[PATCH 08/23] pbl: decomp: add pbl_dtbz_uncompress helper

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Sun Jan 18 10:11:48 PST 2026


Hi,

On 26-01-14, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 11/10/25 9:34 PM, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > Add a pbl uncompress helper since uncompress() can't be used directly
> > within pbl.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch at pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  include/pbl.h |  1 +
> >  pbl/decomp.c  | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/pbl.h b/include/pbl.h
> > index b330010562c4aba5fccbb4c421bb95291fa0bea1..9db4652e833bf5e82fd42a1cae19e94c4f2f868f 100644
> > --- a/include/pbl.h
> > +++ b/include/pbl.h
> > @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
> >  extern unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
> >  
> >  void pbl_barebox_uncompress(void *dest, void *compressed_start, unsigned int len);
> > +int pbl_dtbz_uncompress(void *dest, void *compressed_start, unsigned long len);
> >  
> >  void fdt_find_mem(const void *fdt, unsigned long *membase, unsigned long *memsize);
> >  int fdt_fixup_mem(void *fdt, unsigned long membase[], unsigned long memsize[], size_t num);
> > diff --git a/pbl/decomp.c b/pbl/decomp.c
> > index ebdf81ddfbe5af65a382b7221c7102dcc791e5b9..4d50ea15555ba96bdc2fcac4c48708c6e1261d4d 100644
> > --- a/pbl/decomp.c
> > +++ b/pbl/decomp.c
> > @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static void noinline errorfn(char *error)
> >  	while (1);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static noinline void errorfn_nohang(char *error)
> > +{
> > +	puts_ll("ERROR: ");
> > +	puts_ll(error);
> > +}
> 
> This way we won't have error message for CONFIG_PBL_CONSOLE without
> DEBUG_LL, see:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/barebox/20260112085617.2952747-3-a.fatoum@barebox.org/T/#u

Good point, thanks!

> I am not sure why this is needed though. Failing to decompress a
> compressed device tree that was linked into barebox means there is
> runtime memory corruption. We should panic/hang in this case.

I will add __hang().

Regards,
  Marco

> 
> Cheers,
> Ahmad
> 
> 
> > +
> >  extern unsigned char sha_sum[];
> >  extern unsigned char sha_sum_end[];
> >  
> > @@ -110,3 +116,9 @@ void pbl_barebox_uncompress(void *dest, void *compressed_start, unsigned int len
> >  			NULL, NULL,
> >  			dest, NULL, errorfn);
> >  }
> > +
> > +int pbl_dtbz_uncompress(void *dest, void *compressed_start, unsigned long len)
> > +{
> > +	return decompress(compressed_start, len, NULL, NULL, dest, NULL,
> > +			  errorfn_nohang);
> > +}
> > 
> 
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