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Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] ppc/vof: Fix unaligned FDT property access


From: David Gibson
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] ppc/vof: Fix unaligned FDT property access
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:41:13 +1000

On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 11:18:47AM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Thu Jul 4, 2024 at 10:15 PM AEST, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 04:17, David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:20:02PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 at 14:39, Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > FDT properties are aligned by 4 bytes, not 8 bytes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  hw/ppc/vof.c | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/hw/ppc/vof.c b/hw/ppc/vof.c
> > > > > index e3b430a81f4f..b5b6514d79fc 100644
> > > > > --- a/hw/ppc/vof.c
> > > > > +++ b/hw/ppc/vof.c
> > > > > @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static void vof_dt_memory_available(void *fdt, 
> > > > > GArray *claimed, uint64_t base)
> > > > >      mem0_reg = fdt_getprop(fdt, offset, "reg", &proplen);
> > > > >      g_assert(mem0_reg && proplen == sizeof(uint32_t) * (ac + sc));
> > > > >      if (sc == 2) {
> > > > > -        mem0_end = be64_to_cpu(*(uint64_t *)(mem0_reg + 
> > > > > sizeof(uint32_t) * ac));
> > > > > +        mem0_end = ldq_be_p(mem0_reg + sizeof(uint32_t) * ac);
> > > > >      } else {
> > > > >          mem0_end = be32_to_cpu(*(uint32_t *)(mem0_reg + 
> > > > > sizeof(uint32_t) * ac));
> > > > >      }
> > > >
> > > > I did wonder if there was a better way to do what this is doing,
> > > > but neither we (in system/device_tree.c) nor libfdt seem to
> > > > provide one.
> > >
> > > libfdt does provide unaligned access helpers (fdt32_ld() etc.), but
> > > not an automatic aligned-or-unaligned helper.   Maybe we should add that?
> >
> > fdt32_ld() and friends only do the "load from this bit of memory"
> > part, which we already have QEMU utility functions for (and which
> > are this patch uses).
> >
> > This particular bit of code is dealing with an fdt property ("memory")
> > that is an array of (address, size) tuples where address and size
> > can independently be either 32 or 64 bits, and it wants the
> > size value of tuple 0. So the missing functionality is something at
> > a higher level than fdt32_ld() which would let you say "give me
> > tuple N field X" with some way to specify the tuple layout. (Which
> > is an awkward kind of API to write in C.)
> >
> > Slightly less general, but for this case we could perhaps have
> > something like the getprop equivalent of qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells():
> >
> >   uint64_t value_array[2];
> >   qemu_fdt_getprop_sized_cells(fdt, nodename, "memory", &value_array,
> >                                ac, sc);
> >   /*
> >    * fills in value_array[0] with address, value_array[1] with size,
> >    * probably barfs if the varargs-list of cell-sizes doesn't
> >    * cover the whole property, similar to the current assert on
> >    * proplen.
> >    */
> >   mem0_end = value_array[0];
> 
> Since 4/8 byte cells are most common and size is probably
> normally known, what about something simpler to start with?

Hrm, I don't think this helps much.  As Peter points out the actual
load isn't really the issue, it's locating the right spot for it.

> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/libfdt/libfdt.h b/libfdt/libfdt.h
> index 0677fea..c4b6355 100644
> --- a/libfdt/libfdt.h
> +++ b/libfdt/libfdt.h
> @@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ static inline uint32_t fdt32_ld(const fdt32_t *p)
>               | bp[3];
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Load the value from a 32-bit cell of a property. Cells are 32-bit aligned
> + * so can use a single load.
> + */
> +static inline uint32_t fdt32_ld_prop(const fdt32_t *p)
> +{
> +     return fdt32_to_cpu(*p);
> +}
> +
>  static inline void fdt32_st(void *property, uint32_t value)
>  {
>       uint8_t *bp = (uint8_t *)property;
> @@ -172,6 +181,18 @@ static inline uint64_t fdt64_ld(const fdt64_t *p)
>               | bp[7];
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Load the value from a 64-bit cell of a property. Cells are 32-bit aligned
> + * so can use two loads.
> + */
> +static inline uint64_t fdt64_ld_prop(const fdt64_t *p)
> +{
> +     const fdt64_t *_p = p;
> +
> +     return ((uint64_t)fdt32_to_cpu(_p[0]) << 32)
> +             | fdt32_to_cpu(_p[1]);
> +}
> +
>  static inline void fdt64_st(void *property, uint64_t value)
>  {
>       uint8_t *bp = (uint8_t *)property;
> 

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