From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Cc: Devicetree Compiler <devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org>,
Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/18] dtc: Move the /delete-node/ handling out of the grammar
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:49:34 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avaIzYnu1BdPcTAf@gractus.seuss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106195159.2623314-5-sjg@chromium.org>
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On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 12:51:31PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> The grammar actions merge each top-level fragment of a dts file into the
> tree as it is parsed, so the merge logic is spread over the rules for
> each kind of fragment. This makes it hard to follow and to change.
>
> As a first step towards moving this logic into livetree.c, move the
> action for a top-level /delete-node/ into a new merge_delete_node(),
> passing it a struct fragment for the reference.
>
> The output does not change.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
LGTM, except for any rework needed to accomodate changes suggested in
earlier patches.
> ---
>
> (no changes since v2)
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Use dt_ref instead of fragment_ref
> - Return true on success from merge_delete_node()
> - Check the fragment type with assert()
>
> dtc-parser.y | 11 ++++-------
> dtc.h | 1 +
> livetree.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/dtc-parser.y b/dtc-parser.y
> index e47f80d..bba98b6 100644
> --- a/dtc-parser.y
> +++ b/dtc-parser.y
> @@ -238,14 +238,11 @@ devicetree:
> }
> | devicetree DT_DEL_NODE dt_ref ';'
> {
> - struct node *target = get_node_by_ref($1, $3);
> -
> - if (target)
> - delete_node(target);
> - else
> - ERROR(&@3, "Label or path %s not found", $3);
> -
> + struct fragment *f;
>
> + f = build_fragment_delete_node($3, &@3);
> + if (!merge_delete_node($1, f))
> + treesource_error = true;
> $$ = $1;
> }
> | devicetree DT_OMIT_NO_REF dt_ref ';'
> diff --git a/dtc.h b/dtc.h
> index f15a162..5dca8bc 100644
> --- a/dtc.h
> +++ b/dtc.h
> @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ struct fragment *build_fragment_omit_if_no_ref(char *ref,
> struct srcpos *ref_srcpos);
> struct fragment *append_fragment(struct fragment *list, struct fragment *new);
> void free_fragment(struct fragment *f);
> +bool merge_delete_node(struct node *dt, struct fragment *f);
>
> struct dt_info {
> unsigned int dtsflags;
> diff --git a/livetree.c b/livetree.c
> index 85725d3..35beee0 100644
> --- a/livetree.c
> +++ b/livetree.c
> @@ -567,6 +567,26 @@ struct dt_info *build_dt_info(unsigned int dtsflags,
> return dti;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Delete the node which a /delete-node/ fragment refers to
> + *
> + * Returns true on success, false on an error, which has been reported.
> + */
> +bool merge_delete_node(struct node *dt, struct fragment *f)
> +{
> + struct node *target = get_node_by_ref(dt, f->ref);
> +
> + assert(f->type == FRAGMENT_DELETE_NODE);
> + if (!target) {
> + srcpos_error(f->ref_srcpos, "Error",
> + "Label or path %s not found", f->ref);
> + return false;
> + }
> + delete_node(target);
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Tree accessor functions
> */
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 4:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 19:51 [PATCH v3 00/18] dtc: Merge the fragments of a dts file after parsing Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 01/18] tests: Check how the fragments of a dts file are merged Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:20 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 02/18] srcpos: Allow srcpos_string() to accept NULL Simon Glass
2026-11-11 4:56 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 03/18] dtc: Add a struct for the top-level fragments of a dts file Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:46 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 04/18] dtc: Move the /delete-node/ handling out of the grammar Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:49 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 05/18] dtc: Move the /omit-if-no-ref/ " Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:50 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 06/18] dtc: Move is_ref_relative() to livetree.c Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:55 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 07/18] dtc: Move label-reference handling out of the grammar Simon Glass
2026-11-13 3:58 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 08/18] dtc: Merge &{label} in a plugin as with &label Simon Glass
2026-11-13 4:01 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 09/18] dtc: Move path-reference handling out of the grammar Simon Glass
2026-11-13 4:09 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 10/18] dtc: Move labelled-reference " Simon Glass
2026-11-13 4:13 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 11/18] dtc: Move first-reference " Simon Glass
2026-11-13 4:19 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 12/18] dtc: Add merge_fragment() to merge any fragment Simon Glass
2026-11-13 4:24 ` David Gibson
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 13/18] dtc: Add helpers for the errors when merging a fragment Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 14/18] dtc: Merge the fragments of a dts file after parsing Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 15/18] dtc: Merge the fragments of a dts file in main() Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 16/18] dtc: Add the overlay fragments from merge_fragments() Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 17/18] tests: Check references to a generated overlay fragment Simon Glass
2026-11-06 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 18/18] dtc: Add the overlay fragments after merging a plugin Simon Glass
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