[U-Boot-Users] PATCH for cmd_mem.c:do_mem_mtest()
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Sep 13 21:54:42 CEST 2005
In message <43271DD7.1050003 at smiths-aerospace.com> you wrote:
>
> > #define CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH (--end)
...
> I'm not sure you want that, exactly. You are affecting the variable
> "end" as a side effect in a macro which is generally a bad idea. A no
> side effect version would be:
> #define CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH (end - 1)
That would mean that *end is included in testing, and used as scratch
cell at the same time --> will not work.
> You are also making assumptions on the type of end (the variable, that
No. Just, that it has the same type as the "dummy" variable
initilaized by CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH
> #define CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH ((void *)end - 1)
That would be definitely worse.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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