2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/TestMemoryRead.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/TestMemoryRead.py
index 9d4e44c96bb..91342fdaf1c 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/TestMemoryRead.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/TestMemoryRead.py
@@ -118,3 +118,20 @@ class MemoryReadTestCase(TestBase):
                 '16',
                 '18',
                 '20'])
+
+        # the gdb format specifier and the size in characters for
+        # the returned values including the 0x prefix.
+        variations = [['b', 4], ['h', 6], ['w', 10], ['g', 18]]
+        for v in variations:
+          formatter = v[0]
+          expected_object_length = v[1]
+          self.runCmd(
+              "memory read --gdb-format 4%s &my_uint64s" % formatter)
+          lines = self.res.GetOutput().splitlines()
+          objects_read = []
+          for l in lines:
+              objects_read.extend(l.split(':')[1].split())
+          # Check that we got back 4 0x0000 etc bytes
+          for o in objects_read:
+              self.assertTrue (len(o) == expected_object_length)
+          self.assertTrue(len(objects_read) == 4)
diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/main.cpp b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/main.cpp
index cd367ff318a..fdc7b8bdba1 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/main.cpp
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/memory/read/main.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 int main (int argc, char const *argv[])
 {
     char my_string[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 0};
     double my_double = 1234.5678;
     int my_ints[] = {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22};
+    uint64_t my_uint64s[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
     printf("my_string=%s\n", my_string); // Set break point at this line.
     printf("my_double=%g\n", my_double);
     return 0;