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modify stack start in linker file of an LPC2148 project
von Noel L. (noel)

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Hi,

I have made a project using an LPC2148 evaluation board from sparkfun 
(logomatic V2).

I think that I have a memory overflow problem because some global data 
are overwrited during my program execution without any write.

Example:
Bebug output in the beginning of my program execution
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    weekday N0 alarm: morning_en:0 afternoon_en:0

2
    weekday N1 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

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                  08h:30m

4
                  12h:00m

5
                  14h:00m

6
                  17h:30m

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    weekday N2 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

8
                  08h:30m

9
                  12h:00m

10
                  14h:00m

11
                  17h:30m

12
    weekday N3 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

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                  08h:30m

14
                  12h:00m

15
                  14h:00m

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                  17h:30m

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    weekday N4 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

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                  08h:30m

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                  12h:00m

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                  14h:00m

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                  17h:30m

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    weekday N5 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

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                  08h:30m

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                  12h:00m

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                  14h:00m

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                  17h:30m

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    weekday N6 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:0

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                  09h:00m

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                  12h:00m


and when I read the same data later I could see that some data are 
overwrited by some strange values:
1
    weekday N0 alarm: morning_en:0 afternoon_en:0

2
    weekday N1 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

3
                  08h:30m

4
                  12h:00m

5
                  14h:00m

6
                  17h:30m

7
    weekday N2 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

8
                  08h:30m

9
                  12h:00m

10
                  14h:00m

11
                  17h:30m

12
    weekday N3 alarm: morning_en:1 afternoon_en:1

13
                  08h:30m

14
                  12h:00m

15
                  14h:00m

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                  17h:30m

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    weekday N4 alarm: morning_en:53 afternoon_en:208

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                  00h:02m

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                  00h:17m

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                  00h:04m

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                  00h:17m

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    weekday N5 alarm: morning_en:54 afternoon_en:44

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                  00h:100m

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                  00h:128m

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                  53h:11m

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                  157h:60m

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    weekday N6 alarm: morning_en:28 afternoon_en:50

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                  53h:248m

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                  00h:04m

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                  54h:220m

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                  00h:100m


I think that the .bss section (my global data) is overwrited by the 
.stack

Here is some detail:
Section    Size    Address
.text     75100  0001 0000
.data      2576  4000 0000
.bss       9564  4000 0A10
.stack     3072  4000 3000

in startup.s file
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.set UND_Stack_Size, 0x00000080

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.set SVC_Stack_Size, 0x00000080

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.set ABT_Stack_Size, 0x00000080

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.set FIQ_Stack_Size, 0x00000080

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.set IRQ_Stack_Size, 0x00000200

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.set USR_Stack_Size, 0x00000800


So the size of the stack (3000) is correct but I don't understand why it 
start so close to the .bss section. Shouldn't be at the address 4000 
8000 ?

The .bss section end at 4000 0A10 + 255C = 4000 2F6C
If the .stack data start at 4000 3000 it may collide with the .bss 
section (4000 3000 - 0C00 = 4000 2400) !!

Could you help me to solve this problem?

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Re: modify stack start in linker file of an LPC2148 project
von Noel L. (noel)

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I have increased the stack size from 0x800 to 0x1000 and my error seems 
to be solved.

I hope the problem is totally solved.

Here is the modification:

main_memory_block.ld
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ENTRY(_boot)

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STACK_SIZE = 0x1000; -> see startup-file and .stack-section


startup.S
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.set USR_Stack_Size, 0x00001000


Do you agree with me?

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Re: modify stack start in linker file of an LPC2148 project
von Martin T. (mthomas) (Moderator)

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Noel Le moult wrote:
> I have increased the stack size from 0x800 to 0x1000 and my error seems
> to be solved.
>
> I hope the problem is totally solved.
>
> Here is the modification:
>
> main_memory_block.ld
>
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> ENTRY(_boot)

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> STACK_SIZE = 0x1000; -> see startup-file and .stack-section

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>


The mentioned lines are commented out in the file attached to the first 
post (seem a unmodified version from one of may examples).

While the STACK_SIZE definition is not used since the stacks are defined 
in the startup-code it is a good idea to place an ENTRY line into the 
linker-script (outside a comment). Here ENTRY(Reset_Handler) should do.

> startup.S
>
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> .set USR_Stack_Size, 0x00001000

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>

>
> Do you agree with me?

Yes. This defines the size of the user-mode stack which is later used to 
define a memory-area for this stack (using .space) and during the 
startup-code to initialise the core's stack-pointer for the user-mode

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