[PATCH 5/6] dmaengine: zynqmp_dma: Reject zero-length memcpy transfers

From: Golla Nagendra

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 08:38:59 EST


Zero-length prep_memcpy() needlessly consumed a descriptor slot. Reject
zero-length memcpy at prep time and document the behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Golla Nagendra <nagendra.golla@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c
index 2d56ea08ce45..e70874d65123 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c
@@ -836,7 +836,8 @@ static void zynqmp_dma_synchronize(struct dma_chan *dchan)
* @len: Transfer length
* @flags: transfer ack flags
*
- * Return: Async transaction descriptor on success and NULL on failure
+ * Return: Async transaction descriptor on success and NULL on failure or
+ * zero length transfer
*/
static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *zynqmp_dma_prep_memcpy(
struct dma_chan *dchan, dma_addr_t dma_dst,
@@ -851,6 +852,9 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *zynqmp_dma_prep_memcpy(

chan = to_chan(dchan);

+ if (!len)
+ return NULL;
+
desc_cnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, ZYNQMP_DMA_MAX_TRANS_LEN);

spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, irqflags);
--
2.43.7