2023-02-17 12:25 PM
Hey there,
I am trying to replace an STM32F767 with an H723ZGT Nucleo Board. The projects uses a lot of heap - in the predefined memory configuration there is not enough place in the RAM_D1 sector. What do I need to do for changing the available RAM size for the heap?
This is the default configuration:
/*
******************************************************************************
**
** File : LinkerScript.ld
**
** Author : STM32CubeIDE
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32H7 series
** 1024Kbytes FLASH and 560Kbytes 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
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
*****************************************************************************
** @attention
**
** Copyright (c) 2022 STMicroelectronics.
** All rights reserved.
**
** This software is licensed under terms that can be found in the LICENSE file
** in the root directory of this software component.
** If no LICENSE file comes with this software, it is provided AS-IS.
**
****************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = ORIGIN(RAM_D1) + LENGTH(RAM_D1); /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x200 ; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400 ; /* required amount of stack */
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
ITCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 64K
DTCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 128K
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 1024K
RAM_D1 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 320K
RAM_D2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 32K
RAM_D3 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 16K
}
/* 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 */
*(.RamFunc) /* .RamFunc sections */
*(.RamFunc*) /* .RamFunc* 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 section */
_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(8);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM_D1
/* Remove information from the standard libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
}
Thank you all in advance for trying to help me - now I just need a solution but in the near future I need to work on my knowledge regarding memory management.
2023-02-17 01:23 PM
>>The projects uses a lot of heap - in the predefined memory configuration there is not enough place in the RAM_D1 sector.
How much, and where's it going to come from? The NUCLEO doesn't have SDRAM
The ST GNU/GCC implementation doesn't really allow for pools in different/multiple regions.
Check the _sbrk() implementation, usually in syscalls or newlib
2023-02-17 01:59 PM
I already thought that pools over multiple regions are not that easy. In general I need to store various data structs and FreeRTOS has a TOTAL_HEAPSIZE of 250.000.
2023-02-17 02:33 PM
The largest contiguous block of RAM is 320KB
What you might want to do is direct other usages over into the 64KB (ITCM), 128KB (DTCM), 32KB (SRAM1+SRAM2) or 16KB (SRAM4) sections
Use the __attribute__ directive.
You'll have to probably rework the startup.s code to initialize things.
You might be able to simplify this by having just the HEAP/STACK in the 320KB region, and having everything else in the DTCMRAM 128KB
Keil manages the initialization better via tables, as does ARDUINO/GCC, and Keil I can push memory regions into the heap's block list.
2023-02-17 02:43 PM
/*
******************************************************************************
**
** File : LinkerScript.ld
**
** Author : STM32CubeIDE
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32H7 series
** 1024Kbytes FLASH and 560Kbytes 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
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
*****************************************************************************
** @attention
**
** Copyright (c) 2022 STMicroelectronics.
** All rights reserved.
**
** This software is licensed under terms that can be found in the LICENSE file
** in the root directory of this software component.
** If no LICENSE file comes with this software, it is provided AS-IS.
**
****************************************************************************
*/
/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = ORIGIN(RAM_D1) + LENGTH(RAM_D1); /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x200 ; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400 ; /* required amount of stack */
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
ITCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 64K
DTCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 128K
FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 1024K
RAM_D1 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 320K
RAM_D2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 32K
RAM_D3 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 16K
}
/* 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 */
*(.RamFunc) /* .RamFunc sections */
*(.RamFunc*) /* .RamFunc* sections */
. = ALIGN(4);
_edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
} >DTCMRAM AT> FLASH
/* Uninitialized data section DTCMRAM*/
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss section */
_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;
} >DTCMRAM
/* Uninitialized data section SRAM1+SRAM2 RAM_D2 32KB */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss_d2 :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss_d2 section */
_sbss_d2 = .; /* define a global symbol at bss_d2 start */
__bss_d2_start__ = _sbss_d2;
*(.bss_d2)
*(.bss_d2*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss_d2 = .; /* define a global symbol at bss_d2 end */
__bss_d2_end__ = _ebss_d2;
} >RAM_D2
/* Uninitialized data section SRAM4 RAM_D3 16KB */
. = ALIGN(4);
.bss_d3 :
{
/* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss_d3 section */
_sbss_d3 = .; /* define a global symbol at bss_d3 start */
__bss_d3_start__ = _sbss_d3;
*(.bss_d3)
*(.bss_d3*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(4);
_ebss_d3 = .; /* define a global symbol at bss_d3 end */
__bss_d3_end__ = _ebss_d3;
} >RAM_D3
/* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
._user_heap_stack :
{
. = ALIGN(8);
PROVIDE ( end = . );
PROVIDE ( _end = . );
. = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
. = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
. = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM_D1
/* Remove information from the standard libraries */
/DISCARD/ :
{
libc.a ( * )
libm.a ( * )
libgcc.a ( * )
}
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
}