[PATCH v2 02/10] binman: Make compressed data header optional

Stefan Herbrechtsmeier stefan.herbrechtsmeier-oss at weidmueller.com
Mon Aug 15 09:09:35 CEST 2022


Hi Simon,

Am 13.08.2022 um 16:59 schrieb Simon Glass:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 04:51, Stefan Herbrechtsmeier
> <stefan.herbrechtsmeier-oss at weidmueller.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Stefan Herbrechtsmeier <stefan.herbrechtsmeier at weidmueller.com>
>>
>> Move the compressed data header handling into the dtb blob entry class
>> and make it optional. The header is uncommon, not supported by U-Boot
>> and incompatible with external compressed artifacts.
>>
>> If needed the header could be enabled with the following
>> attribute beside the compress attribute:
>>    prepend = "length";
>>
>> The header was introduced as part of commit eb0f4a4cb402 ("binman:
>> Support replacing data in a cbfs") to allow device tree entries to be
>> larger that the compressed contents. Regarding the commit "this is
>> necessary to cope with a compressed device tree being updated in such a
>> way that it shrinks after the entry size is already set (an obscure
>> case)". This case need to be fixed without influence any compressed data
>> by itself.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Herbrechtsmeier <stefan.herbrechtsmeier at weidmueller.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Reworked to make the feature optional.
>>
>>   tools/binman/cbfs_util.py                     |  8 ++---
>>   tools/binman/comp_util.py                     | 11 ++----
>>   tools/binman/entries.rst                      |  4 +++
>>   tools/binman/entry.py                         |  2 +-
>>   tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py                | 21 ++++++++++++
>>   tools/binman/ftest.py                         | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
>>   .../test/235_compress_prepend_length_dtb.dts  | 17 ++++++++++
>>   7 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 tools/binman/test/235_compress_prepend_length_dtb.dts
> 
> I've been through this and I think it is a good change. We can use
> your technique (property in the blob_dtb etype) to deal with any
> future problems that come up.
> 
> But I would like to split this patch into three:
> 
> 1. Add your blob_dtb property and the test
> 2. Change all uses of compress()/decompress() to call with add with_header=False
> 3. Drop the with_header arg from comp_util.py

Okay, I will split the commit.

> 
> A few more tweaks below.
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
>> index 9cad03886f..a1836f4ad3 100644
>> --- a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
>> +++ b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
>> @@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ class CbfsFile(object):
>>           """Handle decompressing data if necessary"""
>>           indata = self.data
>>           if self.compress == COMPRESS_LZ4:
>> -            data = comp_util.decompress(indata, 'lz4', with_header=False)
>> +            data = comp_util.decompress(indata, 'lz4')
>>           elif self.compress == COMPRESS_LZMA:
>> -            data = comp_util.decompress(indata, 'lzma', with_header=False)
>> +            data = comp_util.decompress(indata, 'lzma')
>>           else:
>>               data = indata
>>           self.memlen = len(data)
>> @@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ class CbfsFile(object):
>>           elif self.ftype == TYPE_RAW:
>>               orig_data = data
>>               if self.compress == COMPRESS_LZ4:
>> -                data = comp_util.compress(orig_data, 'lz4', with_header=False)
>> +                data = comp_util.compress(orig_data, 'lz4')
>>               elif self.compress == COMPRESS_LZMA:
>> -                data = comp_util.compress(orig_data, 'lzma', with_header=False)
>> +                data = comp_util.compress(orig_data, 'lzma')
>>               self.memlen = len(orig_data)
>>               self.data_len = len(data)
>>               attr = struct.pack(ATTR_COMPRESSION_FORMAT,
>> diff --git a/tools/binman/comp_util.py b/tools/binman/comp_util.py
>> index dc76adab35..269bbf7975 100644
>> --- a/tools/binman/comp_util.py
>> +++ b/tools/binman/comp_util.py
>> @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
>>   #
>>   """Utilities to compress and decompress data"""
>>
>> -import struct
>>   import tempfile
>>
>>   from binman import bintool
>> @@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ LZMA_ALONE = bintool.Bintool.create('lzma_alone')
>>   HAVE_LZMA_ALONE = LZMA_ALONE.is_present()
>>
>>
>> -def compress(indata, algo, with_header=True):
>> +def compress(indata, algo):
>>       """Compress some data using a given algorithm
>>
>>       Note that for lzma this uses an old version of the algorithm, not that
>> @@ -41,12 +40,9 @@ def compress(indata, algo, with_header=True):
>>           data = LZMA_ALONE.compress(indata)
>>       else:
>>           raise ValueError("Unknown algorithm '%s'" % algo)
>> -    if with_header:
>> -        hdr = struct.pack('<I', len(data))
>> -        data = hdr + data
>>       return data
>>
>> -def decompress(indata, algo, with_header=True):
>> +def decompress(indata, algo):
>>       """Decompress some data using a given algorithm
>>
>>       Note that for lzma this uses an old version of the algorithm, not that
>> @@ -64,9 +60,6 @@ def decompress(indata, algo, with_header=True):
>>       """
>>       if algo == 'none':
>>           return indata
>> -    if with_header:
>> -        data_len = struct.unpack('<I', indata[:4])[0]
>> -        indata = indata[4:4 + data_len]
>>       if algo == 'lz4':
>>           data = LZ4.decompress(indata)
>>       elif algo == 'lzma':
>> diff --git a/tools/binman/entries.rst b/tools/binman/entries.rst
>> index ae4305c99e..8e722426d3 100644
>> --- a/tools/binman/entries.rst
>> +++ b/tools/binman/entries.rst
>> @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ This is a blob containing a device tree. The contents of the blob are
>>   obtained from the list of available device-tree files, managed by the
>>   'state' module.
>>
>> +Additional Properties / Entry arguments:
>> +    - prepend: Header type to use:
>> +        none: No header
>> +        length: 32-bit length header
>>
>>
>>   Entry: blob-ext: Externally built binary blob
>> diff --git a/tools/binman/entry.py b/tools/binman/entry.py
>> index a07a588864..8cbfd43af9 100644
>> --- a/tools/binman/entry.py
>> +++ b/tools/binman/entry.py
>> @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ features to produce new behaviours.
>>               indata: Data to compress
>>
>>           Returns:
>> -            Compressed data (first word is the compressed size)
>> +            Compressed data
>>           """
>>           self.uncomp_data = indata
>>           if self.compress != 'none':
>> diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
>> index 4159e3032a..652b8abd8f 100644
>> --- a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
>> +++ b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
>> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
>>
>>   from binman.entry import Entry
>>   from binman.etype.blob import Entry_blob
>> +from dtoc import fdt_util
>> +import struct
>>
>>   # This is imported if needed
>>   state = None
>> @@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
>>       This is a blob containing a device tree. The contents of the blob are
>>       obtained from the list of available device-tree files, managed by the
>>       'state' module.
>> +
>> +    Additional attributes:
>> +        prepend: Header used (e.g. 'length'), 'none' if none
>>       """
>>       def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
>>           # Put this here to allow entry-docs and help to work without libfdt
>> @@ -25,6 +30,12 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
>>
>>           super().__init__(section, etype, node)
>>
>> +        self.prepend = 'none'
> 
> None ?

I copy this from the compress attribute. You only need one check to 
support a missing value or a 'none' value. But I don't need this check 
and can use None.

> 
>> +
>> +    def ReadNode(self):
>> +        super().ReadNode()
>> +        self.prepend = fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'prepend', 'none')
> 
> Can you drop the 'none' so that it uses None instead?

Is 'none' a valid entry? Do we need to distinguish between 'none' and an 
invalid value?

> Aso we should check for a valid value here - e.g. it must be 'length'
> and not something else, otherwise self.Raise()

Okay. I will remove the 'none' and only support 'length'.

Regards
   Stefan


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