Re: [PATCHv2 03/13] libfdt: Make fdt_check_header() more thorough

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On 11 April 2018 at 22:52, David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently fdt_check_header() performs only some rudimentary checks, which
> is not really what the name suggests.  This strengthens fdt_check_header()
> to check as much about the blob as is possible from the header alone:  as
> well as checking the magic number and version, it checks that the total
> size is sane, and that all the sub-blocks within the blob lie within the
> total size.
>
>  * This broadens the meaning of FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED to cover all sorts of
>    improperly terminated blocks as well as just a structure block without
>    FDT_END.
>
>  * This makes fdt_check_header() only succeed on "complete" blobs, not
>    in-progress sequential write blobs.  The only reason this didn't fail
>    before was that this function used to be called by many RO functions
>    which are supposed to also work on incomplete SW blobs.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  libfdt/fdt.c         |  57 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  libfdt/libfdt.h      |   5 +-
>  libfdt/libfdt_env.h  |   1 +
>  tests/.gitignore     |   1 +
>  tests/Makefile.tests |   2 +-
>  tests/check_header.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/run_tests.sh   |   2 +
>  7 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests/check_header.c
>

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Seems like a clever way to do these tests without too much code.
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