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authorDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>2024-12-19 18:04:03 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-12-20 17:19:25 +0100
commita790265c7f663c382ac25ecb841e241a023f0590 (patch)
treeaacf999532ee25bc00a1f1bced7a9dd11277f13a /rust/kernel/lib.rs
parent5bcc8bfe841b29f7d62f4bb7738bb085ecc51aad (diff)
rust: module: add trait `ModuleMetadata`
In order to access static metadata of a Rust kernel module, add the `ModuleMetadata` trait. In particular, this trait provides the name of a Rust kernel module as specified by the `module!` macro. Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Tested-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> Tested-by: Fabien Parent <fabien.parent@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219170425.12036-2-dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index e1065a7551a3..61b82b78b915 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ impl<T: Module> InPlaceModule for T {
}
}
+/// Metadata attached to a [`Module`] or [`InPlaceModule`].
+pub trait ModuleMetadata {
+ /// The name of the module as specified in the `module!` macro.
+ const NAME: &'static crate::str::CStr;
+}
+
/// Equivalent to `THIS_MODULE` in the C API.
///
/// C header: [`include/linux/init.h`](srctree/include/linux/init.h)