rust: error: allow specifying error type on Result

Currently, if the `kernel::error::Result` type is in scope (which is
often is, since it's in the kernel's prelude), you cannot write
`Result<T, SomeOtherErrorType>` when you want to use a different error
type than `kernel::error::Error`.

To solve this we change the error type from being hard-coded to just
being a default generic parameter. This still lets you write `Result<T>`
when you just want to use the `Error` error type, but also lets you
write `Result<T, SomeOtherErrorType>` when necessary.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Asahi Lina <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>

Author: Darksonn

rust/kernel/error.rs

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl From<core::convert::Infallible> for Error {
 /// Note that even if a function does not return anything when it succeeds,
 /// it should still be modeled as returning a `Result` rather than
 /// just an [`Error`].
-pub type Result<T = ()> = core::result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T = (), E = Error> = core::result::Result<T, E>;
 
 /// Converts an integer as returned by a C kernel function to an error if it's negative, and
 /// `Ok(())` otherwise.