size_t subbuf_size;             /* sub-buffer size */
        size_t n_subbufs;               /* number of sub-buffers per buffer */
        size_t alloc_size;              /* total buffer size allocated */
-       struct rchan_callbacks *cb;     /* client callbacks */
+       const struct rchan_callbacks *cb; /* client callbacks */
        struct kref kref;               /* channel refcount */
        void *private_data;             /* for user-defined data */
        size_t last_toobig;             /* tried to log event > subbuf size */
                         struct dentry *parent,
                         size_t subbuf_size,
                         size_t n_subbufs,
-                        struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
+                        const struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
                         void *private_data);
 extern int relay_late_setup_files(struct rchan *chan,
                                  const char *base_filename,
 
  * High-level relay kernel API and associated functions.
  */
 
-/*
- * rchan_callback implementations defining default channel behavior.  Used
- * in place of corresponding NULL values in client callback struct.
- */
-
-/*
- * subbuf_start() default callback.  Does nothing.
- */
-static int subbuf_start_default_callback (struct rchan_buf *buf,
-                                         void *subbuf,
-                                         void *prev_subbuf,
-                                         size_t prev_padding)
+static int relay_subbuf_start(struct rchan_buf *buf, void *subbuf,
+                             void *prev_subbuf, size_t prev_padding)
 {
-       if (relay_buf_full(buf))
-               return 0;
+       if (!buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start)
+               return !relay_buf_full(buf);
 
-       return 1;
+       return buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, subbuf,
+                                          prev_subbuf, prev_padding);
 }
 
 /**
        for (i = 0; i < buf->chan->n_subbufs; i++)
                buf->padding[i] = 0;
 
-       buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, buf->data, NULL, 0);
+       relay_subbuf_start(buf, buf->data, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
        kref_put(&buf->kref, relay_remove_buf);
 }
 
-static void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
-                                  struct rchan_callbacks *cb)
-{
-       if (!cb->subbuf_start)
-               cb->subbuf_start = subbuf_start_default_callback;
-       chan->cb = cb;
-}
-
 int relay_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
        struct rchan *chan;
                         struct dentry *parent,
                         size_t subbuf_size,
                         size_t n_subbufs,
-                        struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
+                        const struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
                         void *private_data)
 {
        unsigned int i;
                chan->has_base_filename = 1;
                strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
        }
-       setup_callbacks(chan, cb);
+       chan->cb = cb;
        kref_init(&chan->kref);
 
        mutex_lock(&relay_channels_mutex);
        new_subbuf = buf->subbufs_produced % buf->chan->n_subbufs;
        new = buf->start + new_subbuf * buf->chan->subbuf_size;
        buf->offset = 0;
-       if (!buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, new, old, buf->prev_padding)) {
+       if (!relay_subbuf_start(buf, new, old, buf->prev_padding)) {
                buf->offset = buf->chan->subbuf_size + 1;
                return 0;
        }