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Re: [Qemu-devel] Should we check arguments for function `from_bcd` and `
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Su Hang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Should we check arguments for function `from_bcd` and `to_bcd`? |
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Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:33:52 +0800 (GMT+08:00) |
Thanks for your reply. :-)
Su Hang
"Paolo Bonzini" <address@hidden>wrote:
> On 22/03/2018 08:03, Su Hang wrote:
> > When I was reading 'qemu/hw/timer/m48t59.c'(Line:328) and run with
> > `make check-qtest-ppc`,
> > I found when write an invalid value 0xc to address 0x1FFF,
> > `from_bcd` return 12 instead of raising an exception(or error).
>
> Each device probably has a different behavior when a wrong value is
> written to a register that expects valid BCD. Therefore, if you want to
> model that, you have to fix it in hw/timer/m48t59.c, not in from_bcd and
> to_bcd.
>
> However, note that anything that the guest does should never cause an
> assertion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo
>
> > """(qemu/hw/timer/m48t59.c)
> > case 0x1FFF:
> > case 0x07FF:
> > /* year */
> > tmp = from_bcd(val);
> > if (tmp >= 0 && tmp <= 99) {
> > """
> >
> >
> > """(qemu/include/qemu/bcd.h)
> > /* Convert a byte between binary and BCD. */
> > static inline uint8_t to_bcd(uint8_t val)
> > {
> > return ((val / 10) << 4) | (val % 10);
> > }
> >
> > static inline uint8_t from_bcd(uint8_t val)
> > {
> > return ((val >> 4) * 10) + (val & 0x0f);
> > }
> > """
> >
> > Su Hang
> >
>