diff --git a/tools/fdt-patch-dm-verify/src/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c b/tools/fdt-patch-dm-verify/src/libfdt/fdt_strerror.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-or-later OR BSD-2-Clause)
+/*
+ * libfdt - Flat Device Tree manipulation
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 David Gibson, IBM Corporation.
+ *     EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+#include "libfdt_env.h"
+
+#include <fdt.h>
+#include <libfdt.h>
+
+#include "libfdt_internal.h"
+
+struct fdt_errtabent {
+	const char *str;
+};
+
+#define FDT_ERRTABENT(val) \
+	[(val)] = { .str = #val, }
+
+static struct fdt_errtabent fdt_errtable[] = {
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_EXISTS),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_NOSPACE),
+
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADPATH),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADPHANDLE),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADSTATE),
+
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADVERSION),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_INTERNAL),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADVALUE),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADOVERLAY),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_NOPHANDLES),
+	FDT_ERRTABENT(FDT_ERR_BADFLAGS),
+};
+#define FDT_ERRTABSIZE	(sizeof(fdt_errtable) / sizeof(fdt_errtable[0]))
+
+const char *fdt_strerror(int errval)
+{
+	if (errval > 0)
+		return "<valid offset/length>";
+	else if (errval == 0)
+		return "<no error>";
+	else if (errval > -FDT_ERRTABSIZE) {
+		const char *s = fdt_errtable[-errval].str;
+
+		if (s)
+			return s;
+	}
+
+	return "<unknown error>";
+}