4 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
index 761fd79f5..654cb33d5 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ ElfObject::loadWeakSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr base, Addr offset,
 }
 
 bool
-ElfObject::loadSections(PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask, Addr offset)
+ElfObject::loadSections(const PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask,
+                        Addr offset)
 {
     if (!ObjectFile::loadSections(mem_proxy, addr_mask, offset))
         return false;
diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
index d74ee8914..9585684d4 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ElfObject : public ObjectFile
   public:
     virtual ~ElfObject() {}
 
-    bool loadSections(PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask = maxAddr,
+    bool loadSections(const PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask = maxAddr,
                       Addr offset = 0) override;
 
     virtual bool loadAllSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr base = 0,
diff --git a/src/base/loader/object_file.cc b/src/base/loader/object_file.cc
index 86278e44f..ede8922e9 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/object_file.cc
+++ b/src/base/loader/object_file.cc
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ ObjectFile::~ObjectFile()
 
 
 bool
-ObjectFile::loadSection(Section *sec, PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask,
-                        Addr offset)
+ObjectFile::loadSection(Section *sec, const PortProxy& mem_proxy,
+                        Addr addr_mask, Addr offset)
 {
     if (sec->size != 0) {
         Addr addr = (sec->baseAddr & addr_mask) + offset;
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ ObjectFile::loadSection(Section *sec, PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask,
 
 
 bool
-ObjectFile::loadSections(PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask, Addr offset)
+ObjectFile::loadSections(const PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr addr_mask,
+                         Addr offset)
 {
     return (loadSection(&text, mem_proxy, addr_mask, offset)
             && loadSection(&data, mem_proxy, addr_mask, offset)
diff --git a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
index 5da7e3cc4..bd9d6260a 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ObjectFile
 
     static const Addr maxAddr = std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max();
 
-    virtual bool loadSections(PortProxy& mem_proxy,
+    virtual bool loadSections(const PortProxy& mem_proxy,
                               Addr mask = maxAddr, Addr offset = 0);
 
     virtual bool loadAllSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr base = 0,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class ObjectFile
     Section data;
     Section bss;
 
-    bool loadSection(Section *sec, PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr mask,
+    bool loadSection(Section *sec, const PortProxy& mem_proxy, Addr mask,
                      Addr offset = 0);
     void setGlobalPointer(Addr global_ptr) { globalPtr = global_ptr; }