[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] smbios: add parsing API

Christian Gmeiner christian.gmeiner at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 15:52:59 UTC 2019


Am Mo., 29. Apr. 2019 um 17:35 Uhr schrieb Alexander Graf <agraf at csgraf.de>:
>
>
> On 29.04.19 16:29, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Am Do., 25. Apr. 2019 um 12:09 Uhr schrieb Alexander Graf <agraf at csgraf.de>:
> >>
> >> On 16.04.19 13:38, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> >>> Add an very simple API to be able to access SMBIOS strings
> >>> like vendor, model and bios version.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  include/smbios.h    |  37 ++++++++++
> >>>  lib/Kconfig         |   6 ++
> >>>  lib/Makefile        |   1 +
> >>>  lib/smbios-parser.c | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>  4 files changed, 206 insertions(+)
> >>>  create mode 100644 lib/smbios-parser.c
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/smbios.h b/include/smbios.h
> >>> index 97b9ddce23..ad44e54245 100644
> >>> --- a/include/smbios.h
> >>> +++ b/include/smbios.h
> >>> @@ -237,4 +237,41 @@ typedef int (*smbios_write_type)(ulong *addr, int handle);
> >>>   */
> >>>  ulong write_smbios_table(ulong addr);
> >>>
> >>> +
> >>> +struct smbios_parser;
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * smbios_parser_create() - Create smbios parser
> >>> + *
> >>> + * @addr:    start address to search for SMBIOS structure
> >>> + * @len:     size of search area
> >>> + * @return:  NULL or valid pointer to a struct smbios_parser
> >>> + */
> >>> +struct smbios_parser *smbios_parser_create(unsigned int addr, unsigned int len);
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * smbios_parser_destroy() - Destroy smbios parser
> >>> + *
> >>> + * @p:       pointer to a struct smbios_parser
> >>> + */
> >>> +void smbios_parser_destroy(struct smbios_parser *p);
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * smbios_header() - Search for SMBIOS header type
> >>> + *
> >>> + * @p:       pointer to a struct smbios_parser
> >>> + * @type:    SMBIOS type
> >>> + * @return:  NULL or a valid pointer to a struct smbios_header
> >>> + */
> >>> +struct smbios_header *smbios_header(const struct smbios_parser *p, int type);
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * smbios_string() - Return string from SMBIOS
> >>> + *
> >>> + * @header:  pointer to struct smbios_header
> >>> + * @index:   string index
> >>> + * @return:  NULL or a valid const char pointer
> >>> + */
> >>> +const char *smbios_string(const struct smbios_header *header, int index);
> >>> +
> >>>  #endif /* _SMBIOS_H_ */
> >>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> >>> index 2120216593..59aafc63a7 100644
> >>> --- a/lib/Kconfig
> >>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> >>> @@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ config SMBIOS_PRODUCT_NAME
> >>>
> >>>  endmenu
> >>>
> >>> +config SMBIOS_PARSER
> >>> +     bool "SMBIOS parser"
> >>> +     default n
> >>> +     help
> >>> +       A simple parser for SMBIOS data.
> >>> +
> >>>  source lib/efi/Kconfig
> >>>  source lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
> >>>  source lib/optee/Kconfig
> >>> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> >>> index 47829bfed5..f095bd420a 100644
> >>> --- a/lib/Makefile
> >>> +++ b/lib/Makefile
> >>> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FIT) += fdtdec_common.o
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_FDTDEC) += fdtdec_test.o
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_GZIP_COMPRESSED) += gzip.o
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLE) += smbios.o
> >>> +obj-$(CONFIG_SMBIOS_PARSER) += smbios-parser.o
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_IMAGE_SPARSE) += image-sparse.o
> >>>  obj-y += ldiv.o
> >>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MD5) += md5.o
> >>> diff --git a/lib/smbios-parser.c b/lib/smbios-parser.c
> >>> new file mode 100644
> >>> index 0000000000..b24fd7210c
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/lib/smbios-parser.c
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
> >>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * Copyright (C) 2019, Bachmann electronic GmbH
> >>> + */
> >>> +
> >>> +#include <common.h>
> >>> +#include <malloc.h>
> >>> +#include <mapmem.h>
> >>> +#include <smbios.h>
> >>> +
> >>> +struct smbios_parser {
> >>> +     void *search_area;
> >>> +     unsigned int search_area_len;
> >>> +     struct smbios_entry *entry;
> >>> +     void *data;
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +static inline int verify_checksum(const struct smbios_entry *e)
> >>> +{
> >>> +     /*
> >>> +      * Checksums for SMBIOS tables are calculated to have a value, so that
> >>> +      * the sum over all bytes yields zero (using unsigned 8 bit arithmetic).
> >>> +      */
> >>> +     u8 *byte = (u8 *)e;
> >>> +     u8 sum = 0;
> >>> +
> >>> +     for (int i = 0; i < e->length; i++)
> >>> +             sum += byte[i];
> >>> +
> >>> +     return sum;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static struct smbios_entry *find_smbios_entry(const struct smbios_parser *p)
> >>> +{
> >>> +     static const char sm_sig[] = "_SM_";
> >>> +     u8 *buf = (u8 *)p->search_area;
> >>> +     const u8 *end = (u8 *)p->search_area + p->search_area_len;
> >>> +     struct smbios_entry *entry = NULL;
> >>> +
> >>> +     /* look for smbios entry */
> >>> +     while (buf < end) {
> >>
> >> Don't you have a way to pass the DMI pointer directly, maybe using cbfs?
> >> Searching through the SMBIOS search area is so 1990s (and pretty much
> >> only works on x86).
> >>
> > Coreboot adds a smbios cbmem entry which can be used to get the base address.
> > Will make use of that mechanism in the next version of the patch set.
>
>
> Thanks, that will make this code a lot more robust :).
>
>
> >
> >> I also don't think we really need all the smbios_parser logic. No need
> >> to create special pseudo objects. IMHO you should either create an
> >> actual UCLASS for SMBIOS with genuine callbacks and expose the table as
> >> DM object or just make all search functions in this patch stateless. I'd
> >> opt for the latter - it's how the SMBIOS creation works too.
> >>
> > I am not sure what you mean with 'special pseudo objects' - struct
> > smbios_parser?
>
>
> Yes. The parser is stateful. I would ideally like it best if it wasn't :).
>

One of the reasons I need the smbios_parser is the map_sysmem(..)
thing. Maybe I do not
need it at all - that would make the whole thing much simpler.


-- 
greets
--
Christian Gmeiner, MSc

https://christian-gmeiner.info


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