[PATCH 3/7] pxe_utils: extract per-entry key parsing into parse_label_keys()

Alexey Charkov alchark at flipper.net
Thu Jun 4 17:31:08 CEST 2026


Split the body of parse_label() into a standalone parse_label_keys()
helper that walks key/value lines and populates a pre-existing
struct pxe_label. parse_label() becomes a thin wrapper that creates
the label, reads its name, attaches it to the menu, and delegates.

This is a pure refactor: the new helper contains the original loop
verbatim, with the local variable declarations moved to its scope.
No call sites or behaviour change.

A subsequent change will export this helper so callers parsing
formats that lack a 'label' header (notably Boot Loader Specification
type #2 entries) can populate a label directly from a file body
without duplicating the parser.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Charkov <alchark at flipper.net>
---
 boot/pxe_utils.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/boot/pxe_utils.c b/boot/pxe_utils.c
index c45c9d0cd012..420cee307baf 100644
--- a/boot/pxe_utils.c
+++ b/boot/pxe_utils.c
@@ -1288,34 +1288,20 @@ static int parse_label_kernel(char **c, struct pxe_label *label)
 }
 
 /*
- * Parses a label and adds it to the list of labels for a menu.
- *
- * A label ends when we either get to the end of a file, or
- * get some input we otherwise don't have a handler defined
- * for.
+ * Parse the body of a label: the sequence of key/value lines that follow
+ * the 'label NAME' header. Stops at end-of-file or at a token that doesn't
+ * belong inside a label (which is pushed back so the caller can handle it).
  *
+ * Returns 1 on success, < 0 on error.
  */
-static int parse_label(char **c, struct pxe_menu *cfg)
+static int parse_label_keys(char **c, struct pxe_menu *cfg,
+			    struct pxe_label *label)
 {
 	struct token t;
+	char *s;
 	int len;
-	char *s = *c;
-	struct pxe_label *label;
 	int err;
 
-	label = label_create();
-	if (!label)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = parse_sliteral(c, &label->name);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		printf("Expected label name: %.*s\n", (int)(*c - s), s);
-		label_destroy(label);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	list_add_tail(&label->list, &cfg->labels);
-
 	while (1) {
 		s = *c;
 		get_token(c, &t, L_KEYWORD);
@@ -1397,6 +1383,36 @@ static int parse_label(char **c, struct pxe_menu *cfg)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parses a label and adds it to the list of labels for a menu.
+ *
+ * A label ends when we either get to the end of a file, or
+ * get some input we otherwise don't have a handler defined
+ * for.
+ *
+ */
+static int parse_label(char **c, struct pxe_menu *cfg)
+{
+	char *s = *c;
+	struct pxe_label *label;
+	int err;
+
+	label = label_create();
+	if (!label)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = parse_sliteral(c, &label->name);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printf("Expected label name: %.*s\n", (int)(*c - s), s);
+		label_destroy(label);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail(&label->list, &cfg->labels);
+
+	return parse_label_keys(c, cfg, label);
+}
+
 /*
  * This 16 comes from the limit pxelinux imposes on nested includes.
  *

-- 
2.53.0



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