+ tools-bootconfig-consolidate-xbc_init-to-error-message-wrapper.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: tools/bootconfig: consolidate xbc_init() to error message wrapper
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     tools-bootconfig-consolidate-xbc_init-to-error-message-wrapper.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/tools-bootconfig-consolidate-xbc_init-to-error-message-wrapper.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: tools/bootconfig: consolidate xbc_init() to error message wrapper
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:13:15 +0900

Use init_xbc_with_error() for all bootconfig initialization in the
bootconfig tool instead of showing errors in different way.

This simplifies the code logic and make it easy to maintain.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/178913599508.248794.10388592925402087434.stgit@devnote2
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 tools/bootconfig/main.c |  100 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c~tools-bootconfig-consolidate-xbc_init-to-error-message-wrapper
+++ a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,39 @@
 #define BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE	\
 	(sizeof(uint32_t) * 2 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN)
 
+static void show_xbc_error(const char *data, const char *msg, int pos)
+{
+	int lin = 1, col, i;
+
+	if (pos < 0) {
+		pr_err("Error: %s.\n", msg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Note that pos starts from 0 but lin and col should start from 1. */
+	col = pos + 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) {
+		if (data[i] == '\n') {
+			lin++;
+			col = pos - i;
+		}
+	}
+	pr_err("Parse Error: %s at %d:%d\n", msg, lin, col);
+
+}
+
+static int init_xbc_with_error(char *buf, int len)
+{
+	const char *msg;
+	int ret, pos;
+
+	ret = xbc_init(buf, len, &msg, &pos);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		show_xbc_error(buf, msg, pos);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int xbc_show_value(struct xbc_node *node, bool semicolon)
 {
 	const char *val, *eol;
@@ -197,7 +230,6 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd,
 	int ret;
 	uint32_t size = 0, csum = 0, rcsum;
 	char magic[BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN];
-	const char *msg;
 
 	ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -249,52 +281,9 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ret = xbc_init(*buf, size, &msg, NULL);
-	/* Wrong data */
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_err("parse error: %s.\n", msg);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	ret = init_xbc_with_error(*buf, size);
 
-	return size;
-}
-
-static void show_xbc_error(const char *data, const char *msg, int pos)
-{
-	int lin = 1, col, i;
-
-	if (pos < 0) {
-		pr_err("Error: %s.\n", msg);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Note that pos starts from 0 but lin and col should start from 1. */
-	col = pos + 1;
-	for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) {
-		if (data[i] == '\n') {
-			lin++;
-			col = pos - i;
-		}
-	}
-	pr_err("Parse Error: %s at %d:%d\n", msg, lin, col);
-
-}
-
-static int init_xbc_with_error(char *buf, int len)
-{
-	char *copy = strdup(buf);
-	const char *msg;
-	int ret, pos;
-
-	if (!copy)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = xbc_init(buf, len, &msg, &pos);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		show_xbc_error(copy, msg, pos);
-	free(copy);
-
-	return ret;
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : size;
 }
 
 static int show_xbc_kernel_cmdline(void)
@@ -423,9 +412,8 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, c
 	char *buf, *data;
 	size_t total_size;
 	struct stat stat;
-	const char *msg;
 	uint32_t size, csum;
-	int pos, pad;
+	int pad;
 	int ret, fd;
 
 	ret = load_xbc_file(xbc_path, &buf);
@@ -438,6 +426,13 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, c
 		size++;
 	csum = xbc_calc_checksum(buf, size);
 
+	/* Verify the data format */
+	ret = init_xbc_with_error(buf, size);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		free(buf);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* Backup the bootconfig data */
 	data = calloc(size + BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN + BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE, 1);
 	if (!data) {
@@ -446,15 +441,6 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, c
 	}
 	memcpy(data, buf, size);
 
-	/* Check the data format */
-	ret = xbc_init(buf, size, &msg, &pos);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		show_xbc_error(data, msg, pos);
-		free(data);
-		free(buf);
-
-		return ret;
-	}
 	printf("Apply %s to %s\n", xbc_path, path);
 	xbc_get_info(&ret, NULL);
 	printf("\tNumber of nodes: %d\n", ret);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhiramat@kernel.org are

tools-bootconfig-fix-integer-overflow-and-truncation-in-size-checks.patch
bootconfig-fix-integer-overflow-in-initrd-size-check.patch
bootconfig-reject-unexpected-data-after-null-character.patch
tools-bootconfig-consolidate-xbc_init-to-error-message-wrapper.patch
bootconfig-skip-internal-tree-sanity-checks-in-kernel.patch
bootconfig-move-bootconfig_footer_size-to-include-linux-bootconfigh.patch