linux-kernel - [PATCH v10 01/12] dmaengine: constify struct dma_descriptor_metadata

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Message-Id: <20251219-qcom-qce-cmd-descr-v10-1-ff7e4bf7dad4@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:07:40 +0100
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>
To: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@...il.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Udit Tiwari <quic_utiwari@...cinc.com>,
        Daniel Perez-Zoghbi <dperezzo@...cinc.com>,
        Md Sadre Alam <mdalam@....qualcomm.com>,
        Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@...nel.org>,
        Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...il.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>
Cc: dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 01/12] dmaengine: constify struct
 dma_descriptor_metadata_ops

There's no reason for the instances of this struct to be modifiable.
Constify the pointer in struct dma_async_tx_descriptor and all drivers
currently using it.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@....qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c        | 2 +-
 drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c | 2 +-
 include/linux/dmaengine.h       | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
index aa2dc762140f6eee334f4506a592e72600ae9834..75c8eed063af8daf68cd68670abba211740dd11e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma.c
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ static int udma_set_metadata_len(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops metadata_ops = {
+static const struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops metadata_ops = {
 	.attach = udma_attach_metadata,
 	.get_ptr = udma_get_metadata_ptr,
 	.set_len = udma_set_metadata_len,
diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
index fabff602065f6cba23cff7bb4f305a3504230a02..e2a40e8dd4b20379f337c1017f8accebeb914645 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void *xilinx_dma_get_metadata_ptr(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
 	return seg->hw.app;
 }
 
-static struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops xilinx_dma_metadata_ops = {
+static const struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops xilinx_dma_metadata_ops = {
 	.get_ptr = xilinx_dma_get_metadata_ptr,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 99efe2b9b4ea9844ca6161208362ef18ef111d96..92566c4c100e98f48750de21249ae3b5de06c763 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ struct dma_async_tx_descriptor {
 	void *callback_param;
 	struct dmaengine_unmap_data *unmap;
 	enum dma_desc_metadata_mode desc_metadata_mode;
-	struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops *metadata_ops;
+	const struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops *metadata_ops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ASYNC_TX_ENABLE_CHANNEL_SWITCH
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *next;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *parent;

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