Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] dtc: Add dtb build information option

David Gibson
2020-01-16T00:57:52Z

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 07:16:23PM +0100, Alexandre Torgue wrote:
> This commit adds the possibility to add build information for a DTB.
> Build information can be: build date, DTS version, "who built the DTB"
> (same kind of information that we get in Linux with the Linux banner).
>
> To do this, an extra option "-B" using an information file as argument
> has been added. If this option is used, input device tree is appended with
> a new string property "Build-info". This property is built with information
> found in information file given as argument. This file has to be generated
> by user and shouldn't exceed 256 bytes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>

At the very least, this patch of the series will need to be sent to
upstream dtc first.

I'm also not terribly clear on what you're trying to accomplish here,
and why it's useful.

Since you're doing this specifically for use with dtbs built in the
kernel build, could you just use a:
Build-info = /incbin/ "build-info.txt";
in each of the in-kernel .dts files?

Altough you probably shouldn't use "Build-info" since it doesn't match
device tree property naming conventions. My suggestion would be
"linux,build-info".

> diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc.c b/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
> index bdb3f5945699..294828bac20b 100644
> --- a/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
> +++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int padsize; /* Additional padding to blob */
> int alignsize; /* Additional padding to blob accroding to the alignsize */
> int phandle_format = PHANDLE_EPAPR; /* Use linux,phandle or phandle properties */
> int generate_symbols; /* enable symbols & fixup support */
> +int generate_build_info; /* Add build information: time, source version ... */
> int generate_fixups; /* suppress generation of fixups on symbol support */
> int auto_label_aliases; /* auto generate labels -> aliases */
> int annotate; /* Level of annotation: 1 for input source location
> @@ -45,9 +46,42 @@ static void fill_fullpaths(struct node *tree, const char *prefix)
> fill_fullpaths(child, tree->fullpath);
> }
>
> +static void fill_build_info(struct node *tree, const char *fname)
> +{
> + struct data d = empty_data;
> + char *tmp;
> + FILE *f;
> + int len;
> +
> + tmp = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * 256);
> +
> + f = fopen(fname, "r");
> + if (!f) {
> + printf("Can't open file %s\n", fname);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + len = fread(tmp, sizeof(char), 256, f);
> + if (!len) {
> + printf("Can't read file %s\n", fname);
> + fclose(f);
> + free(tmp);
> + }
> + fclose(f);

You have no useful error reporting if the file is larger than the limit.

> +
> + tmp[len - 1] = '\0';
> +
> + d = data_add_marker(d, TYPE_STRING, tmp);
> + d = data_append_data(d, tmp, len);

You can essentially do this better with data_copy_file().

> +
> + add_property(tree, build_property("Build-info", d, NULL));
> +
> + free(tmp);
> +}
> +
> /* Usage related data. */
> static const char usage_synopsis[] = "dtc [options] ";
> -static const char usage_short_opts[] = "qI:O:o:V:d:R:S:p:a:fb:i:H:sW:E:@AThv";
> +static const char usage_short_opts[] = "qI:O:o:V:d:R:S:p:a:fb:i:H:sW:E:@AT:B:hv";
> static struct option const usage_long_opts[] = {
> {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
> {"in-format", a_argument, NULL, 'I'},
> @@ -69,6 +103,7 @@ static struct option const usage_long_opts[] = {
> {"symbols", no_argument, NULL, '@'},
> {"auto-alias", no_argument, NULL, 'A'},
> {"annotate", no_argument, NULL, 'T'},
> + {"build-info", a_argument, NULL, 'B'},
> {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
> {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
> {NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0x0},
> @@ -106,6 +141,7 @@ static const char * const usage_opts_help[] = {
> "\n\tEnable generation of symbols",
> "\n\tEnable auto-alias of labels",
> "\n\tAnnotate output .dts with input source file and line (-T -T for more details)",
> + "\n\tAdd build information (date, version, ...) in the blob",
> "\n\tPrint this help and exit",
> "\n\tPrint version and exit",
> NULL,
> @@ -164,6 +200,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> const char *outform = NULL;
> const char *outname = "-";
> const char *depname = NULL;
> + const char *version = NULL;
> bool force = false, sort = false;
> const char *arg;
> int opt;
> @@ -256,9 +293,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> case 'T':
> annotate++;
> break;
> -
> case 'h':
> usage(NULL);
> + case 'B':
> + version = optarg;
> + generate_build_info = 1;
> + break;
> default:
> usage("unknown option");
> }
> @@ -296,14 +336,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> }
> if (annotate && (!streq(inform, "dts") || !streq(outform, "dts")))
> die("--annotate requires -I dts -O dts\n");
> - if (streq(inform, "dts"))
> + if (streq(inform, "dts")) {
> dti = dt_from_source(arg);
> - else if (streq(inform, "fs"))
> + if (generate_build_info)
> + fill_build_info(dti->dt, version);
> + } else if (streq(inform, "fs")) {
> dti = dt_from_fs(arg);
> - else if(streq(inform, "dtb"))
> + } else if (streq(inform, "dtb")) {
> dti = dt_from_blob(arg);
> - else
> + } else {
> die("Unknown input format \"%s\"\n", inform);
> + }
>
> dti->outname = outname;
>

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