From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtpout-03.galae.net (smtpout-03.galae.net [185.246.85.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D251E36AB5E; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.246.85.4 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775056517; cv=none; b=LiNmSLG6jMwdIuC8RORILI5DvciVo7bMntGwo2z9z1/nlvnb1iFkSAvd+As4a6RITCxXB3IA/DXhoTA87PxPTzAQLBhHdW2qmgS22h4dDqaG5fTzNaT/SHAa1p28nlT6tfMx85QbY4q6Z9U1TjQGneGNH5Ri1D9td+PnxbPT3o0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775056517; c=relaxed/simple; bh=h1bAV1hr6YgCzq4oPdVdCqInAjJ01QtWiYFz28DI+Hg=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Subject:Cc:To:From: References:In-Reply-To; b=ESVGoh7yP4rGXBcCxIwykrfVMPsxbOHHPsg0YVDM+ovZgmgd754GBZ9kyuWR2WHWHs7U6yqbmrpNDiSDLLWy8SxW5SZ8IwdWTznCMmFLJJjXWt+Ypx7ESynv7Oxdcrpn9aXvH0lWBJ5Qz1DA11tSaoUTw7X1ent0e7qqZNsU96c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b=aNn4xR0x; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.246.85.4 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b="aNn4xR0x" Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-03.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29FA24E4288D; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B00E4602BF; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 70BF21045030B; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 17:15:09 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1775056510; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=LyQgOelUHk2NRcwZHxexr9o331ggNhAkR7mGIXD9keo=; b=aNn4xR0xclegzoHuZkjvkhSSR/H86cQBVG86bx2XFZvop+T10cAMlPZFBPx3sTGXrcW+6C vEVzT/UPIxcI3D9AM9pdxSo6dpDdVIJPxpllnRjhalAMZdJvh7ipZQpF9vSf1ppKzMVptG Mk863+zzAt7ks1ApettpWrV+QsKWdoNzlkZanke69ET5CrB3dXBi5iRtXkabuCVkR4JTVZ uOXh13GdooivtAminQT0Zdfyz5l2IiMu2VaRgN7jEuZqbctWkvT0wM1mlDtl6UD/vnOv11 E4KR+w2N/IJPKQf0gYzPEeriNPk8nP8sIGZxtc+hsojKzWp+nhKQ4WUF34t+Hg== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:15:09 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 10/15] fdtdump: Handle unknown tags Cc: "Ayush Singh" , "Geert Uytterhoeven" , , , , , "Hui Pu" , "Ian Ray" , "Thomas Petazzoni" To: "Herve Codina" , "David Gibson" , "Rob Herring" , "Krzysztof Kozlowski" , "Conor Dooley" From: "Luca Ceresoli" X-Mailer: aerc 0.20.1 References: <20260210173349.636766-1-herve.codina@bootlin.com> <20260210173349.636766-11-herve.codina@bootlin.com> In-Reply-To: <20260210173349.636766-11-herve.codina@bootlin.com> X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 On Tue Feb 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM CET, Herve Codina wrote: > 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. How? This sentence is vague, what about: Allow dumping the unknown tags or not based on a command line flag. > --- a/fdtdump.c > +++ b/fdtdump.c > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static const char *tagname(uint32_t tag) > #define dumpf(fmt, args...) \ > do { if (debug) printf("// " fmt, ## args); } while (0) > > -static void dump_blob(void *blob, bool debug) > +static void dump_blob(void *blob, bool debug, int dump_unknown) > { > uintptr_t blob_off =3D (uintptr_t)blob; > struct fdt_header *bph =3D blob; > @@ -146,20 +146,55 @@ static void dump_blob(void *blob, bool debug) > continue; > } > > + if ((tag & FDT_TAG_STRUCTURED) && (tag & FDT_TAG_SKIP_SAFE)) { > + sz =3D 0; > + switch (tag & FDT_TAG_DATA_MASK) { > + case FDT_TAG_DATA_NONE: > + break; > + case FDT_TAG_DATA_1CELL: > + sz =3D FDT_CELLSIZE; > + break; > + case FDT_TAG_DATA_2CELLS: > + sz =3D 2 * FDT_CELLSIZE; > + break; > + case FDT_TAG_DATA_LNG: > + /* Get the length */ > + sz =3D fdt32_to_cpu(GET_CELL(p)); > + break; > + } > + > + if (dump_unknown) { > + printf("%*s// Unknown tag ignored: 0x%08"PRIx32", data lng %d", As before, I'd use "len" instead of "lng". > + depth * shift, "", tag, sz); > + if (dump_unknown > 1 && sz !=3D 0) { > + printf(" "); > + for (i =3D 0; i < sz; i++) > + printf("%02hhx", *(p + i)); > + } > + printf("\n"); > + } > + > + /* Skip the data bytes */ > + p =3D PALIGN(p + sz, 4); > + continue; > + } > + > die("** Unknown tag 0x%08"PRIx32"\n", tag); > } > } > > /* Usage related data. */ > static const char usage_synopsis[] =3D "fdtdump [options] "; > -static const char usage_short_opts[] =3D "ds" USAGE_COMMON_SHORT_OPTS; > +static const char usage_short_opts[] =3D "dus" USAGE_COMMON_SHORT_OPTS; > static struct option const usage_long_opts[] =3D { > {"debug", no_argument, NULL, 'd'}, > + {"unknown", no_argument, NULL, 'u'}, > {"scan", no_argument, NULL, 's'}, > USAGE_COMMON_LONG_OPTS > }; > static const char * const usage_opts_help[] =3D { > "Dump debug information while decoding the file", > + "Dump unknown tags information while decoding the file (-uu to have dat= a)", ^ dump > --- a/tests/trees.S > +++ b/tests/trees.S > @@ -328,3 +328,113 @@ named_root_strings: > named_root_strings_end: > > named_root_end: > + > + > + /* Tree with "unknown" tags that can be skipped > + * Use a really future dtb version to check version downgrade on > + * modification. > + */ > + treehdr_vers unknown_tags_can_skip 0xffffffff 0x10 > + empty_rsvmap unknown_tags_can_skip > + > +unknown_tags_can_skip_struct: > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_1CELL_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x1 > + > + beginn "" > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_NONE_CAN_SKIP > + > + propu32 unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_int, 1 > + > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_1CELL_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x11 > + > + propstr unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_str, "abcd" > + > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_2CELLS_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x12 > + fdtlong 0x12 Can you use different values here, just to make the test slightly more robust? Just in case parsing ends up on the wrong cell, as unlikely as it can be. Same in various places below. > + > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_LNG_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 3 > + .byte 0x13 > + .byte 0x13 > + .byte 0x13 > + .byte 0 /* padding */ > + > + beginn "subnode1" > + propu64 unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_int, 1, 2 > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_NONE_CAN_SKIP > + endn > + > + beginn "subnode2" > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_1CELL_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x121 > + propu64 unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_int1, 1, 2 > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_1CELL_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x122 > + propu64 unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_int2, 1, 2 > + beginn "subsubnode" > + fdtlong FDT_TEST_1CELL_CAN_SKIP > + fdtlong 0x123 > + propu64 unknown_tags_can_skip, prop_int, 1, 2 As before, you are using values 1 and 2 for all the properties, I'd use different values, and possibly even with different amounts of cells in properties. Other than these two minor nits, this patch looks very good to me. Luca -- Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com