[PATCH v2 06/10] flattree: Handle unknown tags
Herve Codina <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:54:22 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.devicetree-spec,org.kernel.vger.devicetree-compiler,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The structured tag value definition introduced recently gives the ability to ignore unknown tags without any error when they are read. Handle those structured tag. Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <[email protected]> --- flattree.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++-- tests/run_tests.sh | 5 ++ tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect | 19 +++++++ 3 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect diff --git a/flattree.c b/flattree.c index f3b698c..88dbfa7 100644 --- a/flattree.c +++ b/flattree.c @@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ static void flat_read_chunk(struct inbuf *inb, void *p, int len) if ((inb->ptr + len) > inb->limit) die("Premature end of data parsing flat device tree\n"); - memcpy(p, inb->ptr, len); + if (p) + memcpy(p, inb->ptr, len); inb->ptr += len; } @@ -604,6 +605,61 @@ static void flat_realign(struct inbuf *inb, int align) die("Premature end of data parsing flat device tree\n"); } +static bool flat_skip_unknown_tag(struct inbuf *inb, uint32_t tag) +{ + uint32_t lng; + + if (!(tag & FDT_TAG_STRUCTURED) || !(tag & FDT_TAG_SKIP_SAFE)) + return false; + + switch (tag & FDT_TAG_DATA_MASK) { + case FDT_TAG_DATA_NONE: + break; + + case FDT_TAG_DATA_1CELL: + flat_read_word(inb); + break; + + case FDT_TAG_DATA_2CELLS: + flat_read_word(inb); + flat_read_word(inb); + break; + + case FDT_TAG_DATA_VARLEN: + /* Get the length */ + lng = flat_read_word(inb); + + /* Skip the following length bytes */ + flat_read_chunk(inb, NULL, lng); + + flat_realign(inb, sizeof(uint32_t)); + break; + } + + return true; +} + +static uint32_t flat_read_tag(struct inbuf *inb) +{ + uint32_t tag; + + do { + tag = flat_read_word(inb); + switch (tag) { + case FDT_BEGIN_NODE: + case FDT_END_NODE: + case FDT_PROP: + case FDT_NOP: + case FDT_END: + return tag; + default: + break; + } + } while (flat_skip_unknown_tag(inb, tag)); + + die("Cannot skip unknown tag 0x%08x\n", tag); +} + static const char *flat_read_string(struct inbuf *inb) { int len = 0; @@ -750,7 +806,7 @@ static struct node *unflatten_tree(struct inbuf *dtbuf, struct property *prop; struct node *child; - val = flat_read_word(dtbuf); + val = flat_read_tag(dtbuf); switch (val) { case FDT_PROP: if (node->children) @@ -905,14 +961,13 @@ struct dt_info *dt_from_blob(const char *fname) reservelist = flat_read_mem_reserve(&memresvbuf); - val = flat_read_word(&dtbuf); - + val = flat_read_tag(&dtbuf); if (val != FDT_BEGIN_NODE) die("Device tree blob doesn't begin with FDT_BEGIN_NODE (begins with 0x%08x)\n", val); tree = unflatten_tree(&dtbuf, &strbuf, "", flags); - val = flat_read_word(&dtbuf); + val = flat_read_tag(&dtbuf); if (val != FDT_END) die("Device tree blob doesn't end with FDT_END\n"); diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh index f2855dd..d147011 100755 --- a/tests/run_tests.sh +++ b/tests/run_tests.sh @@ -881,6 +881,11 @@ dtc_tests () { # Tests for overlay/plugin generation dtc_overlay_tests + + # Tests with "unknown tags" + run_dtc_test -I dtb -O dts -o unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb + base_run_test check_diff unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts "$SRCDIR/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect" + run_wrap_error_test $DTC -I dtb -O dts -o unknown_tags_no_skip.dtb.dts unknown_tags_no_skip.dtb } cmp_tests () { diff --git a/tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect b/tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a11ee57 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +/dts-v1/; + +/ { + prop-int = <0x3201>; + prop-str = "abcd"; + + subnode1 { + prop-int = <0x6401 0x6402>; + }; + + subnode2 { + prop-int1 = <0x64020 0x64021>; + prop-int2 = <0x32022>; + + subsubnode { + prop-int = <0x64023 0x64024>; + }; + }; +}; -- 2.53.0