[PATCH v2 02/10] pylibfdt: Add subnode/property iterators and get_mem_rsv_list()
From: Douglas Anderson
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 18:02:01 EST
Add Pythonic iterator helpers on `FdtRo` to simplify walking nodes,
properties, and memory reservation entries without manual offset loops
or `-FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND` sentinel handling:
- `subnodes(nodeoffset)`: yields the offset of each direct child subnode
of `nodeoffset`.
- `properties(nodeoffset)`: yields a `Property` object for each property
of `nodeoffset`.
- `get_mem_rsv_list()`: returns a list of `(address, size)` tuples for
all entries in the memory reservation block.
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-pro-prerelease
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- New patch adding FdtRo.subnodes(), FdtRo.properties(), and
FdtRo.get_mem_rsv_list()
pylibfdt/libfdt.i | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/pylibfdt_tests.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+)
diff --git a/pylibfdt/libfdt.i b/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
index 46f28f67290d..0db7110b4a38 100644
--- a/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
+++ b/pylibfdt/libfdt.i
@@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ class FdtRo(object):
"""
return check_err(fdt_next_subnode(self._fdt, nodeoffset), quiet)
+ def subnodes(self, nodeoffset):
+ """Iterate over the subnodes of a node
+
+ Args:
+ nodeoffset: Offset of parent node to check
+
+ Yields:
+ Node offset of each direct subnode in order
+
+ Raises:
+ FdtException on error (e.g. invalid nodeoffset)
+ """
+ soff = self.first_subnode(nodeoffset, quiet=QUIET_NOTFOUND)
+ while soff >= 0:
+ yield soff
+ soff = self.next_subnode(soff, quiet=QUIET_NOTFOUND)
+
def magic(self):
"""Return the magic word from the header
@@ -302,6 +319,17 @@ class FdtRo(object):
check_err(val[0], quiet)
return val[1:]
+ def get_mem_rsv_list(self):
+ """Return a list of all memory reserve-map records
+
+ Returns:
+ List of (address, size) tuples for each memory reserve-map record
+ """
+ return [
+ tuple(self.get_mem_rsv(i))
+ for i in range(self.num_mem_rsv())
+ ]
+
def address_cells(self, nodeoffset, quiet=()):
"""Return the number of address cells used by a node's children
@@ -434,6 +462,23 @@ class FdtRo(object):
return pdata[1]
return Property(pdata[0], pdata[1])
+ def properties(self, nodeoffset):
+ """Iterate over the properties of a node
+
+ Args:
+ nodeoffset: Offset of node to check
+
+ Yields:
+ Property object for each property on @nodeoffset in order
+
+ Raises:
+ FdtException on error (e.g. invalid nodeoffset)
+ """
+ poff = self.first_property_offset(nodeoffset, quiet=QUIET_NOTFOUND)
+ while poff >= 0:
+ yield self.get_property_by_offset(poff)
+ poff = self.next_property_offset(poff, quiet=QUIET_NOTFOUND)
+
def getprop(self, nodeoffset, prop_name, quiet=()):
"""Get a property from a node
diff --git a/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py b/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
index 1b65961491bf..2a0509c7802e 100644
--- a/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
+++ b/tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
@@ -243,6 +243,22 @@ class PyLibfdtBasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
node_list.append(self.fdt.get_name(node))
node = self.fdt.next_subnode(node, QUIET_NOTFOUND)
self.assertEqual(node_list, ['subnode@1', 'subnode@2'])
+ self.assertEqual(
+ [self.fdt.get_name(n) for n in self.fdt.subnodes(0)],
+ ['subnode@1', 'subnode@2'],
+ )
+ leaf = self.fdt.path_offset('/subnode@1/ss1')
+ self.assertEqual(list(self.fdt.subnodes(leaf)), [])
+
+ def testPropertiesIterator(self):
+ """Check that we can iterate through properties of a node"""
+ node = self.fdt.path_offset('/subnode@1')
+ props = list(self.fdt.properties(node))
+ self.assertEqual([p.name for p in props],
+ ['compatible', 'reg', 'prop-int'])
+ self.assertEqual(props[0], b'subnode1\0')
+ leaf = self.fdt.path_offset('/subnode@1/ss1')
+ self.assertEqual(list(self.fdt.properties(leaf)), [])
def testFirstNextSubnodeOffsetExceptions(self):
"""Check except handling for first/next subnode functions"""
@@ -410,6 +426,8 @@ class PyLibfdtBasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual([ 0xdeadbeef00000000, 0x100000],
self.fdt.get_mem_rsv(0))
self.assertEqual([123456789, 0o10000], self.fdt.get_mem_rsv(1))
+ self.assertEqual([(0xdeadbeef00000000, 0x100000), (123456789, 0o10000)],
+ self.fdt.get_mem_rsv_list())
def testAddDelReserveMap(self):
"""Test that we can add to and remove from the memory reserve map"""
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