scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version v1.6.0-51-g183df9e9c2b9

This adds the following commits from upstream:

183df9e9c2b9 gitignore: Ignore the swp files
0db6d09584e1 gitignore: Add cscope files
307afa1a7be8 Update Jon Loeliger's email
ca16a723fa9d fdtdump: Fix gcc11 warning
64990a272e8f srcpos: increase MAX_SRCFILE_DEPTH
163f0469bf2e dtc: Allow overlays to have .dtbo extension
3b01518e688d Set last_comp_version correctly in new dtb and fix potential version issues in fdt_open_into
f7e5737f26aa tests: Fix overlay_overlay_nosugar test case
7cd5d5fe43d5 libfdt: Tweak description of assume-aligned load helpers
a7c404099349 libfdt: Internally perform potentially unaligned loads
bab85e48a6f4 meson: increase default timeout for tests
f8b46098824d meson: do not assume python is installed, skip tests
30a56bce4f0b meson: fix -Wall warning
5e735860c478 libfdt: Check for 8-byte address alignment in fdt_ro_probe_()
67849a327927 build-sys: add meson build
05874d08212d pylibfdt: allow build out of tree
3bc3a6b9fe0c dtc: Fix signedness comparisons warnings: Wrap (-1)
e1147b159e92 dtc: Fix signedness comparisons warnings: change types
04cf1fdc0fcf convert-dtsv0: Fix signedness comparisons warning
b30013edb878 libfdt: Fix kernel-doc comments

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

6 files changed, 121 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
index 6cf2fa03b037..3e893073da05 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ int32_t fdt_ro_probe_(const void *fdt)
 	if (can_assume(VALID_DTB))
 		return totalsize;
 
+	/* The device tree must be at an 8-byte aligned address */
+	if ((uintptr_t)fdt & 7)
+		return -FDT_ERR_ALIGNMENT;
+
 	if (fdt_magic(fdt) == FDT_MAGIC) {
 		/* Complete tree */
 		if (!can_assume(LATEST)) {
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index 91cc6fefe374..17584da25760 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ int fdt_get_mem_rsv(const void *fdt, int n, uint64_t *address, uint64_t *size)
 	if (!can_assume(VALID_INPUT) && !re)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
 
-	*address = fdt64_ld(&re->address);
-	*size = fdt64_ld(&re->size);
+	*address = fdt64_ld_(&re->address);
+	*size = fdt64_ld_(&re->size);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int fdt_num_mem_rsv(const void *fdt)
 	const struct fdt_reserve_entry *re;
 
 	for (i = 0; (re = fdt_mem_rsv(fdt, i)) != NULL; i++) {
-		if (fdt64_ld(&re->size) == 0)
+		if (fdt64_ld_(&re->size) == 0)
 			return i;
 	}
 	return -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static const struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_by_offset_(const void *fdt,
 	prop = fdt_offset_ptr_(fdt, offset);
 
 	if (lenp)
-		*lenp = fdt32_ld(&prop->len);
+		*lenp = fdt32_ld_(&prop->len);
 
 	return prop;
 }
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static const struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_namelen_(const void *fdt,
 			offset = -FDT_ERR_INTERNAL;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (fdt_string_eq_(fdt, fdt32_ld(&prop->nameoff),
+		if (fdt_string_eq_(fdt, fdt32_ld_(&prop->nameoff),
 				   name, namelen)) {
 			if (poffset)
 				*poffset = offset;
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ const void *fdt_getprop_namelen(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 
 	/* Handle realignment */
 	if (!can_assume(LATEST) && fdt_version(fdt) < 0x10 &&
-	    (poffset + sizeof(*prop)) % 8 && fdt32_ld(&prop->len) >= 8)
+	    (poffset + sizeof(*prop)) % 8 && fdt32_ld_(&prop->len) >= 8)
 		return prop->data + 4;
 	return prop->data;
 }
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ const void *fdt_getprop_by_offset(const void *fdt, int offset,
 		int namelen;
 
 		if (!can_assume(VALID_INPUT)) {
-			name = fdt_get_string(fdt, fdt32_ld(&prop->nameoff),
+			name = fdt_get_string(fdt, fdt32_ld_(&prop->nameoff),
 					      &namelen);
 			if (!name) {
 				if (lenp)
@@ -488,13 +488,13 @@ const void *fdt_getprop_by_offset(const void *fdt, int offset,
 			}
 			*namep = name;
 		} else {
-			*namep = fdt_string(fdt, fdt32_ld(&prop->nameoff));
+			*namep = fdt_string(fdt, fdt32_ld_(&prop->nameoff));
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Handle realignment */
 	if (!can_assume(LATEST) && fdt_version(fdt) < 0x10 &&
-	    (offset + sizeof(*prop)) % 8 && fdt32_ld(&prop->len) >= 8)
+	    (offset + sizeof(*prop)) % 8 && fdt32_ld_(&prop->len) >= 8)
 		return prop->data + 4;
 	return prop->data;
 }
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ uint32_t fdt_get_phandle(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	return fdt32_ld(php);
+	return fdt32_ld_(php);
 }
 
 const char *fdt_get_alias_namelen(const void *fdt,
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
index 68887b969a45..f13458d165d4 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
@@ -428,12 +428,14 @@ int fdt_open_into(const void *fdt, void *buf, int bufsize)
 
 	if (can_assume(LATEST) || fdt_version(fdt) >= 17) {
 		struct_size = fdt_size_dt_struct(fdt);
-	} else {
+	} else if (fdt_version(fdt) == 16) {
 		struct_size = 0;
 		while (fdt_next_tag(fdt, struct_size, &struct_size) != FDT_END)
 			;
 		if (struct_size < 0)
 			return struct_size;
+	} else {
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION;
 	}
 
 	if (can_assume(LIBFDT_ORDER) ||
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
index 68b543c4dfa2..4c569ee7eb0d 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int fdt_finish(void *fdt)
 	fdt_set_totalsize(fdt, newstroffset + fdt_size_dt_strings(fdt));
 
 	/* And fix up fields that were keeping intermediate state. */
-	fdt_set_last_comp_version(fdt, FDT_FIRST_SUPPORTED_VERSION);
+	fdt_set_last_comp_version(fdt, FDT_LAST_COMPATIBLE_VERSION);
 	fdt_set_magic(fdt, FDT_MAGIC);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
index fe49b5d78938..c42807a7663e 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define FDT_FIRST_SUPPORTED_VERSION	0x02
+#define FDT_LAST_COMPATIBLE_VERSION 0x10
 #define FDT_LAST_SUPPORTED_VERSION	0x11
 
 /* Error codes: informative error codes */
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ extern "C" {
 	/* FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS: The function was passed a flags field that
 	 * contains invalid flags or an invalid combination of flags. */
 
-#define FDT_ERR_MAX		18
+#define FDT_ERR_ALIGNMENT	19
+	/* FDT_ERR_ALIGNMENT: The device tree base address is not 8-byte
+	 * aligned. */
+
+#define FDT_ERR_MAX		19
 
 /* constants */
 #define FDT_MAX_PHANDLE 0xfffffffe
@@ -122,12 +127,10 @@ static inline void *fdt_offset_ptr_w(void *fdt, int offset, int checklen)
 uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int offset, int *nextoffset);
 
 /*
- * Alignment helpers:
- *     These helpers access words from a device tree blob.  They're
- *     built to work even with unaligned pointers on platforms (ike
- *     ARM) that don't like unaligned loads and stores
+ * External helpers to access words from a device tree blob. They're built
+ * to work even with unaligned pointers on platforms (such as ARMv5) that don't
+ * like unaligned loads and stores.
  */
-
 static inline uint32_t fdt32_ld(const fdt32_t *p)
 {
 	const uint8_t *bp = (const uint8_t *)p;
@@ -184,23 +187,23 @@ int fdt_next_node(const void *fdt, int offset, int *depth);
 
 /**
  * fdt_first_subnode() - get offset of first direct subnode
- *
  * @fdt:	FDT blob
  * @offset:	Offset of node to check
- * @return offset of first subnode, or -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if there is none
+ *
+ * Return: offset of first subnode, or -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if there is none
  */
 int fdt_first_subnode(const void *fdt, int offset);
 
 /**
  * fdt_next_subnode() - get offset of next direct subnode
+ * @fdt:	FDT blob
+ * @offset:	Offset of previous subnode
  *
  * After first calling fdt_first_subnode(), call this function repeatedly to
  * get direct subnodes of a parent node.
  *
- * @fdt:	FDT blob
- * @offset:	Offset of previous subnode
- * @return offset of next subnode, or -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if there are no more
- * subnodes
+ * Return: offset of next subnode, or -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if there are no more
+ *         subnodes
  */
 int fdt_next_subnode(const void *fdt, int offset);
 
@@ -225,7 +228,6 @@ int fdt_next_subnode(const void *fdt, int offset);
  * Note that this is implemented as a macro and @node is used as
  * iterator in the loop. The parent variable be constant or even a
  * literal.
- *
  */
 #define fdt_for_each_subnode(node, fdt, parent)		\
 	for (node = fdt_first_subnode(fdt, parent);	\
@@ -269,17 +271,21 @@ fdt_set_hdr_(size_dt_struct);
 /**
  * fdt_header_size - return the size of the tree's header
  * @fdt: pointer to a flattened device tree
+ *
+ * Return: size of DTB header in bytes
  */
 size_t fdt_header_size(const void *fdt);
 
 /**
- * fdt_header_size_ - internal function which takes a version number
+ * fdt_header_size_ - internal function to get header size from a version number
+ * @version: devicetree version number
+ *
+ * Return: size of DTB header in bytes
  */
 size_t fdt_header_size_(uint32_t version);
 
 /**
  * fdt_check_header - sanity check a device tree header
-
  * @fdt: pointer to data which might be a flattened device tree
  *
  * fdt_check_header() checks that the given buffer contains what
@@ -404,8 +410,7 @@ static inline uint32_t fdt_get_max_phandle(const void *fdt)
  * highest phandle value in the device tree blob) will be returned in the
  * @phandle parameter.
  *
- * Returns:
- *   0 on success or a negative error-code on failure
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error-code on failure
  */
 int fdt_generate_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t *phandle);
 
@@ -425,9 +430,11 @@ int fdt_num_mem_rsv(const void *fdt);
 /**
  * fdt_get_mem_rsv - retrieve one memory reserve map entry
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
- * @address, @size: pointers to 64-bit variables
+ * @n: index of reserve map entry
+ * @address: pointer to 64-bit variable to hold the start address
+ * @size: pointer to 64-bit variable to hold the size of the entry
  *
- * On success, *address and *size will contain the address and size of
+ * On success, @address and @size will contain the address and size of
  * the n-th reserve map entry from the device tree blob, in
  * native-endian format.
  *
@@ -450,6 +457,8 @@ int fdt_get_mem_rsv(const void *fdt, int n, uint64_t *address, uint64_t *size);
  * namelen characters of name for matching the subnode name.  This is
  * useful for finding subnodes based on a portion of a larger string,
  * such as a full path.
+ *
+ * Return: offset of the subnode or -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if name not found.
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 int fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, int parentoffset,
@@ -489,6 +498,8 @@ int fdt_subnode_offset(const void *fdt, int parentoffset, const char *name);
  *
  * Identical to fdt_path_offset(), but only consider the first namelen
  * characters of path as the path name.
+ *
+ * Return: offset of the node or negative libfdt error value otherwise
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 int fdt_path_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, const char *path, int namelen);
@@ -588,9 +599,9 @@ int fdt_next_property_offset(const void *fdt, int offset);
 /**
  * fdt_for_each_property_offset - iterate over all properties of a node
  *
- * @property_offset:	property offset (int, lvalue)
- * @fdt:		FDT blob (const void *)
- * @node:		node offset (int)
+ * @property:	property offset (int, lvalue)
+ * @fdt:	FDT blob (const void *)
+ * @node:	node offset (int)
  *
  * This is actually a wrapper around a for loop and would be used like so:
  *
@@ -653,6 +664,9 @@ const struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_by_offset(const void *fdt,
  *
  * Identical to fdt_get_property(), but only examine the first namelen
  * characters of name for matching the property name.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the structure representing the property, or NULL
+ *         if not found
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 const struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_namelen(const void *fdt,
@@ -745,6 +759,8 @@ const void *fdt_getprop_by_offset(const void *fdt, int offset,
  *
  * Identical to fdt_getprop(), but only examine the first namelen
  * characters of name for matching the property name.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the property's value or NULL on error
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 const void *fdt_getprop_namelen(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
@@ -766,10 +782,10 @@ static inline void *fdt_getprop_namelen_w(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
  * @lenp: pointer to an integer variable (will be overwritten) or NULL
  *
  * fdt_getprop() retrieves a pointer to the value of the property
- * named 'name' of the node at offset nodeoffset (this will be a
+ * named @name of the node at offset @nodeoffset (this will be a
  * pointer to within the device blob itself, not a copy of the value).
- * If lenp is non-NULL, the length of the property value is also
- * returned, in the integer pointed to by lenp.
+ * If @lenp is non-NULL, the length of the property value is also
+ * returned, in the integer pointed to by @lenp.
  *
  * returns:
  *	pointer to the property's value
@@ -814,8 +830,11 @@ uint32_t fdt_get_phandle(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
  * @name: name of the alias th look up
  * @namelen: number of characters of name to consider
  *
- * Identical to fdt_get_alias(), but only examine the first namelen
- * characters of name for matching the alias name.
+ * Identical to fdt_get_alias(), but only examine the first @namelen
+ * characters of @name for matching the alias name.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the expansion of the alias named @name, if it exists,
+ *	   NULL otherwise
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 const char *fdt_get_alias_namelen(const void *fdt,
@@ -828,7 +847,7 @@ const char *fdt_get_alias_namelen(const void *fdt,
  * @name: name of the alias th look up
  *
  * fdt_get_alias() retrieves the value of a given alias.  That is, the
- * value of the property named 'name' in the node /aliases.
+ * value of the property named @name in the node /aliases.
  *
  * returns:
  *	a pointer to the expansion of the alias named 'name', if it exists
@@ -1004,14 +1023,13 @@ int fdt_node_offset_by_prop_value(const void *fdt, int startoffset,
 int fdt_node_offset_by_phandle(const void *fdt, uint32_t phandle);
 
 /**
- * fdt_node_check_compatible: check a node's compatible property
+ * fdt_node_check_compatible - check a node's compatible property
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
  * @nodeoffset: offset of a tree node
  * @compatible: string to match against
  *
- *
  * fdt_node_check_compatible() returns 0 if the given node contains a
- * 'compatible' property with the given string as one of its elements,
+ * @compatible property with the given string as one of its elements,
  * it returns non-zero otherwise, or on error.
  *
  * returns:
@@ -1075,7 +1093,7 @@ int fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(const void *fdt, int startoffset,
  * one or more strings, each terminated by \0, as is found in a device tree
  * "compatible" property.
  *
- * @return: 1 if the string is found in the list, 0 not found, or invalid list
+ * Return: 1 if the string is found in the list, 0 not found, or invalid list
  */
 int fdt_stringlist_contains(const char *strlist, int listlen, const char *str);
 
@@ -1084,7 +1102,8 @@ int fdt_stringlist_contains(const char *strlist, int listlen, const char *str);
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
  * @nodeoffset: offset of a tree node
  * @property: name of the property containing the string list
- * @return:
+ *
+ * Return:
  *   the number of strings in the given property
  *   -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE if the property value is not NUL-terminated
  *   -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if the property does not exist
@@ -1104,7 +1123,7 @@ int fdt_stringlist_count(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property);
  * small-valued cell properties, such as #address-cells, when searching for
  * the empty string.
  *
- * @return:
+ * return:
  *   the index of the string in the list of strings
  *   -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE if the property value is not NUL-terminated
  *   -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND if the property does not exist or does not contain
@@ -1128,7 +1147,7 @@ int fdt_stringlist_search(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *property,
  * 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:
+ * 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
@@ -1217,6 +1236,8 @@ int fdt_size_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
  * starting from the given index, and using only the first characters
  * of the name. It is useful when you want to manipulate only one value of
  * an array and you have a string that doesn't end with \0.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative libfdt error value otherwise
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 int fdt_setprop_inplace_namelen_partial(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
@@ -1330,8 +1351,13 @@ static inline int fdt_setprop_inplace_u64(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 
 /**
  * fdt_setprop_inplace_cell - change the value of a single-cell property
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node containing the property
+ * @name: name of the property to change the value of
+ * @val: new value of the 32-bit cell
  *
  * This is an alternative name for fdt_setprop_inplace_u32()
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative libfdt error number otherwise.
  */
 static inline int fdt_setprop_inplace_cell(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 					   const char *name, uint32_t val)
@@ -1403,7 +1429,7 @@ int fdt_nop_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
 
 /**
  * fdt_create_with_flags - begin creation of a new fdt
- * @fdt: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
+ * @buf: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
  * @bufsize: size of the memory space at fdt
  * @flags: a valid combination of FDT_CREATE_FLAG_ flags, or 0.
  *
@@ -1421,7 +1447,7 @@ int fdt_create_with_flags(void *buf, int bufsize, uint32_t flags);
 
 /**
  * fdt_create - begin creation of a new fdt
- * @fdt: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
+ * @buf: pointer to memory allocated where fdt will be created
  * @bufsize: size of the memory space at fdt
  *
  * fdt_create() is equivalent to fdt_create_with_flags() with flags=0.
@@ -1486,7 +1512,8 @@ int fdt_pack(void *fdt);
 /**
  * fdt_add_mem_rsv - add one memory reserve map entry
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
- * @address, @size: 64-bit values (native endian)
+ * @address: 64-bit start address of the reserve map entry
+ * @size: 64-bit size of the reserved region
  *
  * Adds a reserve map entry to the given blob reserving a region at
  * address address of length size.
@@ -1691,8 +1718,14 @@ static inline int fdt_setprop_u64(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
 
 /**
  * fdt_setprop_cell - set a property to a single cell value
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to change
+ * @name: name of the property to change
+ * @val: 32-bit integer value for the property (native endian)
  *
  * This is an alternative name for fdt_setprop_u32()
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative libfdt error value otherwise.
  */
 static inline int fdt_setprop_cell(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
 				   uint32_t val)
@@ -1863,8 +1896,14 @@ static inline int fdt_appendprop_u64(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 
 /**
  * fdt_appendprop_cell - append a single cell value to a property
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to change
+ * @name: name of the property to change
+ * @val: 32-bit integer value to append to the property (native endian)
  *
  * This is an alternative name for fdt_appendprop_u32()
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative libfdt error value otherwise.
  */
 static inline int fdt_appendprop_cell(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 				      const char *name, uint32_t val)
@@ -1967,13 +2006,16 @@ int fdt_delprop(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name);
  * fdt_add_subnode_namelen - creates a new node based on substring
  * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
  * @parentoffset: structure block offset of a node
- * @name: name of the subnode to locate
+ * @name: name of the subnode to create
  * @namelen: number of characters of name to consider
  *
- * Identical to fdt_add_subnode(), but use only the first namelen
- * characters of name as the name of the new node.  This is useful for
+ * Identical to fdt_add_subnode(), but use only the first @namelen
+ * characters of @name as the name of the new node.  This is useful for
  * creating subnodes based on a portion of a larger string, such as a
  * full path.
+ *
+ * Return: structure block offset of the created subnode (>=0),
+ *	   negative libfdt error value otherwise
  */
 #ifndef SWIG /* Not available in Python */
 int fdt_add_subnode_namelen(void *fdt, int parentoffset,
@@ -1992,7 +2034,7 @@ int fdt_add_subnode_namelen(void *fdt, int parentoffset,
  *
  * This function will insert data into the blob, and will therefore
  * change the offsets of some existing nodes.
-
+ *
  * returns:
  *	structure block offset of the created nodeequested subnode (>=0), on
  *		success
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
index d4e0bd49c037..16bda1906a7b 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ static inline struct fdt_reserve_entry *fdt_mem_rsv_w_(void *fdt, int n)
 	return (void *)(uintptr_t)fdt_mem_rsv_(fdt, n);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Internal helpers to access tructural elements of the device tree
+ * blob (rather than for exaple reading integers from within property
+ * values).  We assume that we are either given a naturally aligned
+ * address for the platform or if we are not, we are on a platform
+ * where unaligned memory reads will be handled in a graceful manner.
+ * If not the external helpers fdtXX_ld() from libfdt.h can be used
+ * instead.
+ */
+static inline uint32_t fdt32_ld_(const fdt32_t *p)
+{
+	return fdt32_to_cpu(*p);
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t fdt64_ld_(const fdt64_t *p)
+{
+	return fdt64_to_cpu(*p);
+}
+
 #define FDT_SW_MAGIC		(~FDT_MAGIC)
 
 /**********************************************************************/