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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 06/10] flattree: Handle unknown tags
Date: Thu,  9 Apr 2026 13:54:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260409115426.352214-7-herve.codina@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260409115426.352214-1-herve.codina@bootlin.com>

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 <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
---
 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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-09 11:55 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 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] libfdt: Don't assume that a FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag is available at offset 0 Herve Codina
2026-06-04 21:04   ` 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 ` Herve Codina [this message]
2026-06-04 21:22   ` [PATCH v2 06/10] flattree: " 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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