Re: [PATCH v15 06/16] of/fdt: add helper functions for handling properties

["AKASHI, Takahiro" <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 02:47:10PM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 08:44:42AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > +David Gibson
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:48 AM AKASHI Takahiro
> > <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > These functions will be used later to handle kexec-specific properties
> > > in arm64's kexec_file implementation.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> > > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
> > > Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/of/fdt.c       | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/of_fdt.h |  4 +++
> > >  2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > > index 800ad252cf9c..c65c31562ccb 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > > @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> > >  #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> > >  #include <linux/serial_core.h>
> > >  #include <linux/sysfs.h>
> > > +#include <linux/types.h>
> > >
> > >  #include <asm/setup.h>  /* for COMMAND_LINE_SIZE */
> > >  #include <asm/page.h>
> > > @@ -1323,3 +1324,58 @@ late_initcall(of_fdt_raw_init);
> > >  #endif
> > >
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE */
> > > +
> > > +#define FDT_ALIGN(x, a)        (((x) + (a) - 1) & ~((a) - 1))
> > > +#define FDT_TAGALIGN(x)        (FDT_ALIGN((x), FDT_TAGSIZE))
> > > +
> > > +int fdt_prop_len(const char *prop_name, int len)
> > > +{
> > > +       return (strlen(prop_name) + 1) +
> > > +               sizeof(struct fdt_property) +
> > > +               FDT_TAGALIGN(len);
> > 
> > Looks like you are using this to calculate how much space you need to
> > allocate in addition to the current DTB for a couple of new or
> > replaced properties. I'm not sure that this calculation is completely
> > accurate. And it is strange there doesn't seem to be any libfdt
> > function for this already. It would be simpler to just add some fixed
> > additional amount.
> > 
> > Maybe David G has comments on this?
> 
> Hrm.  Yeah, the approach I'd suggest would be to just add a fixed
> amount, and if your functions return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, add some more.
> That's pretty much the expected way of working with fdts in write
> mode.

I will try to follow this approach.

Thanks,
-Takahiro Akashi

> If that's really not suitable, we could look at adding a helper to
> estimate this in libfdt.  Or, actually, I suspect taking an existing
> libfdt internal helper, polishing and exporting it.
> 
> > 
> > > +}
> > > +
> > 
> > The rest of this should go in drivers/of/fdt_address.c. Ultimately, it
> > should go into libfdt, but I'm fine with having it in the kernel for
> > now.
> > 
> > > +static void fill_property(void *buf, u64 val64, int cells)
> > > +{
> > > +       __be32 val32;
> > > +
> > > +       while (cells) {
> > > +               val32 = cpu_to_fdt32((val64 >> (32 * (--cells))) & U32_MAX);
> > > +               memcpy(buf, &val32, sizeof(val32));
> > > +               buf += sizeof(val32);
> > 
> > This is kind of hard to read. I would copy u-boot's fdt_pack_reg function.
> > 
> > BTW, for purposes of moving to libfdt, we'll need the authors'
> > (Masahiro Yamada and Hans de Goede) permission to dual license.
> > 
> > > +       }
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +int fdt_setprop_reg(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
> > > +                                               u64 addr, u64 size)
> > > +{
> > > +       int addr_cells, size_cells;
> > > +       char buf[sizeof(__be32) * 2 * 2];
> > > +               /* assume dt_root_[addr|size]_cells <= 2 */
> > > +       void *prop;
> > > +       size_t buf_size;
> > > +
> > > +       addr_cells = fdt_address_cells(fdt, 0);
> > > +       if (addr_cells < 0)
> > > +               return addr_cells;
> > > +       size_cells = fdt_size_cells(fdt, 0);
> > > +       if (size_cells < 0)
> > > +               return size_cells;
> > > +
> > > +       /* if *_cells >= 2, cells can hold 64-bit values anyway */
> > > +       if ((addr_cells == 1) && (addr > U32_MAX))
> > > +               return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
> > > +
> > > +       if ((size_cells == 1) && (size > U32_MAX))
> > > +               return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
> > > +
> > > +       buf_size = (addr_cells + size_cells) * sizeof(u32);
> > > +       prop = buf;
> > > +
> > > +       fill_property(prop, addr, addr_cells);
> > > +       prop += addr_cells * sizeof(u32);
> > > +
> > > +       fill_property(prop, size, size_cells);
> > > +
> > > +       return fdt_setprop(fdt, nodeoffset, name, buf, buf_size);
> > > +}
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
> > > index b9cd9ebdf9b9..842af6ea92ea 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
> > > @@ -108,5 +108,9 @@ static inline void unflatten_device_tree(void) {}
> > >  static inline void unflatten_and_copy_device_tree(void) {}
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE */
> > >
> > > +int fdt_prop_len(const char *prop_name, int len);
> > > +int fdt_setprop_reg(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
> > > +                                               u64 addr, u64 size);
> > > +
> > >  #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> > >  #endif /* _LINUX_OF_FDT_H */
> > >
> > 
> 
> -- 
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