ARM: STM32F7: hardfault caused by unaligned memory access

ARM: STM32F7: hardfault caused by unaligned memory access

ARM: STM32F7: 由未对齐的内存访问引起的hardfault异常

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MDK-ARM Version 5

SYMPTOM

症状

If a STM32F7xx microcontroller is used with an external SDRAM, the Cortex-M7 core may unexpectedly run into the hard fault handler because of an unaligned access. This may happen for example when the frame buffer of a LCD, a RAM filesystem or any other data is located into the SDRAM address range 0xC0000000 - 0xC03FFFFF (max. 4MB). The hardfault is executed although the bit UNALIGN_TRP (bit 3) in the CCR register is not enabled.

如果STM32F7xx微控制器使用了外部SDRAM，Cortex-M7内核可能会由于未对齐的内存访问而意外的进入hardfault异常。当LCD帧缓冲，RAM文件系统或任何其他数据位于SDRAM地址范围0xC0000000 - 0xC03FFFFF (最大. 4MB)时可能出现这种情况。尽管CCR寄存器的UNALIGN_TRP位(位3)没有使能，hardfault异常仍然会被执行。

CAUSE

原因

In general, RAM accesses on Cortex-M7 based devices do not have to be aligned in any way. The Cortex-M7 core can handle unaligned accesses by hardware. Usually variables should be naturally aligned because these accesses are slightly faster than unaligned accesses.

在一般情况下，基于Cortex-M7的设备以任何方式访问RAM都不必对齐。Cortex-M7内核可以硬件处理未对齐的访问。通常变量应该自然对齐的，因为这样的访问比未对齐的访问稍快。

STM32F7xx devices have the external SDRAM mapped to the address range 0xC0000000 - 0xC03FFFFF (max. 4MB). According to the ARMv7-M Architecture Reference Manual chapter B3.1 (table B3-1), the area 0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF (32MB) is specified as Device Memory Type. According to chapter A3.2.1, all accesses to Device Memory Types must be naturally aligned. If they are not, a hard fault will be executed no matter if the bit UNALIGN_TRP (bit 3) in the CCR register is enabled or not.

STM32F7xx将外部SDRAM映射到地址范围0xC0000000 - 0xC03FFFFF (最大. 4MB)。根据ARMV7-M架构参考手册第B3.1章(表格 B3-1)，范围0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF(32MB)作为设备内存类型。根据第A3.2.1章，对设备内存类型的访问必须自然对齐。如果不对齐，hard fault异常将被执行而不管CCR寄存器的UNALIGN_TRP位(位3)是否被使能。

RESOLUTION

解决方案

There are several possible solutions for the STM32F7xx:

针对STM32F7xx的几种解决方案：

1. Enable the MPU for this region

1. 使能该范围的MPU（内存保护单元）

This is the solution we recommend and which we are using in our emWin GUI Demo for this microcontroller. This can be achieved by the following code that needs to be called before the SDRAM is accessed.

这是我们推荐的解决方案并且是我们在该微控制器的emWin GUI Demo中使用的。这可以通过在需要被访问的SDRAM之前调用下面的代码来实现。

static void MPU_Config (void) {

  MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct;

  /* Disable the MPU */

  HAL_MPU_Disable();

  /* Configure the MPU attributes for SDRAM */

  MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;

  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0xC0000000;

  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4MB;

  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;

  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;

  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_SHAREABLE;

  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;

  MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL1;

  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x00;

  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /* Enable the MPU */

  HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);

}

This code initializes the MPU so that the SDRAM memory area is considered as Normal Memory type instead of Device Memory type. This disables the access alignment restrictions.

此代码通过初始化MPU从而使SDRAM内存区域被认为是普通内存类型，而不是设备内存类型。这将禁用访问对齐的限制。

2. Remap the SDRAM to a different address

2.重新映射SDRAM到不同的地址

The SDRAM could also be remapped to address 0x60000000 with the following code:

可以通过以下代码重新映射SDRAM到地址0x60000000：

  RCC->APB2ENR   |= RCC_APB2ENR_SYSCFGEN;

  SYSCFG->MEMRMP |= SYSCFG_MEMRMP_SWP_FMC_1;

The data of the application needs to be linked into this area as well. The disadvantage is that this address area is usually used by external NOR Flash or PSRAM or SRAM. These external memory devices could not be used in this case.

应用的数据必须被链接到这个区域为好。该方案的缺点是，该地址区域通常由外部NOR闪存或PSRAM或SRAM使用。这些外部存储设备在这种情况下将不能使用。

3. Generate code with the natural alignment

3. 生成自然对齐的代码

If only your own code accesses the SDRAM area, you can compile your modules with the compiler option --no_unaligned_access to enforce code which uses natural alignment. This code will then be less efficient. We intentionally do not use this compiler directive for our middleware libraries (graphics, files system and TCP/IP stack) to provide best performance and code density.

如果只有你自己的代码访问SDRAM区域，你可以编译你的模块使用编译器选项--no_unaligned_access执行其采用自然对齐的代码。那么这段代码效率会降低。我们故意不使用该编译器指令对我们的中间件库（图形，文件系统和TCP / IP协议栈），以提供最佳的性能和代码密度。

MORE INFORMATION

Refer to Application Note 209, Using Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M4 Fault Exceptions