From: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
To: Devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org>
Cc: "Brian Norris" <briannorris@chromium.org>,
"Chen-Yu Tsai" <wenst@chromium.org>,
"André Draszik" <andre.draszik@linaro.org>,
Devicetree@vger.kernel.org, "Simon Glass" <sjg@chromium.org>,
"David Gibson" <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>,
"Tudor Ambarus" <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Julius Werner" <jwerner@chromium.org>,
"Saravana Kannan" <saravanak@kernel.org>,
"Peter Griffin" <peter.griffin@linaro.org>,
"Douglas Anderson" <dianders@chromium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/10] pylibfdt: Add NodeTree live tree representation
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:46:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028215600.1713475-4-dianders@chromium.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028215600.1713475-1-dianders@chromium.org>
Add `NodeTree`, an in-memory live tree representation of a devicetree
node and its subtree, to `pylibfdt`:
- `NodeTree.unflatten(fdt, offset=0)` builds a `NodeTree` hierarchy from
an `FdtRo` instance.
- `NodeTree.flatten(mem_rsv=(), boot_cpuid_phys=0)` serializes a root
`NodeTree` back into a packed FDT blob via `FdtSw`.
- `get_node()`, `create_path()`, and `walk()` provide path lookup,
intermediate node creation, and pre-order traversal.
- `get_str()`, `set_str()`, `get_stringlist()`, `set_stringlist()`,
`get_u32()`, `set_u32()`, `get_u32_list()`, and `set_u32_list()`
provide typed property access and mutation (updating
`Property.as_str()` and `Property.as_stringlist()` so empty `b''`
properties raise `ValueError` or return `[]` rather than
`IndexError`).
Add unit tests in `tests/pylibfdt_tests.py` covering `NodeTree`
unflatten/flatten round-tripping and helper methods.
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-pro-prerelease
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split NodeTree live tree representation out of fdtfactor into
pylibfdt (David Gibson)
pylibfdt/libfdt.i | 262 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tests/pylibfdt_tests.py | 54 +++++++++
2 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pylibfdt/libfdt.i b/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
index 0db7110b4a38..f511c61746e3 100644
--- a/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
+++ b/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ class Property(bytearray):
def as_str(self):
"""Unicode is supported by decoding from UTF-8"""
- if self[-1] != 0:
+ if not self or self[-1] != 0:
raise ValueError('Property lacks nul termination')
if 0 in self[:-1]:
raise ValueError('Property contains embedded nul characters')
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ class Property(bytearray):
def as_stringlist(self):
"""Unicode is supported by decoding from UTF-8"""
+ if not self:
+ return []
if self[-1] != 0:
raise ValueError('Property lacks nul termination')
parts = self[:-1].split(b'\x00')
@@ -1210,6 +1212,264 @@ class NodeAdder():
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
self._fdt.end_node()
+
+
+class NodeTree:
+ """In-memory live tree representation of a devicetree node and its subtree.
+
+ Attributes:
+ props: Dict mapping property name (str) to raw property value (bytes).
+ children: Dict mapping child node name (str) to child NodeTree.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ self.props = {}
+ self.children = {}
+
+ @classmethod
+ def unflatten(cls, fdt, offset=0):
+ """Unflatten an FdtRo subtree starting at `offset` into a NodeTree.
+
+ Args:
+ fdt: An `FdtRo` (or `Fdt`) instance.
+ offset: Starting node offset (default 0 for the root node).
+
+ Returns:
+ A `NodeTree` representing the node at `offset` and its descendants.
+ """
+ node = cls()
+ for prop in fdt.properties(offset):
+ node.props[prop.name] = bytes(prop)
+ for suboff in fdt.subnodes(offset):
+ node.children[fdt.get_name(suboff)] = cls.unflatten(fdt, suboff)
+ return node
+
+ def _flatten_subtree(self, sw, name):
+ """Recursively write this NodeTree and its children into an FdtSw.
+
+ Args:
+ sw: An `FdtSw` sequential-write instance.
+ name: Node name for this subtree (empty string `''` for root).
+ """
+ with sw.add_node(name):
+ for prop_name, val in self.props.items():
+ sw.property(prop_name, bytes(val))
+ for child_name, child_node in self.children.items():
+ child_node._flatten_subtree(sw, child_name)
+
+ def flatten(self, mem_rsv=(), boot_cpuid_phys=0):
+ """Serialize this root NodeTree into a packed FDT byte string.
+
+ Args:
+ mem_rsv: Iterable of (address, size) tuples for the FDT memory
+ reservation block.
+ boot_cpuid_phys: Physical boot CPU ID for the FDT header.
+
+ Returns:
+ Serialized FDT blob as `bytes`.
+ """
+ sw = FdtSw()
+ for addr, size in mem_rsv:
+ sw.add_reservemap_entry(addr, size)
+ sw.finish_reservemap()
+ self._flatten_subtree(sw, '')
+ fdt = sw.as_fdt()
+ fdt_set_boot_cpuid_phys(fdt._fdt, boot_cpuid_phys)
+ fdt.pack()
+ return bytes(fdt.as_bytearray())
+
+ def get_node(self, path):
+ """Look up a descendant NodeTree by path without modifying the tree.
+
+ Follows the slash-separated node names in `path` starting from `self`
+ (leading, trailing, and repeated `'/'` characters are ignored, so
+ `'/soc/i2c@4000'` and `'soc/i2c@4000'` behave identically, and `''` or
+ `'/'` returns `self`). If any component along `path` is not present in
+ `children`, returns `None`.
+
+ Args:
+ path: Slash-separated node path starting from `self` (e.g.
+ `'/soc/i2c@4000'` or `'soc/i2c@4000'`).
+
+ Returns:
+ The `NodeTree` at `path`, or `None` if not found.
+ """
+ node = self
+ for part in path.split('/'):
+ if not part:
+ continue
+ node = node.children.get(part)
+ if node is None:
+ return None
+ return node
+
+ def create_path(self, path):
+ """Return the descendant NodeTree at `path`, creating missing nodes.
+
+ Looks up a child or deeper descendant `NodeTree` by following the
+ slash-separated node names in `path` starting from `self` (leading,
+ trailing, and repeated `'/'` characters are ignored, so
+ `'/soc/i2c@4000'` and `'soc/i2c@4000'` behave identically). If any
+ node along `path` does not exist yet in `children`, a new empty
+ `NodeTree` is created for it automatically (similar to `mkdir -p`).
+ Passing `''` or `'/'` returns `self`.
+
+ Example:
+ root = NodeTree()
+ # Automatically creates root.children['soc'] and
+ # root.children['soc'].children['i2c@4000'], and returns the
+ # 'i2c@4000' NodeTree.
+ i2c = root.create_path('/soc/i2c@4000')
+ i2c.set_str('status', 'okay')
+
+ Args:
+ path: Slash-separated node path starting from `self` (e.g.
+ `'/soc/i2c@4000'` or `'soc/i2c@4000'`).
+
+ Returns:
+ The `NodeTree` instance at `path`.
+ """
+ node = self
+ for part in path.split('/'):
+ if not part:
+ continue
+ if part not in node.children:
+ node.children[part] = type(self)()
+ node = node.children[part]
+ return node
+
+ def walk(self, path=''):
+ """Yield `(path, node)` pairs for this subtree in pre-order.
+
+ Args:
+ path: Path prefix for `self` (defaults to `''` for the root node,
+ producing paths like `''`, `'/soc'`, `'/soc/i2c@4000'`).
+
+ Yields:
+ Tuple of `(path, node)` for `self` followed recursively by each
+ descendant `NodeTree`.
+ """
+ prefix = path.rstrip('/')
+ yield path, self
+ for name, child in self.children.items():
+ yield from child.walk(f'{prefix}/{name}')
+
+ def get_str(self, name):
+ """Return property `name` decoded as a NUL-terminated UTF-8 string.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to look up in `self.props`.
+
+ Returns:
+ Decoded string value (without the trailing NUL byte).
+
+ Raises:
+ KeyError: If `name` is not in `self.props`.
+ ValueError: If the property value is not a single NUL-terminated
+ UTF-8 string.
+ """
+ return Property(name, self.props[name]).as_str()
+
+ def set_str(self, name, val):
+ """Set property `name` to a NUL-terminated UTF-8 string.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to set in `self.props`.
+ val: String value to encode as UTF-8 with a trailing NUL byte.
+
+ Raises:
+ ValueError: If `val` contains embedded NUL characters.
+ """
+ if '\x00' in val:
+ raise ValueError('String value contains embedded nul characters')
+ self.props[name] = val.encode('utf-8') + b'\x00'
+
+ def get_stringlist(self, name):
+ """Return property `name` decoded as a list of NUL-separated strings.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to look up in `self.props`.
+
+ Returns:
+ List of decoded UTF-8 strings (`[]` if the property is empty).
+
+ Raises:
+ KeyError: If `name` is not in `self.props`.
+ ValueError: If a non-empty property lacks NUL termination.
+ """
+ return Property(name, self.props[name]).as_stringlist()
+
+ def set_stringlist(self, name, vals):
+ """Set property `name` to a NUL-separated list of UTF-8 strings.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to set in `self.props`.
+ vals: Iterable of strings to encode as NUL-terminated UTF-8.
+
+ Raises:
+ ValueError: If any string in `vals` contains embedded NUL
+ characters.
+ """
+ vals = list(vals)
+ if any('\x00' in v for v in vals):
+ raise ValueError('String value contains embedded nul characters')
+ self.props[name] = b''.join(v.encode('utf-8') + b'\x00' for v in vals)
+
+ def get_u32(self, name):
+ """Return property `name` decoded as a single big-endian uint32 cell.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to look up in `self.props`.
+
+ Returns:
+ Integer value of the 32-bit cell.
+
+ Raises:
+ KeyError: If `name` is not in `self.props`.
+ ValueError: If the property length is not 4 bytes.
+ """
+ raw = self.props[name]
+ if len(raw) != 4:
+ raise ValueError(f'Property {name!r} length {len(raw)} != 4')
+ return Property(name, raw).as_uint32()
+
+ def set_u32(self, name, val):
+ """Set property `name` to a single big-endian uint32 cell.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to set in `self.props`.
+ val: Unsigned 32-bit integer value.
+ """
+ self.props[name] = struct.pack('>I', val)
+
+ def get_u32_list(self, name):
+ """Return property `name` decoded as a list of big-endian uint32 cells.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to look up in `self.props`.
+
+ Returns:
+ List of 32-bit unsigned integers.
+
+ Raises:
+ KeyError: If `name` is not in `self.props`.
+ ValueError: If the property length is not a multiple of 4 bytes.
+ """
+ raw = self.props[name]
+ if len(raw) % 4 != 0:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f'Property {name!r} length {len(raw)} is not a multiple of 4'
+ )
+ return Property(name, raw).as_uint32_list()
+
+ def set_u32_list(self, name, vals):
+ """Set property `name` to a sequence of big-endian uint32 cells.
+
+ Args:
+ name: Property name to set in `self.props`.
+ vals: Sequence of unsigned 32-bit integer values.
+ """
+ self.props[name] = struct.pack(f'>{len(vals)}I', *vals)
%}
%rename(fdt_property) fdt_property_func;
diff --git a/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py b/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
index 2a0509c7802e..569eb698a86f 100644
--- a/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
+++ b/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
@@ -697,6 +697,60 @@ class PyLibfdtRoTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(b'this is a placeholder string\0string2\0',
self.fdt.getprop(node, 'placeholder'))
+ def testNodeTreeRoundTrip(self):
+ """Test unflattening and flattening a tree via NodeTree"""
+ tree = libfdt.NodeTree.unflatten(self.fdt)
+ rsvmap = self.fdt.get_mem_rsv_list()
+ cpuid = self.fdt.boot_cpuid_phys()
+ blob = tree.flatten(rsvmap, cpuid)
+
+ fdt2 = libfdt.FdtRo(blob)
+ self.assertEqual(rsvmap, fdt2.get_mem_rsv_list())
+ self.assertEqual(cpuid, fdt2.boot_cpuid_phys())
+
+ tree2 = libfdt.NodeTree.unflatten(fdt2)
+ nodes1 = [(path, n.props, list(n.children.keys()))
+ for path, n in tree.walk()]
+ nodes2 = [(path, n.props, list(n.children.keys()))
+ for path, n in tree2.walk()]
+ self.assertEqual(nodes1, nodes2)
+
+ def testNodeTreeHelpers(self):
+ """Test NodeTree navigation and typed property helpers"""
+ root = libfdt.NodeTree()
+ self.assertIs(root, root.get_node(''))
+ self.assertIs(root, root.get_node('/'))
+ self.assertIsNone(root.get_node('/soc/i2c@4000'))
+
+ i2c = root.create_path('/soc/i2c@4000')
+ self.assertIs(i2c, root.get_node('/soc/i2c@4000'))
+ self.assertIs(i2c, root.get_node('soc/i2c@4000'))
+ self.assertEqual(['', '/soc', '/soc/i2c@4000'],
+ [path for path, _ in root.walk()])
+ self.assertEqual(['/', '/soc', '/soc/i2c@4000'],
+ [path for path, _ in root.walk('/')])
+
+ i2c.set_str('status', 'okay')
+ self.assertEqual('okay', i2c.get_str('status'))
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ i2c.set_str('status', 'ok\x00ay')
+
+ i2c.set_stringlist('compatible', ['vendor,i2c', 'generic,i2c'])
+ self.assertEqual(['vendor,i2c', 'generic,i2c'],
+ i2c.get_stringlist('compatible'))
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ i2c.set_stringlist('compatible', ['vendor\x00,i2c'])
+ i2c.set_stringlist('empty-list', [])
+ self.assertEqual([], i2c.get_stringlist('empty-list'))
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ i2c.get_str('empty-list')
+
+ i2c.set_u32('#address-cells', 1)
+ self.assertEqual(1, i2c.get_u32('#address-cells'))
+
+ i2c.set_u32_list('reg', [0x4000, 0x100])
+ self.assertEqual([0x4000, 0x100], i2c.get_u32_list('reg'))
+
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
--
2.56.0.313.g2479322e68-goog
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 21:46 [PATCH v2 00/10] fdtfactor: Introduce fdtfactor to auto-factor overlays Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] pylibfdt: Fix FdtSw.as_fdt() when buffer is nearly full Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] pylibfdt: Add subnode/property iterators and get_mem_rsv_list() Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` Douglas Anderson [this message]
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] libfdt: overlay: Factor out fixup and fragment path parsing helpers Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] libfdt: overlay: Prepare fixup and fragment path helpers for reuse Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] libfdt: overlay: Update base /__local_fixups__ on apply Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] fdtfactor: Add tool to split DTBs into a base DTB and overlays Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] fdtfactor: Add -S/--strip-local-fixups option Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] fdtfactor: Support compressed DTB inputs and outputs Douglas Anderson
2026-10-28 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] fdtfactor: Add compiled FIT image factoring support Douglas Anderson
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