arm64: boot: Support Flat Image Tree

Add a script which produces a Flat Image Tree (FIT), a single file
containing the built kernel and associated devicetree files.
Compression defaults to gzip which gives a good balance of size and
performance.

The files compress from about 86MB to 24MB using this approach.

The FIT can be used by bootloaders which support it, such as U-Boot
and Linuxboot. It permits automatic selection of the correct
devicetree, matching the compatible string of the running board with
the closest compatible string in the FIT. There is no need for
filenames or other workarounds.

Add a 'make image.fit' build target for arm64, as well.

The FIT can be examined using 'dumpimage -l'.

This uses the 'dtbs-list' file but processes only .dtb files, ignoring
the overlay .dtbo files.

This features requires pylibfdt (use 'pip install libfdt'). It also
requires compression utilities for the algorithm being used. Supported
compression options are the same as the Image.xxx files. Use
FIT_COMPRESSION to select an algorithm other than gzip.

While FIT supports a ramdisk / initrd, no attempt is made to support
this here, since it must be built separately from the Linux build.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240329032836.141899-3-sjg@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

Documentation/process/changes.rst

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx-build --version
 cpio                   any              cpio --version
 GNU tar                1.28             tar --version
 gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags --version
+mkimage (optional)     2017.01          mkimage --version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 
 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
@@ -189,6 +190,14 @@ The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate
 tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due to its use of the gtags
 ``-C (--directory)`` flag.
 
+mkimage
+-------
+
+This tool is used when building a Flat Image Tree (FIT), commonly used on ARM
+platforms. The tool is available via the ``u-boot-tools`` package or can be
+built from the U-Boot source code. See the instructions at
+https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/tools.html#building-tools-for-linux
+
 System utilities
 ****************
 

MAINTAINERS

@@ -3051,6 +3051,13 @@ F:	drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
 N:	zynq
 N:	xilinx
 
+ARM64 FIT SUPPORT
+M:	Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
+S:	Maintained
+F:	arch/arm64/boot/Makefile
+F:	scripts/make_fit.py
+
 ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE)
 M:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
 M:	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

arch/arm64/Makefile

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 # Default target when executing plain make
 boot		:= arch/arm64/boot
 
-BOOT_TARGETS	:= Image vmlinuz.efi
+BOOT_TARGETS	:= Image vmlinuz.efi image.fit
 
 PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS)
 
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ endif
 
 all:	$(notdir $(KBUILD_IMAGE))
 
-vmlinuz.efi: Image
+image.fit: dtbs
+
+vmlinuz.efi image.fit: Image
 $(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
 
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ virtconfig:
 define archhelp
   echo  '* Image.gz      - Compressed kernel image (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/Image.gz)'
   echo  '  Image         - Uncompressed kernel image (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/Image)'
+  echo  '  image.fit     - Flat Image Tree (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/image.fit)'
   echo  '  install       - Install uncompressed kernel'
   echo  '  zinstall      - Install compressed kernel'
   echo  '                  Install using (your) ~/bin/installkernel or'

arch/arm64/boot/.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 Image
 Image.gz
 vmlinuz*
+image.fit

arch/arm64/boot/Makefile

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_Image :=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
 
-targets := Image Image.bz2 Image.gz Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst
+targets := Image Image.bz2 Image.gz Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo \
+	Image.zst image.fit
 
 $(obj)/Image: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ $(obj)/Image.lzo: $(obj)/Image FORCE
 $(obj)/Image.zst: $(obj)/Image FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,zstd)
 
+$(obj)/image.fit: $(obj)/Image $(obj)/dts/dtbs-list FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,fit)
+
 EFI_ZBOOT_PAYLOAD	:= Image
 EFI_ZBOOT_BFD_TARGET	:= elf64-littleaarch64
 EFI_ZBOOT_MACH_TYPE	:= ARM64

scripts/Makefile.lib

@@ -504,6 +504,22 @@ quiet_cmd_uimage = UIMAGE  $@
 			-a $(UIMAGE_LOADADDR) -e $(UIMAGE_ENTRYADDR) \
 			-n '$(UIMAGE_NAME)' -d $< $@
 
+# Flat Image Tree (FIT)
+# This allows for packaging of a kernel and all devicetrees files, using
+# compression.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MAKE_FIT := $(srctree)/scripts/make_fit.py
+
+# Use this to override the compression algorithm
+FIT_COMPRESSION ?= gzip
+
+quiet_cmd_fit = FIT     $@
+      cmd_fit = $(MAKE_FIT) -o $@ --arch $(UIMAGE_ARCH) --os linux \
+		--name '$(UIMAGE_NAME)' \
+		$(if $(findstring 1,$(KBUILD_VERBOSE)),-v) \
+		--compress $(FIT_COMPRESSION) -k $< @$(word 2,$^)
+
 # XZ
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Use xzkern to compress the kernel image and xzmisc to compress other things.

scripts/make_fit.py

@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+
+"""Build a FIT containing a lot of devicetree files
+
+Usage:
+    make_fit.py -A arm64 -n 'Linux-6.6' -O linux
+        -o arch/arm64/boot/image.fit -k /tmp/kern/arch/arm64/boot/image.itk
+        @arch/arm64/boot/dts/dtbs-list -E -c gzip
+
+Creates a FIT containing the supplied kernel and a set of devicetree files,
+either specified individually or listed in a file (with an '@' prefix).
+
+Use -E to generate an external FIT (where the data is placed after the
+FIT data structure). This allows parsing of the data without loading
+the entire FIT.
+
+Use -c to compress the data, using bzip2, gzip, lz4, lzma, lzo and
+zstd algorithms.
+
+The resulting FIT can be booted by bootloaders which support FIT, such
+as U-Boot, Linuxboot, Tianocore, etc.
+
+Note that this tool does not yet support adding a ramdisk / initrd.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import collections
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+
+import libfdt
+
+
+# Tool extension and the name of the command-line tools
+CompTool = collections.namedtuple('CompTool', 'ext,tools')
+
+COMP_TOOLS = {
+    'bzip2': CompTool('.bz2', 'bzip2'),
+    'gzip': CompTool('.gz', 'pigz,gzip'),
+    'lz4': CompTool('.lz4', 'lz4'),
+    'lzma': CompTool('.lzma', 'lzma'),
+    'lzo': CompTool('.lzo', 'lzop'),
+    'zstd': CompTool('.zstd', 'zstd'),
+}
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    """Parse the program ArgumentParser
+
+    Returns:
+        Namespace object containing the arguments
+    """
+    epilog = 'Build a FIT from a directory tree containing .dtb files'
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(epilog=epilog, fromfile_prefix_chars='@')
+    parser.add_argument('-A', '--arch', type=str, required=True,
+          help='Specifies the architecture')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--compress', type=str, default='none',
+          help='Specifies the compression')
+    parser.add_argument('-E', '--external', action='store_true',
+          help='Convert the FIT to use external data')
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--name', type=str, required=True,
+          help='Specifies the name')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=str, required=True,
+          help='Specifies the output file (.fit)')
+    parser.add_argument('-O', '--os', type=str, required=True,
+          help='Specifies the operating system')
+    parser.add_argument('-k', '--kernel', type=str, required=True,
+          help='Specifies the (uncompressed) kernel input file (.itk)')
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
+                        help='Enable verbose output')
+    parser.add_argument('dtbs', type=str, nargs='*',
+          help='Specifies the devicetree files to process')
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def setup_fit(fsw, name):
+    """Make a start on writing the FIT
+
+    Outputs the root properties and the 'images' node
+
+    Args:
+        fsw (libfdt.FdtSw): Object to use for writing
+        name (str): Name of kernel image
+    """
+    fsw.INC_SIZE = 65536
+    fsw.finish_reservemap()
+    fsw.begin_node('')
+    fsw.property_string('description', f'{name} with devicetree set')
+    fsw.property_u32('#address-cells', 1)
+
+    fsw.property_u32('timestamp', int(time.time()))
+    fsw.begin_node('images')
+
+
+def write_kernel(fsw, data, args):
+    """Write out the kernel image
+
+    Writes a kernel node along with the required properties
+
+    Args:
+        fsw (libfdt.FdtSw): Object to use for writing
+        data (bytes): Data to write (possibly compressed)
+        args (Namespace): Contains necessary strings:
+            arch: FIT architecture, e.g. 'arm64'
+            fit_os: Operating Systems, e.g. 'linux'
+            name: Name of OS, e.g. 'Linux-6.6.0-rc7'
+            compress: Compression algorithm to use, e.g. 'gzip'
+    """
+    with fsw.add_node('kernel'):
+        fsw.property_string('description', args.name)
+        fsw.property_string('type', 'kernel_noload')
+        fsw.property_string('arch', args.arch)
+        fsw.property_string('os', args.os)
+        fsw.property_string('compression', args.compress)
+        fsw.property('data', data)
+        fsw.property_u32('load', 0)
+        fsw.property_u32('entry', 0)
+
+
+def finish_fit(fsw, entries):
+    """Finish the FIT ready for use
+
+    Writes the /configurations node and subnodes
+
+    Args:
+        fsw (libfdt.FdtSw): Object to use for writing
+        entries (list of tuple): List of configurations:
+            str: Description of model
+            str: Compatible stringlist
+    """
+    fsw.end_node()
+    seq = 0
+    with fsw.add_node('configurations'):
+        for model, compat in entries:
+            seq += 1
+            with fsw.add_node(f'conf-{seq}'):
+                fsw.property('compatible', bytes(compat))
+                fsw.property_string('description', model)
+                fsw.property_string('fdt', f'fdt-{seq}')
+                fsw.property_string('kernel', 'kernel')
+    fsw.end_node()
+
+
+def compress_data(inf, compress):
+    """Compress data using a selected algorithm
+
+    Args:
+        inf (IOBase): Filename containing the data to compress
+        compress (str): Compression algorithm, e.g. 'gzip'
+
+    Return:
+        bytes: Compressed data
+    """
+    if compress == 'none':
+        return inf.read()
+
+    comp = COMP_TOOLS.get(compress)
+    if not comp:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown compression algorithm '{compress}'")
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as comp_fname:
+        with open(comp_fname.name, 'wb') as outf:
+            done = False
+            for tool in comp.tools.split(','):
+                try:
+                    subprocess.call([tool, '-c'], stdin=inf, stdout=outf)
+                    done = True
+                    break
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    pass
+            if not done:
+                raise ValueError(f'Missing tool(s): {comp.tools}\n')
+            with open(comp_fname.name, 'rb') as compf:
+                comp_data = compf.read()
+    return comp_data
+
+
+def output_dtb(fsw, seq, fname, arch, compress):
+    """Write out a single devicetree to the FIT
+
+    Args:
+        fsw (libfdt.FdtSw): Object to use for writing
+        seq (int): Sequence number (1 for first)
+        fmame (str): Filename containing the DTB
+        arch: FIT architecture, e.g. 'arm64'
+        compress (str): Compressed algorithm, e.g. 'gzip'
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple:
+            str: Model name
+            bytes: Compatible stringlist
+    """
+    with fsw.add_node(f'fdt-{seq}'):
+        # Get the compatible / model information
+        with open(fname, 'rb') as inf:
+            data = inf.read()
+        fdt = libfdt.FdtRo(data)
+        model = fdt.getprop(0, 'model').as_str()
+        compat = fdt.getprop(0, 'compatible')
+
+        fsw.property_string('description', model)
+        fsw.property_string('type', 'flat_dt')
+        fsw.property_string('arch', arch)
+        fsw.property_string('compression', compress)
+        fsw.property('compatible', bytes(compat))
+
+        with open(fname, 'rb') as inf:
+            compressed = compress_data(inf, compress)
+        fsw.property('data', compressed)
+    return model, compat
+
+
+def build_fit(args):
+    """Build the FIT from the provided files and arguments
+
+    Args:
+        args (Namespace): Program arguments
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple:
+            bytes: FIT data
+            int: Number of configurations generated
+            size: Total uncompressed size of data
+    """
+    seq = 0
+    size = 0
+    fsw = libfdt.FdtSw()
+    setup_fit(fsw, args.name)
+    entries = []
+
+    # Handle the kernel
+    with open(args.kernel, 'rb') as inf:
+        comp_data = compress_data(inf, args.compress)
+    size += os.path.getsize(args.kernel)
+    write_kernel(fsw, comp_data, args)
+
+    for fname in args.dtbs:
+        # Ignore overlay (.dtbo) files
+        if os.path.splitext(fname)[1] == '.dtb':
+            seq += 1
+            size += os.path.getsize(fname)
+            model, compat = output_dtb(fsw, seq, fname, args.arch, args.compress)
+            entries.append([model, compat])
+
+    finish_fit(fsw, entries)
+
+    # Include the kernel itself in the returned file count
+    return fsw.as_fdt().as_bytearray(), seq + 1, size
+
+
+def run_make_fit():
+    """Run the tool's main logic"""
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    out_data, count, size = build_fit(args)
+    with open(args.output, 'wb') as outf:
+        outf.write(out_data)
+
+    ext_fit_size = None
+    if args.external:
+        mkimage = os.environ.get('MKIMAGE', 'mkimage')
+        subprocess.check_call([mkimage, '-E', '-F', args.output],
+                              stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+        with open(args.output, 'rb') as inf:
+            data = inf.read()
+        ext_fit = libfdt.FdtRo(data)
+        ext_fit_size = ext_fit.totalsize()
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        comp_size = len(out_data)
+        print(f'FIT size {comp_size:#x}/{comp_size / 1024 / 1024:.1f} MB',
+              end='')
+        if ext_fit_size:
+            print(f', header {ext_fit_size:#x}/{ext_fit_size / 1024:.1f} KB',
+                  end='')
+        print(f', {count} files, uncompressed {size / 1024 / 1024:.1f} MB')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run_make_fit())