Re: [RFC PATCH 32/77] dtc-parser: Introduce last_header_flags

[David Gibson]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 03:11:45PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:31:24 +1100
> David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 03:19:22PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> > > The parser needs to get header flags value in different places.
> > > 
> > > It relies on the fact that the rule used to parse the dts file is always
> > >   headers memreserves devicetree
> > > 
> > > With that only rule to parse the file, it uses '$<flags>-1' construct to
> > > get the flags value.
> > > 
> > > With the future introduction of import symbols parsing, this rule will
> > > change and the parser couldn't rely anymore on '$<flags>-1' to get flags
> > > value. Indeed, import symbols parsing will add a new optional symbol in
> > > this rule leading to two possible rules (with and without the new
> > > symbol) to parse the source file.
> > > 
> > > Introduce the last_header_flags variable to explicitly keep track of
> > > flags while also being agnostic of the rule structure and use this new
> > > variable instead of '$<flags>-1'.  
> > 
> > I'm not sure this approach is safe: I'm not sure bison guarantees that
> > semantic rules will always be executed in the same order, so using
> > global variables is risky.
> 
> if rules were not executed in the same order '$<flags>-1' construct would
> not work.

Uhh.. I'm pretty sure $<flags>-1 only depends on the parse tree
structure, not the order in which the actual semantic rule code
fragments run.

> The problem is not the order. I don't think the order will change. The
> problem is related to the number of items on stack.
> 
> With import symbols, that the stack will be:
>   header memreserved devicetree
> or
>   header memreserved importsyms devicetree
> 
> Using '$-1' will no more be possible. Indeed, '$-1' from the devicetree
> rule will reference 'header' in one case and 'memreserved' in the other
> case.
> 
> Without a global variable, I don't know how to reference 'header' (or flags
> value) in all cases.
> 
> Any better ideas are welcome.

Ok, I'll try to look into it and see what I can come up with.

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