fdt: Add functions to retrieve strings

Given a device tree node, a property name and an index, the new function
fdt_stringlist_get() will return a pointer to the index'th string in the
property's value and return its length (or an error code on failure) in
an output argument.

Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
[Fix some -Wshadow warnings --dwg]
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>

libfdt/fdt_ro.c

@@ -593,6 +593,51 @@ int fdt_stringlist_search(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property,
 	return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
 }
 
+const char *fdt_stringlist_get(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
+			       const char *property, int idx,
+			       int *lenp)
+{
+	const char *list, *end;
+	int length;
+
+	list = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, property, &length);
+	if (!list) {
+		if (lenp)
+			*lenp = length;
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	end = list + length;
+
+	while (list < end) {
+		length = strnlen(list, end - list) + 1;
+
+		/* Abort if the last string isn't properly NUL-terminated. */
+		if (list + length > end) {
+			if (lenp)
+				*lenp = -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (idx == 0) {
+			if (lenp)
+				*lenp = length - 1;
+
+			return list;
+		}
+
+		list += length;
+		idx--;
+	}
+
+	if (lenp)
+		*lenp = -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 int fdt_node_check_compatible(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 			      const char *compatible)
 {

libfdt/libfdt.h

@@ -907,6 +907,34 @@ int fdt_stringlist_count(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property);
 int fdt_stringlist_search(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property,
 			  const char *string);
 
+/**
+ * fdt_stringlist_get() - obtain the string at a given index in a string list
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of a tree node
+ * @property: name of the property containing the string list
+ * @index: index of the string to return
+ * @lenp: return location for the string length or an error code on failure
+ *
+ * Note that this will successfully extract strings from properties with
+ * non-NUL-terminated values. For example on small-valued cell properties
+ * this function will return the empty string.
+ *
+ * If non-NULL, the length of the string (on success) or a negative error-code
+ * (on failure) will be stored in the integer pointer to by lenp.
+ *
+ * @return:
+ *   A pointer to the string at the given index in the string list or NULL on
+ *   failure. On success the length of the string will be stored in the memory
+ *   location pointed to by the lenp parameter, if non-NULL. On failure one of
+ *   the following negative error codes will be returned in the lenp parameter
+ *   (if non-NULL):
+ *     -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE if the property value is not NUL-terminated
+ *     -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if the property does not exist
+ */
+const char *fdt_stringlist_get(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
+			       const char *property, int index,
+			       int *lenp);
+
 /**********************************************************************/
 /* Read-only functions (addressing related)                           */
 /**********************************************************************/