[PATCH 6/9] test: cmd/fdt: do not use fixed buffer addresses

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Fri Nov 14 15:29:51 CET 2025


On 11/14/25 13:31, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 03:10, Heinrich Schuchardt
> <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> The location of memory depends on the board. Do not assume memory at fixed
>> memory locations. Use memalign() instead to allocate a buffer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
>> ---
>>   test/cmd/fdt.c      |  8 ++++++--
>>   test/common/print.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>   2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/test/cmd/fdt.c b/test/cmd/fdt.c
>> index b950123b6da..4c3c6308ab4 100644
>> --- a/test/cmd/fdt.c
>> +++ b/test/cmd/fdt.c
>> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ FDT_TEST(fdt_test_addr_resize, UTF_CONSOLE);
>>   static int fdt_test_move(struct unit_test_state *uts)
>>   {
>>          char fdt[256];
>> -       ulong addr, newaddr = 0x10000;
>> +       ulong addr, newaddr;
>>          const int size = sizeof(fdt);
>>          uint32_t ts;
>>          void *buf;
>> @@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ static int fdt_test_move(struct unit_test_state *uts)
>>          ts = fdt_totalsize(fdt);
>>
>>          /* Moved target DT location */
>> -       buf = map_sysmem(newaddr, size);
>> +       buf = memalign(8, size);
>> +       ut_assertnonnull(buf);
>>          memset(buf, 0, size);
>> +       newaddr = map_to_sysmem(buf);
>>
>>          /* Test moving the working FDT to a new location */
>>          ut_assertok(run_commandf("fdt move %08lx %08lx %x", addr, newaddr, ts));
>> @@ -288,6 +290,8 @@ static int fdt_test_move(struct unit_test_state *uts)
>>          ut_assert_nextline("Total of %d byte(s) were the same", ts);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>> +       free(buf);
>> +
>>          return 0;
>>   }
>>   FDT_TEST(fdt_test_move, UTF_CONSOLE);
>> diff --git a/test/common/print.c b/test/common/print.c
>> index 2ac7eeed2c1..f33476a36b4 100644
>> --- a/test/common/print.c
>> +++ b/test/common/print.c
>> @@ -266,74 +266,70 @@ static int print_do_hex_dump(struct unit_test_state *uts)
>>   {
>>          u8 *buf;
>>          int i;
>> +       ulong addr;
>>
>>          buf = calloc(1, BUF_SIZE);
>>          ut_assertnonnull(buf);
>> +       addr = map_to_sysmem(buf);
>>          for (i = 0; i < 0x11; i++)
>>                  buf[i] = i * 0x11;
>>
>>          /* bytes */
>>          print_hex_dump_bytes("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, buf, 0x12);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 aa bb cc dd ee ff  ..\"3DUfw........",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 10 00                                            ..",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x10UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x10UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* line length */
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 8, 1, buf, 0x12, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77  ..\"3DUfw",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 88 99 aa bb cc dd ee ff  ........",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x8UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x8UL);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 10 00                    ..",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x10UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x10UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* long line */
>>          buf[0x41] = 0x41;
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 0x40, 1, buf, 0x42, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 aa bb cc dd ee ff 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ..\"3DUfw........................................................",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00 41                                                                                                                                                                                            .A",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x40UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x40UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* 16-bit */
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 0, 2, buf, 0x12, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 1100 3322 5544 7766 9988 bbaa ddcc ffee  ..\"3DUfw........",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 0010                                     ..",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x10UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x10UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* 32-bit */
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 0, 4, buf, 0x14, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 33221100 77665544 bbaa9988 ffeeddcc  ..\"3DUfw........",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00000010                             ....",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x10UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x10UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* 64-bit */
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 16, 8, buf, 0x18, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 7766554433221100 ffeeddccbbaa9988  ..\"3DUfw........",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 0000000000000010                   ........",
>>                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf + 0x10UL);
>> +                          addr + 0x10UL);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>
>>          /* ASCII */
>> @@ -345,8 +341,7 @@ static int print_do_hex_dump(struct unit_test_state *uts)
>>          buf[8] = 255;
>>          print_hex_dump("", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 0, 1, buf, 10, true);
>>          ut_assert_nextline("%0*lx: 00 1f 20 21 7e 7f 80 81 ff 99                    .. !~.....",
>> -                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8,
>> -                          (uintptr_t)buf);
>> +                          IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT) ? 16 : 8, addr);
>>          ut_assert_console_end();
>>          free(buf);
>>
>> --
>> 2.51.0
>>
> 
> This is adding memory allocations to a test for hex dumping.
> 
> It would be better and simpler to use a fixed address and make this a
> sandbox-only test. I struggle to see the value of running these sorts
> of tests under QEMU?

I cannot see any added value in restricting a test such that it can only 
be run on the sandbox.

My expectation is that tests should be executable on any platform be it 
a physical board or a virtual machine. There are few use cases for the 
sandbox in real life.

Best regards

Heinrich


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