Unable to compile FreeRTOS project

[j0of]

Hello,

I am currently experiencing issues with compiling a Makefile project for the STM32F103C8T6, generated by STM32CubeMX. The project has the FreeRTOS middleware enabled, with CMSIS V2.

Compilation of the generated code results in these errors:

https://pastebin.com/WJEXLh09

I believe the first error has something to do with a missing symbol/definition for CMSIS_device_header, but I am unsure as to which header file should be there instead. The other error seems to be a configuration error, but I, once again, have no idea what to do to fix it.

It's also worth noting that I was able to generate a project with the same settings and compile it previously. I don't recall tampering with anything that could have caused this breakage.

[Sarra.S]

Hello @j0of, welcome to ST Community, 

Please re-attach the compilations errors, the link doesn't work! Or simply copy paste/paste, post a screenshot..

[j0of]

Hey, thanks for letting me know. I have copy-pasted the error messages below.

In file included from Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:34:
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/freertos_os2.h:31:10: error: #include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>
   31 | #include CMSIS_device_header
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/freertos_os2.h:141:2: error: #error "Definition INCLUDE_xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle must equal 1 to implement Thread Management API."
  141 | #error                                                                         \
      |  ^~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'SVC_Setup':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:179:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'NVIC_SetPriority' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  179 |   NVIC_SetPriority (SVCall_IRQ_NBR, 0U);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:80:36: error: 'IRQn_Type' undeclared (first use in this function)
   80 | #define SVCall_IRQ_NBR            (IRQn_Type) -5        /* SVCall_IRQ_NBR added as SV_Call handler name is not the same for CM0 and for all other CMx */
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:179:21: note: in expansion of macro 'SVCall_IRQ_NBR'
  179 |   NVIC_SetPriority (SVCall_IRQ_NBR, 0U);
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:80:36: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
   80 | #define SVCall_IRQ_NBR            (IRQn_Type) -5        /* SVCall_IRQ_NBR added as SV_Call handler name is not the same for CM0 and for all other CMx */
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:179:21: note: in expansion of macro 'SVCall_IRQ_NBR'
  179 |   NVIC_SetPriority (SVCall_IRQ_NBR, 0U);
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetCount':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:401:19: error: 'SysTick' undeclared (first use in this function)
  401 |   uint32_t load = SysTick->LOAD;
      |                   ^~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetOverflow':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:407:12: error: 'SysTick' undeclared (first use in this function)
  407 |   return ((SysTick->CTRL >> 16) & 1U);
      |            ^~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetInterval':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:412:11: error: 'SysTick' undeclared (first use in this function)
  412 |   return (SysTick->LOAD + 1U);
      |           ^~~~~~~
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetOverflow':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:408:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
  408 | }
      | ^
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetCount':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:403:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
  403 | }
      | ^
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c: In function 'OS_Tick_GetInterval':
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:413:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
  413 | }
      | ^
make: *** [Makefile:183: build/cmsis_os2.o] Error 1

[Andrew Neil]

In file included from Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:34:
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/freertos_os2.h:31:10: error: #include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>
   31 | #include CMSIS_device_header
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As the message says, the #include directive needs to have the filename in either "double-quotes" or <angle-brackets>; ie, 

 #include "CMSIS_device_header"

or

 #include <CMSIS_device_header>

EDIT:

Presumably, CMSIS_device_header is (or should be) #defined somewhere - so that #define should include the quotes.

Maybe it is (or should be) a command-line define?

[j0of]

Hello Andrew, thank you for your response.

I also believe `CMSIS_device_header` was supposed to be defined somewhere else, but it may have not been defined/generated due to some sort of bug within CubeMX.

Upon further inspection, I concluded that the correct header is located within `Drivers/CMSIS/Devices/STM32F1xx/Include`, so I temporarily replaced the line `#include CMSIS_device_header` with `#include "stm32f103x6.h"` from this directory. This seems to have fixed a large majority of the errors, but compilation still resulted in the following:

In file included from Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:34:
Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/freertos_os2.h:141:2: error: #error "Definition INCLUDE_xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle must equal 1 to implement Thread Management API."
  141 | #error                                                                         \
      |  ^~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:183: build/cmsis_os2.o] Error 1

 I tried to fix it by changing the definition of `INCLUDE_xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle` located in file  `Middleware/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/include/FreeRTOS.h` from 0 to 1. It then resulted in this compilation error once again:

/home/joof/projects/testete/Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/portable/GCC/ARM_CM3/port.c:427: multiple definition of `SysTick_Handler'; build/cmsis_os2.o:/home/joof/projects/testete/Middlewares/Third_Party/FreeRTOS/Source/CMSIS_RTOS_V2/cmsis_os2.c:159: first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/14.1.0/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld: warning: build/testete.elf has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:191: build/testete.elf] Error 1

Any other ideas? Was there a step I missed when generating the project, or is this just ST's problem?

[Techn]

Did you select the proper configuration  parameters?  Please check the freeRTOSConfig.h. this is w.r to your previous error

[Pavel A.]

#include CMSIS_device_header  is valid syntax, it means that CMSIS_device_header is defined as "string" or <string>. In Keil toolchain this macro is defined as name of the MCU-specific .h file. For STM32 these .h files are in STM32Cube_FW_XXXX/Drivers/CMSIS/Device/ST/STM32XXxx\Include\stm32*.h