helpers, types: Switch to panic for errors

We're not doing explicit error handling, since the kernel is in charge
of safety if we crash. Just panic on anything.

Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@marcan.st>

src/helpers.rs

@@ -5,23 +5,11 @@ use alsa;
 use alsa::mixer::MilliBel;
 use configparser::ini::Ini;
 
-/**
-    Failsafe: Limit speaker volume massively and bail.
-
-    TODO: enable TAS safe mode with IOCTL.
-*/
-pub fn fail() {
-    println!("A catastrophic error has occurred.");
-    std::process::exit(1);
-}
-
 pub fn open_card(card: &str) -> alsa::ctl::Ctl {
     let ctldev: alsa::ctl::Ctl = match alsa::ctl::Ctl::new(card, false) {
         Ok(ctldev) => ctldev,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!("{}: Could not open sound card! Error: {}", card, e);
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
+            panic!("{}: Could not open sound card! Error: {}", card, e);
         }
     };
 
@@ -104,9 +92,7 @@ pub fn new_elemvalue(t: alsa::ctl::ElemType) -> alsa::ctl::ElemValue {
     let val = match alsa::ctl::ElemValue::new(t) {
         Ok(val) => val,
         Err(_e) => {
-            println!("Could not open a handle to an element!");
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
+            panic!("Could not open a handle to an element!");
         }
     };
 
@@ -121,12 +107,10 @@ pub fn read_ev(card: &alsa::ctl::Ctl, ev: &mut alsa::ctl::ElemValue, name: &str)
         // alsa:Result<()>
         Ok(val) => val,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!(
+            panic!(
                 "Could not read elem value {}. alsa-lib error: {:?}",
                 name, e
             );
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
         }
     };
 }
@@ -139,12 +123,10 @@ pub fn write_ev(card: &alsa::ctl::Ctl, ev: &alsa::ctl::ElemValue, name: &str) {
         // alsa:Result<()>
         Ok(val) => val,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!(
+            panic!(
                 "Could not write elem value {}. alsa-lib error: {:?}",
                 name, e
             );
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
         }
     };
 }
@@ -157,9 +139,7 @@ pub fn lock_el(card: &alsa::ctl::Ctl, el: &alsa::ctl::ElemId, name: &str) {
         // alsa:Result<()>
         Ok(val) => val,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!("Could not lock elem {}. alsa-lib error: {:?}", name, e);
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
+            panic!("Could not lock elem {}. alsa-lib error: {:?}", name, e);
         }
     };
 }
@@ -168,12 +148,10 @@ pub fn int_to_db(card: &alsa::ctl::Ctl, id: &alsa::ctl::ElemId, val: i32) -> Mil
     let db = match card.convert_to_db(id, val.into()) {
         Ok(inner) => inner,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!(
+            panic!(
                 "Could not convert val {} to dB! alsa-lib error: {:?}",
                 val, e
             );
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
         }
     };
 
@@ -185,12 +163,10 @@ pub fn db_to_int(card: &alsa::ctl::Ctl, id: &alsa::ctl::ElemId, val: f32) -> i32
     let new_int = match card.convert_from_db(id, mb, alsa::Round::Floor) {
         Ok(inner) => inner as i32,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!(
+            panic!(
                 "Could not convert MilliBel {:?} to int! alsa-lib error: {:?}",
                 val, e
             );
-            fail();
-            std::process::exit(1);
         }
     };
 

src/main.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 // (C) 2022 The Asahi Linux Contributors
 /*!
     Handles speaker safety on Apple Silicon machines. This code is designed to
-    fail safe. The speaker should not be enabled until this daemon has successfully
-    initialised. If at any time we run into an unrecoverable error (we shouldn't),
-    we gracefully bail and use an IOCTL to shut off the speakers.
+    fail safe. The kernel keeps the speakers capped at a low volume level until
+    this daemon initializes. If at any time we run into an unrecoverable error
+    or a timeout, we panic and let the kernel put the speakers back into a safe
+    state.
 */
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs;

src/types.rs

@@ -148,9 +148,7 @@ impl Mixer {
         match self.level.val.set_integer(0, new_val) {
             Some(_) => {}
             None => {
-                println!("Could not set level for {}", self.drv);
-                helpers::fail();
-                std::process::exit(1);
+                panic!("Could not set level for {}", self.drv);
             }
         };