Re: [PATCHv2 02/13] libfdt: Improve sequential write state checking

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On 11 April 2018 at 22:52, David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When creating a tree with the sequential write functions, certain things
> have to be done in a certain order.  You must create the memory reserve map
> and only then can you create the actual tree structure.
>
> The -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE return code is for if you try to do things out of
> order.  However, we weren't checking that very thoroughly, so it was
> possible to generate a corrupted blob if, for example, you started calling
> fdt_begin_node() etc. before calling fdt_finish_reservemap().
>
> This makes the state checking more thorough disallow that.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  libfdt/fdt_sw.c      |  89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  tests/.gitignore     |   1 +
>  tests/Makefile.tests |   2 +-
>  tests/run_tests.sh   |   1 +
>  tests/sw_states.c    | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests/sw_states.c

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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