rust/kernel: move from_kernel_result! macro to error.rs

This macro is well-suited for use elsewhere in the Rust core.
Move it out to a suitable place, error.rs.

Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <[email protected]>

Author: Sven Van Asbroeck

rust/kernel/error.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use crate::{bindings, c_types};
 use alloc::{alloc::AllocError, collections::TryReserveError};
+use core::convert::TryFrom;
 use core::{num::TryFromIntError, str::Utf8Error};
 
 /// Generic integer kernel error.
@@ -104,3 +105,23 @@ impl From<AllocError> for Error {
         Error::ENOMEM
     }
 }
+
+pub fn from_kernel_result_helper<T>(r: Result<T>) -> T
+where
+    T: TryFrom<c_types::c_int>,
+    T::Error: core::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    match r {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => T::try_from(e.to_kernel_errno()).unwrap(),
+    }
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! from_kernel_result {
+    ($($tt:tt)*) => {{
+        $crate::error::from_kernel_result_helper((|| {
+            $($tt)*
+        })())
+    }};
+}

rust/kernel/file_operations.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
     bindings, c_types,
     error::{Error, Result},
     file::File,
+    from_kernel_result,
     io_buffer::{IoBufferReader, IoBufferWriter},
     iov_iter::IovIter,
     sync::CondVar,
@@ -78,25 +79,6 @@ pub enum SeekFrom {
     Current(i64),
 }
 
-fn from_kernel_result<T>(r: Result<T>) -> T
-where
-    T: TryFrom<c_types::c_int>,
-    T::Error: core::fmt::Debug,
-{
-    match r {
-        Ok(v) => v,
-        Err(e) => T::try_from(e.to_kernel_errno()).unwrap(),
-    }
-}
-
-macro_rules! from_kernel_result {
-    ($($tt:tt)*) => {{
-        from_kernel_result((|| {
-            $($tt)*
-        })())
-    }};
-}
-
 unsafe extern "C" fn open_callback<A: FileOpenAdapter, T: FileOpener<A::Arg>>(
     inode: *mut bindings::inode,
     file: *mut bindings::file,