linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: unittest: Statically apply overlays using fdtoverlay

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:39:16 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Bill Mills <bill.mills@...aro.org>, anmar.oueja@...aro.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: unittest: Statically apply overlays using fdtoverlay

On 20-01-21, 23:00, Frank Rowand wrote:
> unittest.c first unflattens overlay_base.dtb during early boot.  Then later
> it does some phandle resolution using the overlay metadata from overlay_base.
> Then it removes the overlay metadata from the in kernel devicetree data
> structure.  It is a hack, it is ugly, but it enables some overlay unit
> tests.
> 
> Quit trying to change overlay_base.dts.

I have already done so (in the latest series I sent yesterday).

> In my suggested changes to the base patch I put overlay_base.dtb in the
> list of overlays for fdtoverlay to apply (apply_static_overlay in the
> Makefile) because overlay_base.dts is compiled as an overlay into
> overlay_base.dtb and it can be applied on top of the base tree
> testcases.dtb.  This gives a little bit more testcase data for
> fdtoverlay from an existing dtb.

Okay, but fdtoverlay tool can't apply overlay_base.dtb to
testcases.dtb as none of its node have the __overlay__ property and so
I have entirely skipped overlay_base.dtb and overlay.dtb now.

Yes this reduces the test coverage a bit as you said, but I don't see
a way to make it work right now. And I am not even sure if it is a
fdtoverlay bug, it expects the __overlay__ thing to be there for each
node, otherwise it can't figure out where this node should be applied.

-- 
viresh