From: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: Ayush Singh <ayush@beagleboard.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree-spec@vger.kernel.org,
Hui Pu <hui.pu@gehealthcare.com>,
Ian Ray <ian.ray@gehealthcare.com>,
Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/10] libfdt: Don't assume that a FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag is available at offset 0
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:54:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260409115426.352214-3-herve.codina@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260409115426.352214-1-herve.codina@bootlin.com>
In several places, libfdt assumes that a FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag is present
at the offset 0 of the structure block.
This assumption is not correct. Indeed, a FDT_NOP can be present at the
offset 0 and this is a legit case.
fdt_first_node() has been introduced recently to get the offset of the
first node (first FDT_BEGIN_NODE) in a fdt blob.
Use this function to get the first node offset instead of looking for
this node at offset 0.
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
---
libfdt/fdt.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
libfdt/fdt_ro.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
libfdt/fdt_rw.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt.c b/libfdt/fdt.c
index 676c7d7..fb4faba 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -279,11 +279,21 @@ int fdt_first_node(const void *fdt)
int fdt_next_node(const void *fdt, int offset, int *depth)
{
- int nextoffset = 0;
+ int nextoffset = offset;
uint32_t tag;
+ /*
+ * Get the first node if asked for next node from the first node
+ * (offset == 0) or if the given offset is not valid (negative).
+ */
+ if (offset <= 0) {
+ nextoffset = fdt_first_node(fdt);
+ if (nextoffset < 0)
+ return nextoffset;
+ }
+
if (offset >= 0)
- if ((nextoffset = fdt_check_node_offset_(fdt, offset)) < 0)
+ if ((nextoffset = fdt_check_node_offset_(fdt, nextoffset)) < 0)
return nextoffset;
do {
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index 63494fb..8e1db7d 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ int fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, int offset,
FDT_RO_PROBE(fdt);
+ if (!offset) {
+ offset = fdt_first_node(fdt);
+ if (offset < 0)
+ return offset;
+ }
+
for (depth = 0;
(offset >= 0) && (depth >= 0);
offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth))
@@ -251,13 +257,17 @@ int fdt_path_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, const char *path, int namelen)
{
const char *end = path + namelen;
const char *p = path;
- int offset = 0;
+ int offset;
FDT_RO_PROBE(fdt);
if (!can_assume(VALID_INPUT) && namelen <= 0)
return -FDT_ERR_BADPATH;
+ offset = fdt_first_node(fdt);
+ if (offset < 0)
+ return offset;
+
/* see if we have an alias */
if (*path != '/') {
const char *q = memchr(path, '/', end - p);
@@ -579,7 +589,7 @@ int fdt_get_path(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, char *buf, int buflen)
if (buflen < 2)
return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
- for (offset = 0, depth = 0;
+ for (offset = fdt_first_node(fdt), depth = 0;
(offset >= 0) && (offset <= nodeoffset);
offset = fdt_next_node(fdt, offset, &depth)) {
while (pdepth > depth) {
@@ -617,7 +627,7 @@ int fdt_get_path(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, char *buf, int buflen)
else if (offset == -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET)
return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
- return offset; /* error from fdt_next_node() */
+ return offset; /* error from fdt_next_node() or fdt_first_node() */
}
int fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
index 90ea14e..f5c28fc 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ int fdt_add_subnode_namelen(void *fdt, int parentoffset,
FDT_RW_PROBE(fdt);
+ if (!parentoffset) {
+ parentoffset = fdt_first_node(fdt);
+ if (parentoffset < 0)
+ return parentoffset;
+ }
+
offset = fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(fdt, parentoffset, name, namelen);
if (offset >= 0)
return -FDT_ERR_EXISTS;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-09 11:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-09 11:54 [PATCH v2 00/10] Add support for structured tags and v18 dtb version Herve Codina
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] libfdt: Introduce fdt_first_node() Herve Codina
2026-06-04 20:59 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` Herve Codina [this message]
2026-06-04 21:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] libfdt: Don't assume that a FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag is available at offset 0 Frank Li
2026-06-18 10:13 ` David Gibson
2026-06-18 19:17 ` Herve Codina
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] tests: asm: Introduce treehdr_vers macro Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:09 ` Frank Li
2026-06-18 10:15 ` David Gibson
2026-06-18 19:55 ` Herve Codina
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] Introduce structured tag value definition Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:14 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] fdtdump: Handle unknown tags Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:19 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] flattree: " Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:22 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] libfdt: Handle unknown tags in fdt_next_tag() Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:25 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] libfdt: Introduce fdt_ptr_offset_ Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:26 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] libfdt: Handle unknown tags on dtb modifications Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:30 ` Frank Li
2026-04-09 11:54 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] Introduce v18 dtb version Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:33 ` Frank Li
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