{
- if bytes.len() < size_of::<Self>() {
- None
- } else {
- // PANIC: We checked that `bytes.len() >= size_of::<Self>`, thus `split_at_mut` cannot
- // panic.
- // TODO: replace with `split_at_mut_checked` once the MSRV is >= 1.80.
- let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_mut(size_of::<Self>());
+ let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_mut_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;

- Self::from_bytes_mut(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
- }
+ Self::from_bytes_mut(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
}

/// Creates an owned instance of `Self` by copying `bytes`.
@@ -147,16 +133,9 @@ fn from_bytes_copy_prefix(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<(Self, &[u8])>
where
Self: Sized,
{
- if bytes.len() < size_of::<Self>() {
- None
- } else {
- // PANIC: We checked that `bytes.len() >= size_of::<Self>`, thus `split_at` cannot
- // panic.
- // TODO: replace with `split_at_checked` once the MSRV is >= 1.80.
- let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at(size_of::<Self>());
+ let (prefix, remainder) = bytes.split_at_checked(size_of::<Self>())?;

- Self::from_bytes_copy(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
- }
+ Self::from_bytes_copy(prefix).map(|s| (s, remainder))
}
}

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