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 12/15] libfdt: Handle unknown tags in fdt_get_next()
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:33:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260210173349.636766-13-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.
libfdt uses fdt_get_next() to get a tag.
Filtering out tags that should be ignored in fdt_get_next() allows to
have the filtering done globally and allows, in future release, to have
a central place to add new known tags that should not be filtered out.
An already known tag exists with the meaning of "just ignore". This tag
is FDT_NOP. fdt_get_next() callers already handle the FDT_NOP tag.
Avoid unneeded modification at callers side and use a fake FDT_NOP tag
when an unknown tag that should be ignored is encountered.
Add also fdt_get_next_() internal function for callers who need to know
if the FDT_NOP tag returned is a real FDT_NOP or a fake FDT_NOP due to
an unknown tag.
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
---
libfdt/fdt.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
libfdt/libfdt_internal.h | 3 ++
tests/run_tests.sh | 9 +++--
3 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt.c b/libfdt/fdt.c
index ff2fa6c..790cbbd 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ const void *fdt_offset_ptr(const void *fdt, int offset, unsigned int len)
return fdt_offset_ptr_(fdt, offset);
}
-uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
+static uint32_t fdt_next_tag_all(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
{
const fdt32_t *tagp, *lenp;
uint32_t tag, len, sum;
@@ -218,7 +218,37 @@ uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
break;
default:
- return FDT_END;
+ if (!(tag & FDT_TAG_STRUCTURED) || !(tag & FDT_TAG_SKIP_SAFE))
+ return FDT_END;
+
+ switch (tag & FDT_TAG_DATA_MASK) {
+ case FDT_TAG_DATA_NONE:
+ break;
+ case FDT_TAG_DATA_1CELL:
+ offset += FDT_CELLSIZE;
+ break;
+ case FDT_TAG_DATA_2CELLS:
+ offset += 2 * FDT_CELLSIZE;
+ break;
+ case FDT_TAG_DATA_LNG:
+ /* Get the length */
+ lenp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, sizeof(*lenp));
+ if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB) && !lenp)
+ return FDT_END; /* premature end */
+ len = fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp);
+ /*
+ * Skip the cell encoding the length and the
+ * following length bytes
+ */
+ len += sizeof(*lenp);
+ sum = len + offset;
+ if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB) &&
+ (sum >= INT_MAX || sum < (uint32_t) offset))
+ return FDT_END; /* premature end */
+
+ offset += len;
+ break;
+ }
}
if (!fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, startoffset, offset - startoffset))
@@ -228,6 +258,47 @@ uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
return tag;
}
+static bool fdt_is_unknown_tag(uint32_t tag)
+{
+ switch (tag) {
+ case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
+ case FDT_END_NODE:
+ case FDT_PROP:
+ case FDT_NOP:
+ case FDT_END:
+ return false;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+uint32_t fdt_next_tag_(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset, bool *is_unknown)
+{
+ uint32_t tag;
+ bool unknown = false;
+
+ /* Retrieve next tag */
+ tag = fdt_next_tag_all(fdt, startoffset, nextoffset);
+ if (tag == FDT_END)
+ goto end;
+
+ if (fdt_is_unknown_tag(tag)) {
+ unknown = true;
+ /* Use a known tag that should be skipped by the caller */
+ tag = FDT_NOP;
+ }
+end:
+ if (is_unknown)
+ *is_unknown = unknown;
+ return tag;
+}
+
+uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
+{
+ return fdt_next_tag_(fdt, startoffset, nextoffset, NULL);
+}
+
int fdt_check_node_offset_(const void *fdt, int offset)
{
if (!can_assume(VALID_INPUT)
diff --git a/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h b/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
index 4c15264..c1ae306 100644
--- a/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
+++ b/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ int32_t fdt_ro_probe_(const void *fdt);
} \
}
+uint32_t fdt_next_tag_(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset,
+ bool *is_unknown);
+
int fdt_check_node_offset_(const void *fdt, int offset);
int fdt_check_prop_offset_(const void *fdt, int offset);
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 98fa4f4..690a141 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -576,11 +576,12 @@ libfdt_tests () {
run_test dtbs_equal_ordered cell-overflow.test.dtb cell-overflow-results.test.dtb
# check full tests
- for good in test_tree1.dtb; do
+ for good in test_tree1.dtb unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb; do
run_test check_full $good
done
for bad in truncated_property.dtb truncated_string.dtb \
- truncated_memrsv.dtb two_roots.dtb named_root.dtb; do
+ truncated_memrsv.dtb two_roots.dtb named_root.dtb \
+ unknown_tags_no_skip.dtb; do
run_test check_full -n $bad
done
}
@@ -961,6 +962,10 @@ fdtget_tests () {
run_fdtget_test "<the dead silence>" -tx \
-d "<the dead silence>" $dtb /randomnode doctor-who
run_fdtget_test "<blink>" -tx -d "<blink>" $dtb /memory doctor-who
+
+ # test with unknown tags involved
+ run_fdtget_test "1 2" unknown_tags_can_skip.dtb /subnode1 prop-int
+ run_wrap_error_test $DTGET unknown_tags_no_skip.dtb /subnode1 prop-int
}
fdtput_tests () {
--
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 ` [RFC PATCH 11/15] flattree: " Herve Codina
2026-02-10 17:33 ` Herve Codina [this message]
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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