[PATCH 5/6] dmaengine: Add union and dma_slave_get_config() helper for dma_slave_config

Frank Li Frank.Li at nxp.com
Wed Jan 14 09:12:46 PST 2026


Previously, src_ and dst_ prefixes were used to distinguish address,
addr_width, maxburst, and port_window_size fields. This required drivers
to add conditional logic based on transfer direction.

Introduce struct dma_slave_cfg to group these fields and add the
dma_slave_get_config() helper to retrieve the source or destination
configuration based on the DMA transfer direction. This reduces
direction-based branching in drivers and improves readability.

Use a union to preserve the old field naming and maintain compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>
---
 include/linux/dmaengine.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 362a43c3e36e232b5a65ff78ba0b692c0401e50c..03632bccc7ccb3c0c4a9c78f15865f35a375836a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -384,21 +384,47 @@ enum dma_slave_buswidth {
  * If not: if it is fixed so that it be sent in static from the platform
  * data, then prefer to do that.
  */
+struct dma_slave_cfg { /* order must be align below dma_slave_config union */
+	phys_addr_t addr;
+	enum dma_slave_buswidth addr_width;
+	u32 maxburst;
+	u32 port_window_size;
+};
+
 struct dma_slave_config {
 	enum dma_transfer_direction direction;
-	phys_addr_t src_addr;
-	phys_addr_t dst_addr;
-	enum dma_slave_buswidth src_addr_width;
-	enum dma_slave_buswidth dst_addr_width;
-	u32 src_maxburst;
-	u32 dst_maxburst;
-	u32 src_port_window_size;
-	u32 dst_port_window_size;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			phys_addr_t src_addr;
+			enum dma_slave_buswidth src_addr_width;
+			u32 src_maxburst;
+			u32 src_port_window_size;
+			phys_addr_t dst_addr;
+			enum dma_slave_buswidth dst_addr_width;
+			u32 dst_maxburst;
+			u32 dst_port_window_size;
+		};
+
+		struct {
+			struct dma_slave_cfg src;
+			struct dma_slave_cfg dst;
+		};
+	};
 	bool device_fc;
 	void *peripheral_config;
 	size_t peripheral_size;
 };
 
+static inline struct dma_slave_cfg *
+dma_slave_get_cfg(struct dma_slave_config *config,
+		  enum dma_transfer_direction dir)
+{
+	if (dir == DMA_MEM_TO_DEV)
+		return &config->dst;
+
+	return &config->src;
+}
+
 /**
  * struct dma_chan - devices supply DMA channels, clients use them
  * @device: ptr to the dma device who supplies this channel, always !%NULL

-- 
2.34.1




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