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-rw-r--r--rust/kernel/error.rs19
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/error.rs b/rust/kernel/error.rs
index db14da976722..edd576b7dfe4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/error.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/error.rs
@@ -103,8 +103,23 @@ pub struct Error(NonZeroI32);
impl Error {
/// Creates an [`Error`] from a kernel error code.
///
- /// It is a bug to pass an out-of-range `errno`. `EINVAL` would
- /// be returned in such a case.
+ /// `errno` must be within error code range (i.e. `>= -MAX_ERRNO && < 0`).
+ ///
+ /// It is a bug to pass an out-of-range `errno`. [`code::EINVAL`] is returned in such a case.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// assert_eq!(Error::from_errno(-1), EPERM);
+ /// assert_eq!(Error::from_errno(-2), ENOENT);
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// The following calls are considered a bug:
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// assert_eq!(Error::from_errno(0), EINVAL);
+ /// assert_eq!(Error::from_errno(-1000000), EINVAL);
+ /// ```
pub fn from_errno(errno: crate::ffi::c_int) -> Error {
if let Some(error) = Self::try_from_errno(errno) {
error