Re: [PATCH 2/3] tools/bootconfig: Consolidate xbc_init() to error message wrapper
From: Sang-Heon Jeon <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-10 05:30:14
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref] wrote:
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From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Use init_xbc_with_error() for all bootconfig initialization in the bootconfig tool instead of showing errors in different way. This simplifies the code logic and make it easy to maintain. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> --- tools/bootconfig/main.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c index 6035404733c3..7117aa9b2a83 100644 --- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c +++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c@@ -21,6 +21,47 @@ #define BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE \ (sizeof(uint32_t) * 2 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) +static void show_xbc_error(const char *data, const char *msg, int pos) +{ + int lin = 1, col, i; + + if (pos < 0) { + pr_err("Error: %s.\n", msg); + return; + } + + /* Note that pos starts from 0 but lin and col should start from 1. */ + col = pos + 1; + for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) { + if (data[i] == '\n') { + lin++; + col = pos - i; + } + } + pr_err("Parse Error: %s at %d:%d\n", msg, lin, col); + +} + +static int init_xbc_with_error(char *buf, int len) +{ + char *copy = malloc(len); + const char *msg; + int ret, pos; + + if (!copy) + return -ENOMEM; + + memcpy(copy, buf, len);
Can we remove this? xbc_init() already copies buf and does not change it, so show_xbc_error() can use buf directly.
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+ /* We do not terminate the copy with \0 for sanity checking */ + + ret = xbc_init(buf, len, &msg, &pos); + if (ret < 0) + show_xbc_error(copy, msg, pos); + free(copy); + + return ret; +} + static int xbc_show_value(struct xbc_node *node, bool semicolon) { const char *val, *eol;@@ -187,7 +228,6 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf) int ret; uint32_t size = 0, csum = 0, rcsum; char magic[BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN]; - const char *msg; ret = fstat(fd, &stat); if (ret < 0)@@ -238,52 +278,9 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf) return -EINVAL; } - ret = xbc_init(*buf, size, &msg, NULL); - /* Wrong data */ - if (ret < 0) { - pr_err("parse error: %s.\n", msg); - return ret; - } + ret = init_xbc_with_error(*buf, size); - return size; -} - -static void show_xbc_error(const char *data, const char *msg, int pos) -{ - int lin = 1, col, i; - - if (pos < 0) { - pr_err("Error: %s.\n", msg); - return; - } - - /* Note that pos starts from 0 but lin and col should start from 1. */ - col = pos + 1; - for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) { - if (data[i] == '\n') { - lin++; - col = pos - i; - } - } - pr_err("Parse Error: %s at %d:%d\n", msg, lin, col); - -} - -static int init_xbc_with_error(char *buf, int len) -{ - char *copy = strdup(buf); - const char *msg; - int ret, pos; - - if (!copy) - return -ENOMEM; - - ret = xbc_init(buf, len, &msg, &pos); - if (ret < 0) - show_xbc_error(copy, msg, pos); - free(copy); - - return ret; + return ret < 0 ? ret : size; } static int show_xbc_kernel_cmdline(void)@@ -412,9 +409,8 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path) char *buf, *data; size_t total_size; struct stat stat; - const char *msg; uint32_t size, csum; - int pos, pad; + int pad; int ret, fd; ret = load_xbc_file(xbc_path, &buf);@@ -427,6 +423,13 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path) size++; csum = xbc_calc_checksum(buf, size); + /* Verify the data format */ + ret = init_xbc_with_error(buf, size); + if (ret < 0) { + free(buf); + return ret; + } + /* Backup the bootconfig data */ data = calloc(size + BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN + BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE, 1); if (!data) {@@ -435,15 +438,6 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path) } memcpy(data, buf, size); - /* Check the data format */ - ret = xbc_init(buf, size, &msg, &pos); - if (ret < 0) { - show_xbc_error(data, msg, pos); - free(data); - free(buf); - - return ret; - } printf("Apply %s to %s\n", xbc_path, path); xbc_get_info(&ret, NULL); printf("\tNumber of nodes: %d\n", ret);