From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>,
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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] fdtget: Use libfdt iterators instead of open coded loops
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:55:14 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ao-1FMFyANQVwy9K@gractus.seuss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826083146.304291-2-herve.codina@bootlin.com>
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 10:31:32AM +0200, Herve Codina wrote:
> fdtget uses directly fdt_{first,next}_property_offset() with a while(1)
> loop to iterate over node properties.
>
> It also uses the low level primitive fdt_next_tag() with custom tags,
> level and depth handling to iterates over subnodes.
>
> It is worth noting that FDT_NOP can be returned by fdt_next_tag() and
> this tag is not taken into account in the fdtget open coded loop. This
> will lead to an incorrect error if a FDT_NOP tag is encountered.
>
> libfdt provides iterators to iterate over node properties and subnodes.
> The subnode iterator provided by libfdt is robust against FDT_NOP tags
> and will be robust in the future when new tags are introduced.
>
> Replace fdtget open coded loops by iterators provided by libfdt and
> designed to perform those operations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Nice cleanup, merged. A test case to prevent any regressions on that
FDT_NOP bug would be a nice addition.
> ---
> fdtget.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fdtget.c b/fdtget.c
> index dd709854..c6169691 100644
> --- a/fdtget.c
> +++ b/fdtget.c
> @@ -138,21 +138,20 @@ static int show_data(struct display_info *disp, const char *data, int len)
> static int list_properties(const void *blob, int node)
> {
> const char *name;
> + const void *p;
> int prop;
>
> - prop = fdt_first_property_offset(blob, node);
> - do {
> - /* Stop silently when there are no more properties */
> - if (prop < 0)
> - return prop == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND ? 0 : prop;
> - fdt_getprop_by_offset(blob, prop, &name, NULL);
> - if (name)
> + fdt_for_each_property_offset(prop, blob, node) {
> + p = fdt_getprop_by_offset(blob, prop, &name, NULL);
> + if (p && name)
> puts(name);
> - prop = fdt_next_property_offset(blob, prop);
> - } while (1);
> -}
> + }
>
> -#define MAX_LEVEL 32 /* how deeply nested we will go */
> + if ((prop < 0) && (prop != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND))
> + return prop;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
>
> /**
> * List all subnodes in a node, one per line
> @@ -163,47 +162,21 @@ static int list_properties(const void *blob, int node)
> */
> static int list_subnodes(const void *blob, int node)
> {
> - int nextoffset; /* next node offset from libfdt */
> - uint32_t tag; /* current tag */
> - int level = 0; /* keep track of nesting level */
> const char *pathp;
> - int depth = 1; /* the assumed depth of this node */
> -
> - while (level >= 0) {
> - tag = fdt_next_tag(blob, node, &nextoffset);
> - switch (tag) {
> - case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
> - pathp = fdt_get_name(blob, node, NULL);
> - if (level <= depth) {
> - if (pathp == NULL)
> - pathp = "/* NULL pointer error */";
> - if (*pathp == '\0')
> - pathp = "/"; /* root is nameless */
> - if (level == 1)
> - puts(pathp);
> - }
> - level++;
> - if (level >= MAX_LEVEL) {
> - printf("Nested too deep, aborting.\n");
> - return 1;
> - }
> - break;
> - case FDT_END_NODE:
> - level--;
> - if (level == 0)
> - level = -1; /* exit the loop */
> - break;
> - case FDT_END:
> - return 1;
> - case FDT_PROP:
> - break;
> - default:
> - if (level <= depth)
> - printf("Unknown tag 0x%08X\n", tag);
> - return 1;
> - }
> - node = nextoffset;
> + int subnode;
> +
> + fdt_for_each_subnode(subnode, blob, node) {
> + pathp = fdt_get_name(blob, subnode, NULL);
> + if (pathp == NULL)
> + pathp = "/* NULL pointer error */";
> + if (*pathp == '\0')
> + pathp = "/"; /* root is nameless */
> + puts(pathp);
> }
> +
> + if (subnode < 0 && (subnode != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND))
> + return subnode;
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.55.0
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-27 9:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 8:31 [PATCH v3 00/15] Add support for structured tags and v18 dtb version Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 01/15] fdtget: Use libfdt iterators instead of open coded loops Herve Codina
2026-08-27 3:55 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 02/15] libfdt: Don't assume the root node is available at offset 0 Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 03/15] tests: " Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 04/15] tests/nopulate: Add a FDT_NOP before the root node Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 05/15] tests: treegen: Introduce emit_fdt_header_vers() Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 06/15] Introduce structured tag value definition Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 07/15] fdtdump: Handle unknown tags Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 08/15] flattree: " Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 09/15] libfdt: Handle unknown tags in fdt_next_tag() Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 10/15] libfdt: Introduce fdt_ptr_offset_() Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 11/15] libfdt: Introduce fdt_getprop_by_offset_w() Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 12/15] libfdt: Introduce fdt_getprop_offset_namelen() Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 13/15] tests: Add wip_func utility Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 14/15] libfdt: Handle unknown tags on dtb modifications Herve Codina
2026-08-26 8:31 ` [PATCH v3 15/15] Introduce v18 dtb version Herve Codina
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