Re: [PATCH 0/4] ASoC / rpmsg / remoteproc / soc: qcom: Constify buffer passed to send functions

[Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 01:36:07PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Dependencies / merging
> ======================
> Entire patchset is one logical chain, all further patches depend on
> previous ones, thus everything should be taken via same tree or shared
> between trees with tags.  Probably everything should go via ASoC with
> necessary acks.
> 
> Also, first patch or two patches could be taken now for this merge
> window...
> 
> Description
> ===========
> The remoteproc and rpmsg send-like functions should not modify data
> being sent, so buffer should be marked as pointer to const.  This is not
> only self-documenting code but actually increases the actual safety and
> clearly documents who is the owner of passed buffer.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
> ---
> Krzysztof Kozlowski (4):
>       remoteproc: mtp_scp_ipi: Constify buffer passed to scp_ipi_send()
>       remoteproc: mtp_scp: Constify buffer passed to scp_send_ipi()
>       rpmsg: Constify buffer passed to send API
>       ASoC: qcom:: Constify GPR packet being send over GPR interface
> 
>  drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp_ipi.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c          |  4 ++--
>  drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c  | 13 ++++++++-----
>  drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c           | 10 ++++++----
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c         |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h     |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c   | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/soc/qcom/apr.c             |  8 ++++----
>  include/linux/remoteproc/mtk_scp.h |  2 +-
>  include/linux/rpmsg.h              | 17 +++++++++--------
>  include/linux/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.h    |  2 +-
>  include/linux/soc/qcom/apr.h       |  4 ++--

Acked-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieuu.poirier@linaro.org>

I'll let Bjorn decide if he wants to include this in his upcoming pull request.

Thanks,
Mathieu

>  sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/audioreach.c  |  6 +++---
>  sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/audioreach.h  |  4 ++--
>  sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c       |  3 ++-
>  sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.h       |  2 +-
>  17 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 7a9e871ce4c7c8a7d75eaef8407083a0525de2dd
> change-id: 20251130-rpmsg-send-const-ae216a1fbd8f
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
>