From: llandre <r&d2@dave-tech.it>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] simple_strtoul overwrites bd_info field
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:38:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44F54E7A.7050105@dave-tech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060830081413.D1B8D352627@atlas.denx.de>
>> As endp points to one field of the struct bd_info, it gets corrupted. So
>
> Umm.. it should not. endp is the second art when calling
> simple_strtoul(), and "lib_arm/board.c" passes the address of a local
> variable here.
>
>> the problem is about the pointer "e" in function start_armboot that is
>> passed to simple_strtoul. Any idea?
>
> Did you check which address gets passed to simple_strtoul()?
Yes and ...
> Did you check the generated assembler code as I suggested?
... yes. This is how I found out what happens. See the two dumps here
http://www.dave-tech.it/download/misc/zefeer.
Stuct bd_info starts at 0xD1EBFF3C.
--
llandre
DAVE Electronics System House - R&D Department
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email: r&d2 at dave-tech.it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-30 8:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-29 15:44 [U-Boot-Users] simple_strtoul overwrites bd_info field llandre
2006-08-29 16:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-08-30 7:58 ` llandre
2006-08-30 8:14 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-08-30 8:38 ` llandre [this message]
2006-08-30 8:52 ` llandre
2006-08-30 10:13 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-08-31 11:15 ` llandre
2006-08-31 12:26 ` Wolfgang Denk
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