The `LocalModule` type is the type of the module created by `module!`,
`module_pci_driver!`, `module_platform_driver!`, etc.
Since the exact type of the module is sometimes generated on the fly by
the listed macros, provide an alias.
This is first used by the `module_firmware!` macro.
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <oj...@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <alicer...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <d...@kernel.org>
---
rust/macros/module.rs | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/macros/module.rs b/rust/macros/module.rs
index cdf94f4982df..110e59c64197 100644
--- a/rust/macros/module.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/module.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ pub(crate) fn module(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
kernel::ThisModule::from_ptr(core::ptr::null_mut())
}};
+ /// The `LocalModule` type is the type of the module created by
`module!`,
+ /// `module_pci_driver!`, `module_platform_driver!`, etc.
+ type LocalModule = {type_};
+
impl kernel::ModuleMetadata for {type_} {{
const NAME: &'static kernel::str::CStr =
kernel::c_str!(\"{name}\");
}}
--
2.48.1
