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>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst b/Documentation/rust/coding-guidelines.rst
index a2e326b42410..27f2a7bb5a4a 100644
--- 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