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+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 The Chromium Authors, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2008 Jon Loeliger, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ *
+ * util_is_printable_string contributed by
+ *	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou AT gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
+ *                                                                   USA
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "libfdt.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "version_gen.h"
+
+char *xstrdup(const char *s)
+{
+	int len = strlen(s) + 1;
+	char *d = xmalloc(len);
+
+	memcpy(d, s, len);
+
+	return d;
+}
+
+/* based in part from (3) vsnprintf */
+int xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int n, size = 128;	/* start with 128 bytes */
+	char *p;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	/* initial pointer is NULL making the fist realloc to be malloc */
+	p = NULL;
+	while (1) {
+		p = xrealloc(p, size);
+
+		/* Try to print in the allocated space. */
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		n = vsnprintf(p, size, fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+
+		/* If that worked, return the string. */
+		if (n > -1 && n < size)
+			break;
+		/* Else try again with more space. */
+		if (n > -1)	/* glibc 2.1 */
+			size = n + 1; /* precisely what is needed */
+		else		/* glibc 2.0 */
+			size *= 2; /* twice the old size */
+	}
+	*strp = p;
+	return strlen(p);
+}
+
+char *join_path(const char *path, const char *name)
+{
+	int lenp = strlen(path);
+	int lenn = strlen(name);
+	int len;
+	int needslash = 1;
+	char *str;
+
+	len = lenp + lenn + 2;
+	if ((lenp > 0) && (path[lenp-1] == '/')) {
+		needslash = 0;
+		len--;
+	}
+
+	str = xmalloc(len);
+	memcpy(str, path, lenp);
+	if (needslash) {
+		str[lenp] = '/';
+		lenp++;
+	}
+	memcpy(str+lenp, name, lenn+1);
+	return str;
+}
+
+bool util_is_printable_string(const void *data, int len)
+{
+	const char *s = data;
+	const char *ss, *se;
+
+	/* zero length is not */
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* must terminate with zero */
+	if (s[len - 1] != '\0')
+		return 0;
+
+	se = s + len;
+
+	while (s < se) {
+		ss = s;
+		while (s < se && *s && isprint((unsigned char)*s))
+			s++;
+
+		/* not zero, or not done yet */
+		if (*s != '\0' || s == ss)
+			return 0;
+
+		s++;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse a octal encoded character starting at index i in string s.  The
+ * resulting character will be returned and the index i will be updated to
+ * point at the character directly after the end of the encoding, this may be
+ * the '\0' terminator of the string.
+ */
+static char get_oct_char(const char *s, int *i)
+{
+	char x[4];
+	char *endx;
+	long val;
+
+	x[3] = '\0';
+	strncpy(x, s + *i, 3);
+
+	val = strtol(x, &endx, 8);
+
+	assert(endx > x);
+
+	(*i) += endx - x;
+	return val;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse a hexadecimal encoded character starting at index i in string s.  The
+ * resulting character will be returned and the index i will be updated to
+ * point at the character directly after the end of the encoding, this may be
+ * the '\0' terminator of the string.
+ */
+static char get_hex_char(const char *s, int *i)
+{
+	char x[3];
+	char *endx;
+	long val;
+
+	x[2] = '\0';
+	strncpy(x, s + *i, 2);
+
+	val = strtol(x, &endx, 16);
+	if (!(endx  > x))
+		die("\\x used with no following hex digits\n");
+
+	(*i) += endx - x;
+	return val;
+}
+
+char get_escape_char(const char *s, int *i)
+{
+	char	c = s[*i];
+	int	j = *i + 1;
+	char	val;
+
+	switch (c) {
+	case 'a':
+		val = '\a';
+		break;
+	case 'b':
+		val = '\b';
+		break;
+	case 't':
+		val = '\t';
+		break;
+	case 'n':
+		val = '\n';
+		break;
+	case 'v':
+		val = '\v';
+		break;
+	case 'f':
+		val = '\f';
+		break;
+	case 'r':
+		val = '\r';
+		break;
+	case '0':
+	case '1':
+	case '2':
+	case '3':
+	case '4':
+	case '5':
+	case '6':
+	case '7':
+		j--; /* need to re-read the first digit as
+		      * part of the octal value */
+		val = get_oct_char(s, &j);
+		break;
+	case 'x':
+		val = get_hex_char(s, &j);
+		break;
+	default:
+		val = c;
+	}
+
+	(*i) = j;
+	return val;
+}
+
+int utilfdt_read_err_len(const char *filename, char **buffp, off_t *len)
+{
+	int fd = 0;	/* assume stdin */
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	off_t bufsize = 1024, offset = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	*buffp = NULL;
+	if (strcmp(filename, "-") != 0) {
+		fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return errno;
+	}
+
+	/* Loop until we have read everything */
+	buf = xmalloc(bufsize);
+	do {
+		/* Expand the buffer to hold the next chunk */
+		if (offset == bufsize) {
+			bufsize *= 2;
+			buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
+		}
+
+		ret = read(fd, &buf[offset], bufsize - offset);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			ret = errno;
+			break;
+		}
+		offset += ret;
+	} while (ret != 0);
+
+	/* Clean up, including closing stdin; return errno on error */
+	close(fd);
+	if (ret)
+		free(buf);
+	else
+		*buffp = buf;
+	*len = bufsize;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp)
+{
+	off_t len;
+	return utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, buffp, &len);
+}
+
+char *utilfdt_read_len(const char *filename, off_t *len)
+{
+	char *buff;
+	int ret = utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, &buff, len);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open blob from '%s': %s\n", filename,
+			strerror(ret));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	/* Successful read */
+	return buff;
+}
+
+char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename)
+{
+	off_t len;
+	return utilfdt_read_len(filename, &len);
+}
+
+int utilfdt_write_err(const char *filename, const void *blob)
+{
+	int fd = 1;	/* assume stdout */
+	int totalsize;
+	int offset;
+	int ret = 0;
+	const char *ptr = blob;
+
+	if (strcmp(filename, "-") != 0) {
+		fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return errno;
+	}
+
+	totalsize = fdt_totalsize(blob);
+	offset = 0;
+
+	while (offset < totalsize) {
+		ret = write(fd, ptr + offset, totalsize - offset);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			ret = -errno;
+			break;
+		}
+		offset += ret;
+	}
+	/* Close the file/stdin; return errno on error */
+	if (fd != 1)
+		close(fd);
+	return ret < 0 ? -ret : 0;
+}
+
+
+int utilfdt_write(const char *filename, const void *blob)
+{
+	int ret = utilfdt_write_err(filename, blob);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't write blob to '%s': %s\n", filename,
+			strerror(ret));
+	}
+	return ret ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
+int utilfdt_decode_type(const char *fmt, int *type, int *size)
+{
+	int qualifier = 0;
+
+	if (!*fmt)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* get the conversion qualifier */
+	*size = -1;
+	if (strchr("hlLb", *fmt)) {
+		qualifier = *fmt++;
+		if (qualifier == *fmt) {
+			switch (*fmt++) {
+/* TODO:		case 'l': qualifier = 'L'; break;*/
+			case 'h':
+				qualifier = 'b';
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* we should now have a type */
+	if ((*fmt == '\0') || !strchr("iuxs", *fmt))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* convert qualifier (bhL) to byte size */
+	if (*fmt != 's')
+		*size = qualifier == 'b' ? 1 :
+				qualifier == 'h' ? 2 :
+				qualifier == 'l' ? 4 : -1;
+	*type = *fmt++;
+
+	/* that should be it! */
+	if (*fmt)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void utilfdt_print_data(const char *data, int len)
+{
+	int i;
+	const char *s;
+
+	/* no data, don't print */
+	if (len == 0)
+		return;
+
+	if (util_is_printable_string(data, len)) {
+		printf(" = ");
+
+		s = data;
+		do {
+			printf("\"%s\"", s);
+			s += strlen(s) + 1;
+			if (s < data + len)
+				printf(", ");
+		} while (s < data + len);
+
+	} else if ((len % 4) == 0) {
+		const fdt32_t *cell = (const fdt32_t *)data;
+
+		printf(" = <");
+		for (i = 0, len /= 4; i < len; i++)
+			printf("0x%08x%s", fdt32_to_cpu(cell[i]),
+			       i < (len - 1) ? " " : "");
+		printf(">");
+	} else {
+		const unsigned char *p = (const unsigned char *)data;
+		printf(" = [");
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+			printf("%02x%s", *p++, i < len - 1 ? " " : "");
+		printf("]");
+	}
+}
+
+void NORETURN util_version(void)
+{
+	printf("Version: %s\n", DTC_VERSION);
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+void NORETURN util_usage(const char *errmsg, const char *synopsis,
+			 const char *short_opts,
+			 struct option const long_opts[],
+			 const char * const opts_help[])
+{
+	FILE *fp = errmsg ? stderr : stdout;
+	const char a_arg[] = "<arg>";
+	size_t a_arg_len = strlen(a_arg) + 1;
+	size_t i;
+	int optlen;
+
+	fprintf(fp,
+		"Usage: %s\n"
+		"\n"
+		"Options: -[%s]\n", synopsis, short_opts);
+
+	/* prescan the --long opt length to auto-align */
+	optlen = 0;
+	for (i = 0; long_opts[i].name; ++i) {
+		/* +1 is for space between --opt and help text */
+		int l = strlen(long_opts[i].name) + 1;
+		if (long_opts[i].has_arg == a_argument)
+			l += a_arg_len;
+		if (optlen < l)
+			optlen = l;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; long_opts[i].name; ++i) {
+		/* helps when adding new applets or options */
+		assert(opts_help[i] != NULL);
+
+		/* first output the short flag if it has one */
+		if (long_opts[i].val > '~')
+			fprintf(fp, "      ");
+		else
+			fprintf(fp, "  -%c, ", long_opts[i].val);
+
+		/* then the long flag */
+		if (long_opts[i].has_arg == no_argument)
+			fprintf(fp, "--%-*s", optlen, long_opts[i].name);
+		else
+			fprintf(fp, "--%s %s%*s", long_opts[i].name, a_arg,
+				(int)(optlen - strlen(long_opts[i].name) - a_arg_len), "");
+
+		/* finally the help text */
+		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", opts_help[i]);
+	}
+
+	if (errmsg) {
+		fprintf(fp, "\nError: %s\n", errmsg);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	} else
+		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}