[PATCH] dmaengine: Constify struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops

From: Christophe JAILLET

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 10:09:02 EST


'struct dma_descriptor_metadata_ops' in not modified in these drivers.

Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
function pointers.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
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text data bss dec hex filename
120635 21584 64 142283 22bcb drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.o

After:
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text data bss dec hex filename
120699 21520 64 142283 22bcb drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile tested only.
---
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 1cf158eb7bdb..fb21e0df5ab7 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 98b41b8f8915..bef2b031dba1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ 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 6fe46c0c9452..fe33a20abc61 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ 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;
--
2.55.0