Breaking: Change type of create_surface() functions to expose canva…

…s errors.

Part of fixing gfx-rs#3017.

wgpu/examples/framework.rs

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async fn setup<E: Example>(title: &str) -> Setup {
         let size = window.inner_size();
 
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-        let surface = instance.create_surface(&window);
+        let surface = instance.create_surface(&window).unwrap();
         #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
         let surface = {
             if let Some(offscreen_canvas_setup) = &offscreen_canvas_setup {
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ async fn setup<E: Example>(title: &str) -> Setup {
             } else {
                 instance.create_surface(&window)
             }
-        };
+        }
+        .unwrap();
 
         (size, surface)
     };

wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use winit::{
 async fn run(event_loop: EventLoop<()>, window: Window) {
     let size = window.inner_size();
     let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::Backends::all());
-    let surface = unsafe { instance.create_surface(&window) };
+    let surface = unsafe { instance.create_surface(&window) }.unwrap();
     let adapter = instance
         .request_adapter(&wgpu::RequestAdapterOptions {
             power_preference: wgpu::PowerPreference::default(),

wgpu/examples/hello-windows/main.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct Viewport {
 
 impl ViewportDesc {
     fn new(window: Window, background: wgpu::Color, instance: &wgpu::Instance) -> Self {
-        let surface = unsafe { instance.create_surface(&window) };
+        let surface = unsafe { instance.create_surface(&window) }.unwrap();
         Self {
             window,
             background,

wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs

@@ -845,13 +845,13 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
         &self,
         display_handle: raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle,
         window_handle: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
-    ) -> Self::SurfaceId {
-        Surface {
+    ) -> Result<Self::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError> {
+        Ok(Surface {
             id: self
                 .0
                 .instance_create_surface(display_handle, window_handle, ()),
             configured_device: Mutex::new(None),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     fn instance_request_adapter(

wgpu/src/backend/web.rs

@@ -962,17 +962,15 @@ impl Context {
     pub fn instance_create_surface_from_canvas(
         &self,
         canvas: &web_sys::HtmlCanvasElement,
-    ) -> <Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId {
+    ) -> Result<<Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError> {
         self.create_surface_from_context(canvas.get_context("webgpu"))
-            .unwrap()
     }
 
     pub fn instance_create_surface_from_offscreen_canvas(
         &self,
         canvas: &web_sys::OffscreenCanvas,
-    ) -> <Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId {
+    ) -> Result<<Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError> {
         self.create_surface_from_context(canvas.get_context("webgpu"))
-            .unwrap()
     }
 
     /// Common portion of public `instance_create_surface_from_*` functions.
@@ -982,7 +980,7 @@ impl Context {
     fn create_surface_from_context(
         &self,
         context_result: Result<Option<js_sys::Object>, wasm_bindgen::JsValue>,
-    ) -> Result<<Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId, ()> {
+    ) -> Result<<Self as crate::Context>::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError> {
         let context: js_sys::Object = match context_result {
             Ok(Some(context)) => context,
             Ok(None) => {
@@ -992,7 +990,7 @@ impl Context {
                 // “not supported” could include “insufficient GPU resources” or “the GPU process
                 // previously crashed”. So, we must return it as an `Err` since it could occur
                 // for circumstances outside the application author's control.
-                return Err(());
+                return Err(crate::CreateSurfaceError {});
             }
             Err(js_error) => {
                 // <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/canvas.html#dom-canvas-getcontext>
@@ -1063,7 +1061,7 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
         &self,
         _display_handle: raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle,
         window_handle: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
-    ) -> Self::SurfaceId {
+    ) -> Result<Self::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError> {
         let canvas_attribute = match window_handle {
             raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle::Web(web_handle) => web_handle.id,
             _ => panic!("expected valid handle for canvas"),

wgpu/src/lib.rs

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ trait Context: Debug + Send + Sized + Sync {
         &self,
         display_handle: raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle,
         window_handle: raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle,
-    ) -> Self::SurfaceId;
+    ) -> Result<Self::SurfaceId, crate::CreateSurfaceError>;
     fn instance_request_adapter(
         &self,
         options: &RequestAdapterOptions<'_>,
@@ -1815,23 +1815,34 @@ impl Instance {
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
-    /// - Raw Window Handle must be a valid object to create a surface upon and
-    ///   must remain valid for the lifetime of the returned surface.
-    /// - If not called on the main thread, metal backend will panic.
+    /// - `raw_window_handle` must be a valid object to create a surface upon.
+    /// - `raw_window_handle` must remain valid until after the returned [`Surface`] is
+    ///   dropped.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// - On WebGL 2: Will return an error if the browser does not support WebGL 2,
+    ///   or declines to provide GPU access (such as due to a resource shortage).
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// - On macOS/Metal: will panic if not called on the main thread.
+    /// - On web: will panic if the `raw_window_handle` does not properly refer to a
+    ///   canvas element.
     pub unsafe fn create_surface<
         W: raw_window_handle::HasRawWindowHandle + raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle,
     >(
         &self,
         window: &W,
-    ) -> Surface {
-        Surface {
+    ) -> Result<Surface, CreateSurfaceError> {
+        Ok(Surface {
             context: Arc::clone(&self.context),
             id: Context::instance_create_surface(
                 &*self.context,
                 raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle::raw_display_handle(window),
                 raw_window_handle::HasRawWindowHandle::raw_window_handle(window),
-            ),
-        }
+            )?,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Creates a surface from `CoreAnimationLayer`.
@@ -1861,29 +1872,42 @@ impl Instance {
     ///
     /// The `canvas` argument must be a valid `<canvas>` element to
     /// create a surface upon.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// - On WebGL 2: Will return an error if the browser does not support WebGL 2,
+    ///   or declines to provide GPU access (such as due to a resource shortage).
     #[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(feature = "emscripten")))]
-    pub fn create_surface_from_canvas(&self, canvas: &web_sys::HtmlCanvasElement) -> Surface {
-        Surface {
+    pub fn create_surface_from_canvas(
+        &self,
+        canvas: &web_sys::HtmlCanvasElement,
+    ) -> Result<Surface, CreateSurfaceError> {
+        Ok(Surface {
             context: Arc::clone(&self.context),
-            id: self.context.instance_create_surface_from_canvas(canvas),
-        }
+            id: self.context.instance_create_surface_from_canvas(canvas)?,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Creates a surface from a `web_sys::OffscreenCanvas`.
     ///
     /// The `canvas` argument must be a valid `OffscreenCanvas` object
     /// to create a surface upon.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// - On WebGL 2: Will return an error if the browser does not support WebGL 2,
+    ///   or declines to provide GPU access (such as due to a resource shortage).
     #[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(feature = "emscripten")))]
     pub fn create_surface_from_offscreen_canvas(
         &self,
         canvas: &web_sys::OffscreenCanvas,
-    ) -> Surface {
-        Surface {
+    ) -> Result<Surface, CreateSurfaceError> {
+        Ok(Surface {
             context: Arc::clone(&self.context),
             id: self
                 .context
-                .instance_create_surface_from_offscreen_canvas(canvas),
-        }
+                .instance_create_surface_from_offscreen_canvas(canvas)?,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Polls all devices.
@@ -2341,6 +2365,22 @@ impl Display for RequestDeviceError {
 
 impl error::Error for RequestDeviceError {}
 
+/// [`Instance::create_surface()`] or a related function failed.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct CreateSurfaceError {
+    // TODO: Report diagnostic clues
+}
+static_assertions::assert_impl_all!(CreateSurfaceError: Send, Sync);
+
+impl Display for CreateSurfaceError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Creating a surface failed")
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for CreateSurfaceError {}
+
 /// Error occurred when trying to async map a buffer.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
 pub struct BufferAsyncError;