diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg b/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
index 347be6f85f..be65609a2e 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/global.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #-- specify the path to your rocprofiler here, ow default one will be used
 ROCP_PATH=""
 
+#-- rocm path
+#-- specify the path to rocminfo here, ow default will be used
+#-- default path: /opt/rocm/bin, see https://rocm.github.io/install.html
+ROCM_PATH=""
+
 #-- benchmark path
 #-- the one used for cache/mem validation
 PATH_CACHE_BENCH="benches/test_cache"
@@ -19,13 +24,22 @@ function initialize
     make
     cd ${BASE_DIR}/../
 
-    ELEMENT_SIZE=4
-    #-- extract TCP parameters from rocminfo
-    TCP_SIZE=`rocminfo | grep "L1:" | tail -n1 | awk '{print $NF}'`
-    LINE_SIZE=`rocminfo | grep "Cacheline Size:" | tail -n1 | awk '{print $NF}'`
-    if [[ $TCP_SIZE == *KB ]]; then TCP_SIZE=`echo "${TCP_SIZE//KB}"`; fi
-    C_tcp=`echo "$TCP_SIZE*1024/$ELEMENT_SIZE" | bc`
-    b_tcp=`echo "$LINE_SIZE/$ELEMENT_SIZE" | bc`
+    ELEMENT_SIZE=4  # element size in bytes of the test array (default: int/4B)
+    if [[ ! -z $ROCM_PATH ]]; then ROCM_PATH=$ROCM_PATH"/"; fi
+    #-- extract TCP size from rocminfo (delete '(*)' and space)
+    TCP_SIZE=`${ROCM_PATH}rocminfo | grep "L1:" | tail -n1 | \
+                sed 's/\([[:space:]]\|([^)]*)\)//g' | cut -f2 -d':'`
+    if [[ $TCP_SIZE != *KB ]]; then
+      printf "${RED}ERROR: 'rocminfo' failed to get L1/line sizes ... ${NC}\n"
+      exit
+    else
+      TCP_SIZE=`echo "${TCP_SIZE//KB}"`
+    fi
+    #-- extract cache line size from rocminfo (delete '(*)' and space)
+    LINE_SIZE=`${ROCM_PATH}rocminfo | grep "Cacheline Size:" | tail -n1 | \
+                sed 's/\([[:space:]]\|([^)]*)\)//g' | cut -f2 -d':'`
+    C_tcp=$(( $TCP_SIZE*1024/$ELEMENT_SIZE ))   # num of items can be held
+    b_tcp=$(( $LINE_SIZE/$ELEMENT_SIZE ))       # num of items in a line
 }
 
 #-- function to list columns in profiling file
@@ -52,8 +66,13 @@ function getColIds
 function checkProfRun
 {
     rstfile=$1; logfile=$2
-    if [ ! -f $rstfile ]; then
-      printf "${RED}ERROR: $rstfile not generated. See $logfile ...${NC}\n"
+    # number of lines in the profiled .csv file (0 by default)
+    nlines=0
+    if [ -f $rstfile ]; then nlines=`wc -l $rstfile | awk '{ print $1 }'`; fi
+    # no .csv file generated, or no kernel data collected
+    if (( $nlines < 2 )); then
+      printf "\n${RED}ERROR: $rstfile not (correctly) generated. "
+      printf "See $logfile ...${NC}\n"
       exit;
     fi
 }
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh b/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
index 20c25e3c87..89418258a3 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/test/memory_validation/run_scripts/test_cache_miss.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function one_run
                 $N $s "${M}K"
     ${ROCP_PATH}rocprof -i ${BASE_DIR}/../pmc_config_files/cache_pmc.txt -o \
       ${BASE_DIR}/../$rst_file $PATH_CACHE_BENCH/cache $s $N $M \
-      >> $log_file
+      >> $log_file 2>&1
 
     # check the profiling result
     checkProfRun $rst_file $log_file