[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Fix wrong memory limit calculation in memory-test

[Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@ge.com>]

Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> If the length of the memory address range passed to the "mtest" command is 
> not of the form 2^x - 1, not all address lines are tested. This bug is 
> inherited from the original software at 
> http://www.netrino.com/Embedded-Systems/How-To/Memory-Test-Suite-C. Fix 
> this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/common/cmd_mem.c b/common/cmd_mem.c
> index a994211..2b55e7e 100644
> --- a/common/cmd_mem.c
> +++ b/common/cmd_mem.c
> @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ int do_mem_mtest (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
>  	ulong	readback;
>  
>  #if defined(CFG_ALT_MEMTEST)
> -	vu_long	addr_mask;
> +	vu_long	len;
>  	vu_long	offset;
>  	vu_long	test_offset;
>  	vu_long	pattern;
> @@ -800,24 +800,24 @@ int do_mem_mtest (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
>  		 * Returns:     0 if the test succeeds, 1 if the test fails.
>  		 *

The "## NOTE ##" doesn't really apply any more.  Besides that, generally 
"start" and "end" are constrained by the system (hardware and software 
configuration) so "picking" them is a nebulous concept.  I would simply 
delete the note.

>  		 * ## NOTE ##	Be sure to specify start and end
> -		 *              addresses such that addr_mask has
> +		 *              addresses such that len has
>  		 *              lots of bits set. For example an
>  		 *              address range of 01000000 02000000 is
>  		 *              bad while a range of 01000000
>  		 *              01ffffff is perfect.
>  		 */
> -		addr_mask = ((ulong)end - (ulong)start)/sizeof(vu_long);
> +		len = ((ulong)end - (ulong)start)/sizeof(vu_long);
>  		pattern = (vu_long) 0xaaaaaaaa;
>  		anti_pattern = (vu_long) 0x55555555;
>  
>  		PRINTF("%s:%d: addr mask = 0x%.8lx\n",

s/addr mask/len/ in the printf() string

>  			__FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
> -			addr_mask);
> +			len);

Otherwise, good!

Thanks,
gvb