[U-Boot] [PATCH] dm: remove pre reloc properties in SPL and TPL device tree

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sat Mar 30 21:19:24 UTC 2019


Hi Patrick,

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 at 11:24, Patrick DELAUNAY <patrick.delaunay at st.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> > From: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > Sent: mardi 19 mars 2019 02:25
> >
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 19:50, Patrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay at st.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > We can remove the pre reloc property in SPL and TPL device-tree:
> > > - u-boot,dm-pre-reloc
> > > - u-boot,dm-spl
> > > - u-boot,dm-tpl
> > > As only the needed node are kept by fdtgrep (1st pass).
> > >
> > > The associated function (XXX_pre_reloc) are simple for SPL/TPL:
> > > return always true.
> > >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Patrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay at st.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > remove pre reloc properties in SPL and TPL device tree
> > >
> > > Patch created after some remarks on previous
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1035797/
> > >
> > > I check the current code and I found a way to reduce the SPL device
> > > tree
> > > size: remove the un-necessary pre reloc parameters in SPL/TPL DT (as
> > > the node check is already managed by fdtgrep)
> > >
> > > But I need to change the DM code to avoid the check on presence of
> > > this parameters...
> > >
> > > On my board stm32mp1-ev1, the SPL device tree is reduced by 790 bytes
> > > (11149 to 10419) and the SPL binary u-boot-spl.stm32 by 798 bytes
> > > (64745 to 63947); the boot is not broken and I have the expected delta
> > > between generated device tree.
> > >
> > > But I don't sure that I see all the side impact of the code change in
> > > SPL/TPL.
> > >
> > > PS: I already see a side effect on this patch, because all node are now
> > >     bounded in SPL/TPL, it is no more needed to TAG all the device tree
> > >     path but only the last needed children.
> > >     But in this case phandle for parent node are not keep.
> >
> > Yes that makes sense. I suppose we could enhance fdtgrep to handle this.
>
> Probably but  I checked the code but I don't found a way to handle with lidfdt.
>
> I think is completely handle when a region  is dumped (for father mode with FDT_REG_SUPERNODES)
> in dump_fdt_regions is doen without any property (including phandle),
> only FDT_BEGIN_NODE and FDT_END_NODE are used
>
> => p.want = WANT_NODES_ONLY vs WANT_NODES_AND_PROPS
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > >  drivers/core/ofnode.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> > >  drivers/core/util.c   | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
> > >  scripts/Makefile.lib  |  1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/core/ofnode.c b/drivers/core/ofnode.c index
> > > 0e584c1..5a109dd 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/core/ofnode.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/core/ofnode.c
> > > @@ -700,18 +700,18 @@ int ofnode_read_simple_size_cells(ofnode node)
> > >
> > >  bool ofnode_pre_reloc(ofnode node)
> > >  {
> > > +#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_TPL_BUILD)
> > > +       /* for SPL and TPL the remaining nodes after the fdtgrep 1st pass
> > > +        * had property dm-pre-reloc or u-boot,dm-spl/tpl.
> > > +        * They are removed in final dtb (fdtgrep 2nd pass)
> > > +        */
> > > +       return true;
> > > +#else
> > >         if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-pre-reloc"))
> > >                 return true;
> > >         if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-pre-proper"))
> > >                 return true;
> > >
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
> > > -       if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-tpl"))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#elif defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
> > > -       if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-spl"))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#else
> > >         /*
> > >          * In regular builds individual spl and tpl handling both
> > >          * count as handled pre-relocation for later second init.
> > > @@ -719,9 +719,9 @@ bool ofnode_pre_reloc(ofnode node)
> > >         if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-spl") ||
> > >             ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-tpl"))
> > >                 return true;
> > > -#endif
> > >
> > >         return false;
> > > +#endif
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  int ofnode_read_resource(ofnode node, uint index, struct resource
> > > *res) diff --git a/drivers/core/util.c b/drivers/core/util.c index
> > > 27a6848..451f772 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/core/util.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/core/util.c
> > > @@ -33,16 +33,15 @@ int list_count_items(struct list_head *head)
> > >
> > >  bool dm_fdt_pre_reloc(const void *blob, int offset)
> >
> > This function should really be removed. We should be able to use the ofnode
> > version always.
>
> Ok, I migrate the 2 calls of the function =
>    drivers/clk/at91/pmc.c:64:                    !dm_fdt_pre_reloc(fdt, offset))
>    drivers/clk/altera/clk-arria10.c:257:       if (pre_reloc_only && !dm_fdt_pre_reloc(fdt, offset))
>
> and remove the function dm_fdt_pre_reloc in  a separet patchset (today I think)
>
> => [PATCH 0/3] remove dm_fdt_pre_reloc, replaced by dm_ofnode_pre_reloc
>     http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=98272
>
> PS: it is already done for dm_ofnode_pre_reloc() in  http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1035799
>
> > >  {
> > > +#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_TPL_BUILD)
> > > +       /* for SPL and TPL the remaining nodes after the fdtgrep 1st pass
> > > +        * had property dm-pre-reloc or u-boot,dm-spl/tpl.
> > > +        * They are removed in final dtb (fdtgrep 2nd pass)
> > > +        */
> > > +       return true;
> > > +#else
> > >         if (fdt_getprop(blob, offset, "u-boot,dm-pre-reloc", NULL))
> > >                 return true;
> > > -
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
> > > -       if (fdt_getprop(blob, offset, "u-boot,dm-tpl", NULL))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#elif defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
> > > -       if (fdt_getprop(blob, offset, "u-boot,dm-spl", NULL))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#else
> > >         /*
> > >          * In regular builds individual spl and tpl handling both
> > >          * count as handled pre-relocation for later second init.
> > > @@ -57,16 +56,16 @@ bool dm_fdt_pre_reloc(const void *blob, int
> > > offset)
> > >
> > >  bool dm_ofnode_pre_reloc(ofnode node)  {
> > > +#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_TPL_BUILD)
> > > +       /* for SPL and TPL the remaining nodes after the fdtgrep 1st pass
> > > +        * had property dm-pre-reloc or u-boot,dm-spl/tpl.
> > > +        * They are removed in final dtb (fdtgrep 2nd pass)
> > > +        */
> > > +       return true;
> > > +#else
> > >         if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-pre-reloc"))
> > >                 return true;
> > >
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
> > > -       if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-tpl"))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#elif defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
> > > -       if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-spl"))
> > > -               return true;
> > > -#else
> > >         /*
> > >          * In regular builds individual spl and tpl handling both
> > >          * count as handled pre-relocation for later second init.
> > > @@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ bool dm_ofnode_pre_reloc(ofnode node)
> > >         if (ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-spl") ||
> > >             ofnode_read_bool(node, "u-boot,dm-tpl"))
> > >                 return true;
> > > -#endif
> > >
> > >         return false;
> > > +#endif
> > >  }
> > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib index
> > > a5b57fc..3f4c86e 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
> > > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> > > @@ -524,4 +524,5 @@ quiet_cmd_fdtgrep = FDTGREP $@
> > >        cmd_fdtgrep = $(objtree)/tools/fdtgrep $(fdtgrep_props) -RT $< \
> > >                 -n /chosen -n /config -O dtb | \
> > >         $(objtree)/tools/fdtgrep -r -O dtb - -o $@ \
> > > +               -P u-boot,dm-pre-reloc -P u-boot,dm-spl -P
> > > + u-boot,dm-tpl \
> > >                 $(addprefix -P ,$(subst
> > > $\",,$(CONFIG_OF_SPL_REMOVE_PROPS)))
> > > --
> > > 2.7.4
> > >
> >
> > Is there a documentation update you can do to describe how things now work?
>
> Yes I can try it ....
>
> which documentation files is the correct place for you ?
>
> In "Pre-Relocation Support" chapter  of doc/ driver-model/README
> (as 'u-boot,dm-spl' and 'u-boot,dm-tpl' are only described here)

Yes this seems better...

>
> Or in doc/README.SPL and doc/READMETPL ?

but perhaps add a link to the above from these, too?



- SImon


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