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: [RFC PATCH 11/15] flattree: Handle unknown tags
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:33:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260210173349.636766-12-herve.codina@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260210173349.636766-1-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>
---
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..23813e2 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_LNG:
+ /* 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 b69b61b..98fa4f4 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..94fa6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb.dts.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+ prop-int = <0x01>;
+ prop-str = "abcd";
+
+ subnode1 {
+ prop-int = <0x01 0x02>;
+ };
+
+ subnode2 {
+ prop-int1 = <0x01 0x02>;
+ prop-int2 = <0x01 0x02>;
+
+ subsubnode {
+ prop-int = <0x01 0x02>;
+ };
+ };
+};
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-10 17:33 [RFC PATCH 00/15] Add support for structured tags and v18 dtb version Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 01/15] dtc: Use a consistent type for basenamelen Herve Codina
2026-02-13 6:14 ` David Gibson
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 02/15] fdtdump: Remove dtb version check Herve Codina
2026-02-14 2:12 ` David Gibson
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 03/15] fdtdump: Return an error code on wrong tag value Herve Codina
2026-02-23 5:38 ` David Gibson
2026-02-23 8:39 ` Herve Codina
2026-02-24 5:57 ` David Gibson
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 04/15] libfdt: fdt_rw: Introduce fdt_downgrade_version() Herve Codina
2026-02-24 6:09 ` David Gibson
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 05/15] libfdt: Introduce fdt_first_node() Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 06/15] libfdt: Don't assume that a FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag is available at offset 0 Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 07/15] libfdt: fdt_check_full: Handle FDT_NOP when FDT_END is expected Herve Codina
2026-03-04 10:08 ` David Gibson
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 08/15] tests: asm: Introduce treehdr_vers macro Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 09/15] Introduce structured tag value definition Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 10/15] fdtdump: Handle unknown tags Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` Herve Codina [this message]
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 12/15] libfdt: Handle unknown tags in fdt_get_next() Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 13/15] libfdt: Introduce fdt_ptr_offset_ Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 14/15] libfdt: Handle unknown tags on dtb modifications Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` [RFC PATCH 15/15] Introduce v18 dtb version Herve Codina
2026-03-12 7:54 ` [RFC PATCH 00/15] Add support for structured tags and " Herve Codina
2026-03-12 10:21 ` David Gibson
2026-03-16 16:16 ` Herve Codina
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