[PATCH v3] cmd: cat: add new command

Roger Knecht rknecht at pm.me
Thu Aug 18 18:54:25 CEST 2022


Add cat command to print file content to standard out

Signed-off-by: Roger Knecht <rknecht at pm.me>
---
v3:
 - Disable 'cat' by default (CONFIG_CMD_CAT=n)
 - Enable 'cat' in sandbox and sandbox64 defconfig
 - Use map_to_sysmem() to fix "phys_to_virt: Cannot map sandbox address"
 - Use puts() instead of a loop
 - Added python test
 - Addd usage documentation

v2:
 - Moved cat from boot to shell commands
 - Added MAINTAINERS entry
 - Added comments
 - Improved variable naming

 MAINTAINERS                        |  5 +++
 cmd/Kconfig                        |  6 +++
 cmd/Makefile                       |  1 +
 cmd/cat.c                          | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 configs/sandbox64_defconfig        |  1 +
 configs/sandbox_defconfig          |  1 +
 doc/usage/cmd/cat.rst              | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/py/tests/test_cat/conftest.py | 33 +++++++++++++++
 test/py/tests/test_cat/test_cat.py | 22 ++++++++++
 9 files changed, 185 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cmd/cat.c
 create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/cat.rst
 create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_cat/conftest.py
 create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_cat/test_cat.py

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5857fbf398..2864f84274 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -765,6 +765,11 @@ M:	Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	tools/buildman/

+CAT
+M:	Roger Knecht <rknecht at pm.me>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	cmd/cat.c
+
 CFI FLASH
 M:	Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
 S:	Maintained
diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 211ebe9c87..ce7e876475 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -1531,6 +1531,12 @@ endmenu

 menu "Shell scripting commands"

+config CMD_CAT
+	bool "cat"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Print file to standard output
+
 config CMD_ECHO
 	bool "echo"
 	default y
diff --git a/cmd/Makefile b/cmd/Makefile
index 6e87522b62..1d2590e958 100644
--- a/cmd/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ) += bootz.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI) += booti.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BTRFS) += btrfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BUTTON) += button.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_CAT) += cat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) += cache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_CBFS) += cbfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_CLK) += clk.o
diff --git a/cmd/cat.c b/cmd/cat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c217617cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022
+ * Roger Knecht <rknecht at pm.de>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <command.h>
+#include <fs.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+
+static int do_cat(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
+		  char *const argv[])
+{
+	char *buffer;
+	phys_addr_t buffer_sysmem_addr;
+	loff_t file_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (argc < 4)
+		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
+
+	// get file size
+	ret = fs_set_blk_dev(argv[1], argv[2], FS_TYPE_ANY);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = fs_size(argv[3], &file_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	// allocate memory for file content
+	buffer = malloc(file_size + 1);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memset(buffer, 0, file_size + 1);
+
+	// map pointer to system memory
+	buffer_sysmem_addr = map_to_sysmem(buffer);
+
+	// read file to memory
+	ret = fs_set_blk_dev(argv[1], argv[2], FS_TYPE_ANY);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = fs_read(argv[3], buffer_sysmem_addr, 0, 0, &file_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	// unmap system memory
+	unmap_sysmem(buffer);
+
+	// print file content
+	buffer[file_size] = '\0';
+	puts(buffer);
+
+	free(buffer);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+U_BOOT_CMD(cat, 4, 1, do_cat,
+	   "print file to standard output",
+	   "<interface> <dev[:part]> <file>\n"
+	   "	- Print file from 'dev' on 'interface' to standard output");
diff --git a/configs/sandbox64_defconfig b/configs/sandbox64_defconfig
index 6553568e76..b2c9f19f11 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox64_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_CONSOLE_RECORD=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_RECORD_OUT_SIZE=0x1000
 CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER=y
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
+CONFIG_CMD_CAT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CPU=y
 CONFIG_CMD_LICENSE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
index eba7bcbb48..2136c76fe3 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL=6
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
 CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_AB=y
+CONFIG_CMD_CAT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CPU=y
 CONFIG_CMD_LICENSE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTM_PRE_LOAD=y
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/cat.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/cat.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef4731fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/cat.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
+
+cat command
+===============
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+::
+
+    cat <interface> <dev[:part]> <file>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The cat command prints the file content to standard out.
+
+interface
+    interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ....)
+
+dev
+    device number
+
+part
+    partition number, defaults to 1
+
+file
+    path to file
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Here is the output for a example text file:
+
+::
+
+    => cat mmc 0:1 hello
+    hello world
+    =>
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The cat command is only available if CONFIG_CMD_CAT=y.
+
+Return value
+------------
+
+The return value $? is set to 0 (true) if the file is readable, otherwise it returns a non-zero error code.
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_cat/conftest.py b/test/py/tests/test_cat/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..426f64485f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_cat/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:      GPL-2.0+
+
+"""Fixture for cat command test
+"""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+from subprocess import check_call
+import pytest
+
+ at pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+def cat_data(u_boot_config):
+    """Set up a file system to be used in cat tests
+
+    Args:
+        u_boot_config -- U-boot configuration.
+
+    Return:
+        A path to disk image to be used for testing
+    """
+    mnt_point = u_boot_config.persistent_data_dir + '/test_cat'
+    image_path = u_boot_config.persistent_data_dir + '/cat.img'
+
+    shutil.rmtree(mnt_point, ignore_errors=True)
+    os.mkdir(mnt_point, mode = 0o755)
+
+    with open(mnt_point + '/hello', 'w', encoding = 'ascii') as file:
+        file.write('hello world\n')
+
+    check_call(f'virt-make-fs --partition=gpt --size=+1M --type=vfat {mnt_point} {image_path}',
+               shell=True)
+
+    return image_path
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_cat/test_cat.py b/test/py/tests/test_cat/test_cat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ddefa40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_cat/test_cat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:      GPL-2.0+
+
+""" Unit test for cat command
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+ at pytest.mark.boardspec('sandbox')
+ at pytest.mark.buildconfigspec('cmd_cat')
+def test_cat(u_boot_console, cat_data):
+    """ Unit test for cat
+
+    Args:
+        u_boot_console -- U-Boot console
+        cat_data -- Path to the disk image used for testing.
+    """
+    u_boot_console.run_command(cmd = f'host bind 0 {cat_data}')
+
+    response = u_boot_console.run_command(cmd = 'cat host 0 hello')
+    assert 'hello world' == response
+
+    u_boot_console.run_command(cmd = 'exit', wait_for_echo=False)
--
2.25.1




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