2019-04-09 10:41 AM
Hi all,
I am porting a c++ project from the STM32H7 EVAL board to the STM32H7 Nucleo 144.
The project uses CubeMX to generate the project, then I port in all the source code and set the c/c++/linker directories, symbols and settings.
The project uses FreeRTOS and one thread of the RTOS is going to an infinite loop in a default error handler (_exit()) when calling new() on an instance of a library. The other threads continue to run ok.
The linker puts user data in RAMD1 because it is the largest section and I need the space.
Some things I have checked /tried:
Stepping through instructions, I can see this is the line that causes the issue.
bl 0x80aa7fe <_Znwj>
Here is my linker script in case that is of any help
/*
*****************************************************************************
**
** File : stm32_flash.ld
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32H743ZI Device with
** 2048KByte FLASH, 1056KByte RAM
**
** Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
** to application requirements.
**
** Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used.
**
** Target : STMicroelectronics STM32
**
** Environment : Atollic TrueSTUDIO(R)
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
** (c)Copyright Atollic AB.
** You may use this file as-is or modify it according to the needs of your
** project. This file may only be built (assembled or compiled and linked)
** using the Atollic TrueSTUDIO(R) product. The use of this file together
** with other tools than Atollic TrueSTUDIO(R) is not permitted.
**
*****************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = 0x24080000;
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x20000; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x20000; /* required amount of stack */
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
DTCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 128K
RAM_D1 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 512K
RAM_D2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 288K
RAM_D3 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 64K
ITCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 64K
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8000000, LENGTH = 2048K
}
/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
/* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
.isr_vector :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
/* The program code and other data goes into FLASH */
.text :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
*(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
*(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */
*(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */
*(.eh_frame)
KEEP (*(.init))
KEEP (*(.fini))
. = ALIGN(4);
_etext = .; /* define a global symbols at end of code */
} >FLASH
/* Constant data goes into FLASH */
.rodata :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
*(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
*(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
. = ALIGN(4);
} >FLASH
.ARM.extab : { *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*) } >FLASH
.ARM : {
__exidx_start = .;
*(.ARM.exidx*)
__exidx_end = .;
} >FLASH
.preinit_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
.init_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.init_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
.fini_array :
{
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
} >FLASH
/* used by the startup to initialize data */
_sidata = LOADADDR(.data);
/* Initialized data sections goes into RAM, load LMA copy after code */
.data :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
_sdata = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
*(.data) /* .data sections */
*(.data*) /* .data* sections */
. = ALIGN(4);
_edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} >RAM_D1 AT> FLASH
/* Uninitialized data section */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss secion */
_sbss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss start */
__bss_start__ = _sbss;
*(.bss)
*(.bss*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss end */
__bss_end__ = _ebss;
} >RAM_D1
/* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
._user_heap_stack :
{
. = ALIGN(4);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(4);
} >RAM_D1
/* Remove information from the standard libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
}
The library is known to be good, and is already running on the same IC on different hardware.
Any help greatly appreciated!
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2019-04-15 09:48 AM
Well, Someone else figured this out for me.
It had to do with new, new[], and malloc() not using the FreeRTOS stack. A new version of syscalls.cpp which routes everything through the RTOS was required to prevent dynamic allocation crashing.
I'm surprised this isn't mentioned when generating a FreeRTOS project in CubeMX.
2019-04-15 09:48 AM
Well, Someone else figured this out for me.
It had to do with new, new[], and malloc() not using the FreeRTOS stack. A new version of syscalls.cpp which routes everything through the RTOS was required to prevent dynamic allocation crashing.
I'm surprised this isn't mentioned when generating a FreeRTOS project in CubeMX.
2019-12-10 09:26 PM
Hi, running into the same issue (I think) . Could you share where you found your syscalls.cpp? Thank you!
I know dynamic allocation isn't encouraged (nor should it be) in embedded programming, but getting onboard with crazy, weird and unusual API calls like "new" and "delete" is something I strongly recommend to STM. I mean, it's past the year 2000 after all
2020-07-22 07:02 AM
@Malachi you need to overload the new and delete operators.
Here is an example in the FreeRTOS Forum:
And here is a ready interface on git:
2020-07-22 07:59 AM
Hi,
I can confirm, this is exactly what fixed it ^^
Matt
2024-09-26 11:49 AM
Quick Easy answer, new does not use freeRTOS safe mallocs, just past these at the top of your cpp file or in header
void * operator new( size_t size ) { return pvPortMalloc( size ); }
void * operator new[]( size_t size ) { return pvPortMalloc(size); }
void operator delete( void * ptr ) { vPortFree ( ptr ); }
void operator delete[]( void * ptr ) { vPortFree ( ptr ); }