docs: rust: Add error handling sections

Add error handling sections to the documentation and use it
to link to the existing code documentation. This will allow
to extend that documentation, use intra-doc links and test
the examples.

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72keOdXy0LFKk9SzYWwSjiD710v=hQO4xi+5E4xNALa6cA@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250115062552.1970768-1-dirk.behme@de.bosch.com
[ Slightly tweaked wording. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst
index a2e326b..27f2a7b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst
@@ -373,3 +373,11 @@ triggered due to non-local changes (such as ``dead_code``).
 For more information about diagnostics in Rust, please see:
 
        https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/reference/attributes/diagnostics.html
+
+Error handling
+--------------
+
+For some background and guidelines about Rust for Linux specific error handling,
+please see:
+
+       https://rust.docs.kernel.org/kernel/error/type.Result.html#error-codes-in-c-and-rust

diff --git a/Documentation/rust/testing.rst b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst
index 568b71b..c330017 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rust/testing.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ A current limitation is that KUnit does not support assertions in other tasks.
 Thus, we presently simply print an error to the kernel log if an assertion
 actually failed. Additionally, doctests are not run for nonpublic functions.
 
+Since these tests are examples, i.e. they are part of the documentation, they
+should generally be written like "real code". Thus, for example, instead of
+using ``unwrap()`` or ``expect()``, use the ``?`` operator. For more background,
+please see:
+
+       https://rust.docs.kernel.org/kernel/error/type.Result.html#error-codes-in-c-and-rust
+
 The ``#[test]`` tests
 ---------------------