libfdt: Enhanced and published fdt_next_tag()

Enhanced the formerly private function _fdt_next_tag() to allow stepping
  through the tree, used to produce a human-readable dump, and made
  it part of the published interface.
Also added some comments.
diff --git a/include/libfdt.h b/include/libfdt.h
index acdc72e..c4b3c24 100644
--- a/include/libfdt.h
+++ b/include/libfdt.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 void *fdt_getprop(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 		  const char *name, int *lenp);
 
+uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int offset,
+                      int *nextoffset, char **namep);
+
 /* Write-in-place functions */
 int fdt_setprop_inplace(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
 			const void *val, int len);
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt.c b/libfdt/fdt.c
index 772da46..4b1c8ab 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -58,45 +58,6 @@
 	return p;
 }
 
-uint32_t _fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int offset, int *nextoffset)
-{
-	const uint32_t *tagp, *lenp;
-	uint32_t tag;
-	const char *p;
-
-	if (offset % FDT_TAGSIZE)
-		return -1;
-
-	tagp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, FDT_TAGSIZE);
-	if (! tagp)
-		return FDT_END; /* premature end */
-	tag = fdt32_to_cpu(*tagp);
-	offset += FDT_TAGSIZE;
-
-	switch (tag) {
-	case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
-		/* skip name */
-		do {
-			p = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset++, 1);
-		} while (p && (*p != '\0'));
-		if (! p)
-			return FDT_END;
-		break;
-	case FDT_PROP:
-		lenp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, sizeof(*lenp));
-		if (! lenp)
-			return FDT_END;
-		/* skip name offset, length and value */
-		offset += 2*FDT_TAGSIZE + fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (nextoffset)
-		*nextoffset = ALIGN(offset, FDT_TAGSIZE);
-
-	return tag;
-}
-
 const char *_fdt_find_string(const char *strtab, int tabsize, const char *s)
 {
 	int len = strlen(s) + 1;
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index 9112c6a..f884083 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -48,11 +48,24 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return a pointer to the string at the given string offset.
+ */
 char *fdt_string(const void *fdt, int stroffset)
 {
 	return (char *)fdt + fdt_off_dt_strings(fdt) + stroffset;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return the node offset of the node specified by:
+ *   parentoffset - starting place (0 to start at the root)
+ *   name         - name being searched for
+ *   namelen      - length of the name: typically strlen(name)
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *   If the start node has subnodes, the subnodes are _not_ searched for the
+ *     requested name.
+ */
 int fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(const void *fdt, int parentoffset,
 			       const char *name, int namelen)
 {
@@ -62,13 +75,13 @@
 
 	CHECK_HEADER(fdt);
 
-	tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, parentoffset, &nextoffset);
+	tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, parentoffset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 	if (tag != FDT_BEGIN_NODE)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
 
 	do {
 		offset = nextoffset;
-		tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset);
+		tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 
 		switch (tag) {
 		case FDT_END:
@@ -76,10 +89,15 @@
 
 		case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
 			level++;
+			/*
+			 * If we are nested down levels, ignore the strings
+			 * until we get back to the proper level.
+			 */
 			if (level != 1)
 				continue;
+
+			/* Return the offset if this is "our" string. */
 			if (offset_streq(fdt, offset+FDT_TAGSIZE, name, namelen))
-				/* Found it! */
 				return offset;
 			break;
 
@@ -99,12 +117,19 @@
 	return -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND;
 }
 
+/*
+ * See fdt_subnode_offset_namelen()
+ */
 int fdt_subnode_offset(const void *fdt, int parentoffset,
 		       const char *name)
 {
 	return fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(fdt, parentoffset, name, strlen(name));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Searches for the node corresponding to the given path and returns the
+ * offset of that node.
+ */
 int fdt_path_offset(const void *fdt, const char *path)
 {
 	const char *end = path + strlen(path);
@@ -113,21 +138,33 @@
 
 	CHECK_HEADER(fdt);
 
+	/* Paths must be absolute */
 	if (*path != '/')
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADPATH;
 
 	while (*p) {
 		const char *q;
 
+		/* Skip path separator(s) */
 		while (*p == '/')
 			p++;
 		if (! *p)
 			return -FDT_ERR_BADPATH;
+
+		/*
+		 * Find the next path separator.  The characters between
+		 * p and q are the next segment of the the path to find.
+		 */
 		q = strchr(p, '/');
 		if (! q)
 			q = end;
 
+		/*
+		 * Find the offset corresponding to the this path segment.
+		 */
 		offset = fdt_subnode_offset_namelen(fdt, offset, p, q-p);
+
+		/* Oops, error, abort abort abort */
 		if (offset < 0)
 			return offset;
 
@@ -137,6 +174,10 @@
 	return offset;	
 }
 
+/*
+ * Given the offset of a node and a name of a property in that node, return
+ * a pointer to the property struct.
+ */
 struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property(const void *fdt,
 				      int nodeoffset,
 				      const char *name, int *lenp)
@@ -155,14 +196,14 @@
 	if (nodeoffset % FDT_TAGSIZE)
 		goto fail;
 
-	tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset);
+	tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 	if (tag != FDT_BEGIN_NODE)
 		goto fail;
 
 	do {
 		offset = nextoffset;
 
-		tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset);
+		tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 		switch (tag) {
 		case FDT_END:
 			err = -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED;
@@ -177,6 +218,10 @@
 			break;
 
 		case FDT_PROP:
+			/*
+			 * If we are nested down levels, ignore the strings
+			 * until we get back to the proper level.
+			 */
 			if (level != 0)
 				continue;
 
@@ -216,6 +261,10 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Given the offset of a node and a name of a property in that node, return
+ * a pointer to the property data (ONLY).
+ */
 void *fdt_getprop(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
 		  const char *name, int *lenp)
 {
@@ -225,5 +274,60 @@
 	if (! prop)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return prop->data;
+	return (void *)prop->data;
 }
+
+
+uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int offset, int *nextoffset, char **namep)
+{
+	const uint32_t *tagp, *lenp;
+	uint32_t tag;
+	const char *p;
+
+	if (offset % FDT_TAGSIZE)
+		return -1;
+
+	tagp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, FDT_TAGSIZE);
+	if (! tagp)
+		return FDT_END; /* premature end */
+	tag = fdt32_to_cpu(*tagp);
+	offset += FDT_TAGSIZE;
+
+	switch (tag) {
+	case FDT_BEGIN_NODE:
+		if(namep)
+			*namep = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, 1);
+
+		/* skip name */
+		do {
+			p = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset++, 1);
+		} while (p && (*p != '\0'));
+		if (! p)
+			return FDT_END;
+		break;
+	case FDT_PROP:
+		lenp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, sizeof(*lenp));
+		if (! lenp)
+			return FDT_END;
+		/*
+		 * Get the property and set the namep to the name.
+		 */
+		if(namep) {
+			struct fdt_property *prop;
+
+			prop = fdt_offset_ptr_typed(fdt, offset - FDT_TAGSIZE, prop);
+			if (! prop)
+				return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
+			*namep = fdt_string(fdt, fdt32_to_cpu(prop->nameoff));
+		}
+		/* skip name offset, length and value */
+		offset += 2*FDT_TAGSIZE + fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (nextoffset)
+		*nextoffset = ALIGN(offset, FDT_TAGSIZE);
+
+	return tag;
+}
+
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
index 7396645..b33fbf4 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	int namestroff;
 	int err;
 
-	tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset);
+	tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 	if (tag != FDT_BEGIN_NODE)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
 
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@
 		return offset;
 
 	/* Try to place the new node after the parent's properties */
-	_fdt_next_tag(fdt, parentoffset, &nextoffset); /* skip the BEGIN_NODE */
+	fdt_next_tag(fdt, parentoffset, &nextoffset, NULL); /* skip the BEGIN_NODE */
 	do {
 		offset = nextoffset;
-		tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset);
+		tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 	} while (tag == FDT_PROP);
 
 	nh = _fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset);
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_sw.c b/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
index 41d4891..672f4dd 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_sw.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 
 	/* Walk the structure, correcting string offsets */
 	offset = 0;
-	while ((tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset)) != FDT_END) {
+	while ((tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset, NULL)) != FDT_END) {
 		if (tag == FDT_PROP) {
 			struct fdt_property *prop = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset,
 								   sizeof(*prop));
diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_wip.c b/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
index 0db7d25..261b9b0 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
 	uint32_t tag;
 	int offset, nextoffset;
 
-	tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset);
+	tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, nodeoffset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 	if (tag != FDT_BEGIN_NODE)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
 	do {
 		offset = nextoffset;
-		tag = _fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset);
+		tag = fdt_next_tag(fdt, offset, &nextoffset, NULL);
 
 		switch (tag) {
 		case FDT_END:
diff --git a/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h b/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
index 124bef7..cc9633c 100644
--- a/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
+++ b/libfdt/libfdt_internal.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define streq(p, q)	(strcmp((p), (q)) == 0)
 
 int _fdt_check_header(const void *fdt);
-uint32_t _fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset);
 const char *_fdt_find_string(const char *strtab, int tabsize, const char *s);
 int _fdt_node_end_offset(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);