Auto merge of #91957 - nnethercote:rm-SymbolStr, r=oli-obk

Remove `SymbolStr`

This was originally proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/74554#discussion_r466203544. As well as removing the icky `SymbolStr` type, it allows the removal of a lot of `&` and `*` occurrences.

Best reviewed one commit at a time.

r? `@oli-obk`

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs
index 483b81d23bc..7b6ce5ea89b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn compile_codegen_unit(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, cgu_name: Symbol) -> (ModuleCodegen
             &[cgu_name.to_string(), cgu.size_estimate().to_string()],
         );
         // Instantiate monomorphizations without filling out definitions yet...
-        let llvm_module = ModuleLlvm::new(tcx, &cgu_name.as_str());
+        let llvm_module = ModuleLlvm::new(tcx, cgu_name.as_str());
         {
             let cx = CodegenCx::new(tcx, cgu, &llvm_module);
             let mono_items = cx.codegen_unit.items_in_deterministic_order(cx.tcx);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub fn set_link_section(llval: &Value, attrs: &CodegenFnAttrs) {
         None => return,
     };
     unsafe {
-        let buf = SmallCStr::new(&sect.as_str());
+        let buf = SmallCStr::new(sect.as_str());
         llvm::LLVMSetSection(llval, buf.as_ptr());
     }
 }