We have all information available also in THIS_MODULE. Use that instead.
This way we do not need to do ugly casts from driver struct.

Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs    | 2 +-
 rust/kernel/firmware.rs               | 2 +-
 rust/kernel/lib.rs                    | 6 ------
 rust/macros/module.rs                 | 8 --------
 samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
index b98a1c03f13d..fbfbcc9446c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 mod util;
 mod vbios;
 
-pub(crate) const MODULE_NAME: &kernel::str::CStr = <LocalModule as kernel::ModuleMetadata>::NAME;
+pub(crate) const MODULE_NAME: &kernel::str::CStr = THIS_MODULE::name();
 
 kernel::module_pci_driver! {
     type: driver::NovaCore,
diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index 11372a8f7be4..42bae71f6af1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ macro_rules! module_firmware {
             const __MODULE_FIRMWARE_PREFIX: &'static $crate::str::CStr = if cfg!(MODULE) {
                 c""
             } else {
-                <LocalModule as $crate::ModuleMetadata>::NAME
+                crate::THIS_MODULE::name()
             };
 
             #[link_section = ".modinfo"]
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index e7bc52a6ad42..dec1d05ebe7b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -201,12 +201,6 @@ fn init() -> impl pin_init::PinInit<Self, error::Error> {
     }
 }
 
-/// 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)
diff --git a/rust/macros/module.rs b/rust/macros/module.rs
index 7473a377a3bd..97635aed1598 100644
--- a/rust/macros/module.rs
+++ b/rust/macros/module.rs
@@ -374,14 +374,6 @@ pub(crate) fn module(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             ::kernel::create_this_module!(\"{name}\");
 
 
-            /// 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 = c\"{name}\";
-            }}
-
             // Double nested modules, since then nobody can access the public items inside.
             mod __module_init {{
                 mod __module_init {{
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs b/samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs
index 7b729687811d..528866b953aa 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use core::any::TypeId;
 use pin_init::PinInit;
 
-const MODULE_NAME: &CStr = <LocalModule as kernel::ModuleMetadata>::NAME;
+const MODULE_NAME: &CStr = THIS_MODULE::name();
 const AUXILIARY_NAME: &CStr = c"auxiliary";
 
 struct AuxiliaryDriver;

-- 
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