[PATCH v6 3/8] scripts/make_fit: Move dtb processing into a function

Chen-Yu Tsai wenst at chromium.org
Tue Dec 2 02:54:27 PST 2025


On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Since build_fit() is getting quite long, move the dtb processing into a
> separate function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc at kernel.org>
> ---
>
> (no changes since v1)
>
>  scripts/make_fit.py | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/make_fit.py b/scripts/make_fit.py
> index 984371f505bc..1a74a9dcd85e 100755
> --- a/scripts/make_fit.py
> +++ b/scripts/make_fit.py
> @@ -277,6 +277,47 @@ def process_dtb(fname, args):
>
>      return (model, compat, files)
>
> +
> +def _process_dtbs(args, fsw, entries, fdts):
> +    """Process all DTB files and add them to the FIT
> +
> +    Args:
> +        args: Program arguments
> +        fsw: FIT writer object
> +        entries: List to append entries to
> +        fdts: Dictionary of processed DTBs
> +
> +    Returns:
> +        tuple:
> +            Number of files processed
> +            Total size of files processed
> +    """
> +    seq = 0
> +    size = 0
> +    for fname in args.dtbs:
> +        # Ignore non-DTB (*.dtb) files
> +        if os.path.splitext(fname)[1] != '.dtb':
> +            continue
> +
> +        try:
> +            (model, compat, files) = process_dtb(fname, args)
> +        except Exception as e:
> +            sys.stderr.write(f'Error processing {fname}:\n')

`git diff --color-moved` revealed that this bit was changed from
f"" to f'', which I think is a bit unexpected for pure code movement.

> +            raise e
> +
> +        for fn in files:
> +            if fn not in fdts:
> +                seq += 1
> +                size += os.path.getsize(fn)
> +                output_dtb(fsw, seq, fn, args.arch, args.compress)
> +                fdts[fn] = seq
> +
> +        files_seq = [fdts[fn] for fn in files]
> +        entries.append([model, compat, files_seq])
> +
> +    return seq, size
> +
> +
>  def build_fit(args):
>      """Build the FIT from the provided files and arguments
>
> @@ -289,7 +330,6 @@ def build_fit(args):
>              int: Number of configurations generated
>              size: Total uncompressed size of data
>      """
> -    seq = 0
>      size = 0
>      fsw = libfdt.FdtSw()
>      setup_fit(fsw, args.name)
> @@ -310,34 +350,15 @@ def build_fit(args):
>          size += len(data)
>          write_ramdisk(fsw, data, args)
>
> -    for fname in args.dtbs:
> -        # Ignore non-DTB (*.dtb) files
> -        if os.path.splitext(fname)[1] != '.dtb':
> -            continue
> -
> -        try:
> -            (model, compat, files) = process_dtb(fname, args)
> -        except Exception as e:
> -            sys.stderr.write(f"Error processing {fname}:\n")
> -            raise e
> -
> -        for fn in files:
> -            if fn not in fdts:
> -                seq += 1
> -                size += os.path.getsize(fn)
> -                output_dtb(fsw, seq, fn, args.arch, args.compress)
> -                fdts[fn] = seq
> -
> -        files_seq = [fdts[fn] for fn in files]
> -
> -        entries.append([model, compat, files_seq])
> +    count, fdt_size = _process_dtbs(args, fsw, entries, fdts)
> +    size += fdt_size
>
>      finish_fit(fsw, entries, bool(args.ramdisk))
>
>      # Include the kernel itself in the returned file count
>      fdt = fsw.as_fdt()
>      fdt.pack()
> -    return fdt.as_bytearray(), seq + 1 + bool(args.ramdisk), size
> +    return fdt.as_bytearray(), count + 1 + bool(args.ramdisk), size

Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst at chromium.org>

>
>  def run_make_fit():
> --
> 2.43.0
>



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