Stack checker broken on PowerPC/virtex BSP - 4.7.99.1 or later

[Robert S. Grimes]

See below

Joel Sherrill wrote:
>> I've narrowed it down to the invocation of this macro:
>>
>>     #define Stack_check_Dope_stack(_stack) \
>>       memset((_stack)->area, BYTE_PATTERN, (_stack)->size)
>>
>> In the suspect code, this translates to this:
>>      memset(0xe75c0, 0xa5, 0x2808);
>>
>> Thus, it is attempting to set the area from 0xE75C0 to 0xE9DC8
>>
>> This is the relevant output of the application build process - the .num
>> map file:
>>
>>     000e0000 A stack.start
>>     000e8000 A IntrStack_start
>>     000e8000 A stack.end
>>     000ec000 A intrStack
>>     00100000 A _endloader
>>     00800000 A _HeapSize
>>
>>
>> A little fishy?  Yeah, but I don't know why...  Anyway, here is the
>> exception output:
>>
>>     Exception handling initialization done
>>     opb_intc_init: mask = 0x7
>>     exception handler called for exception 7
>>          Next PC or Address of fault = A5A5A5A4
>>          Saved MSR = 0
>>          R0 = A5A5A5A5
>>          R1 = E7EB4
>>          R2 = C56D8
>>          R3 = 1
>>          R4 = A5
>>          R5 = 0
>>          R6 = FEFFFFFF
>>          R7 = D0000
>>          R8 = D327C
>>          R9 = E9DC8
>>          R10 = 1
>>          R11 = E9DC8
>>          R12 = 0
>>          R13 = FFFEA680
>>          R14 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R15 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R16 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R17 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R18 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R19 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R20 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R21 = FFFFFFFF
>>          R22 = FFFE0000
>>          R23 = FFFE0000
>>          R24 = 0
>>          R25 = D3154
>>          R26 = 1
>>          R27 = 0
>>          R28 = D0000
>>          R29 = D33FC
>>          R30 = E0F38
>>          R31 = A5A5A5A5
>>          CR = 39000033
>>          CTR = 0
>>          XER = E000007F
>>          LR = A5A5A5A5
>>          MSR = 0
>>          DAR = 0
>>     Stack Trace:
>>       IP: 0xA5A5A5A4, LR: 0xA5A5A5A5
>>     --^ 0x00000000
>>
>>
>> So it is clearly trying to execute code in the just-doped stack, though
>> I don't know why...
>>
>> Anything else I should try?
>>   
> I really suspect that the RTEMS workspace (and possibly the
> C Program Heap) is overlapping the initial stack and possibly
> the interrupt stack
Yeah, something like that is wrong...
>
> Break at RTEMS_Malloc_Initialize and look at the first
> two arguments (start and length).
start = 0x1f0000, length = 0x800000
>
> While there look at the first two entries in what
> _Configuration_Table points to (workspace start and size).
work_space_start = 0xe0000
work_space_size  = 0x100000
>
> Draw a memory map showing the range of your program's
> text, data, bss, interrupt stack, starting stack, C Program
> Heap, and RTEMS Workspace.
   Text        00010000 - 000c72bc  (symbols text.start and text.end)
  Data        000c72c0 - 000cb520  (symbols data.start and data.end)
  BSS         000cb520 - 000d4418  (symbols bss.start and bss.end)
  Init Stack  000e0000 - 000e8000  (symbols stack.start and stack.end)
  Intr Stack  000e8000 - 000ec000  (symbols IntrStack_start and intrStack)
  Workspace   000e0000 - 001e0000  (from values above)
  C Heap      001f0000 - 009f0000  (from RTEMS_Malloc_Initialize)

>
> Give the symptoms and the addresses you posted above,
> it is really looking like a memory map issue.
The only overlap I see is the initial and interrupt stacks overlap with
the beginning of the work space, which may be normal?  If not, why is
this wrong? Is there some configuration setting wrong here?

Here are my CONFIGURE_ settings:

#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CLOCK_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_RTEMS_INIT_TASKS_TABLE
#define CONFIGURE_LIBIO_MAXIMUM_FILE_DESCRIPTORS      20
#define CONFIGURE_USE_IMFS_AS_BASE_FILESYSTEM

//#define CONFIGURE_EXECUTIVE_RAM_SIZE                  (512*1024)
#define CONFIGURE_EXECUTIVE_RAM_SIZE                  (1024*1024)
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_SEMAPHORES                  20
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TASKS                       20
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_EVENTS                      20
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_QUEUES              4

#define CONFIGURE_MICROSECONDS_PER_TICK               10000
#define CONFIGURE_TICKS_PER_TIMESLICE                 50

#define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_STACK_SIZE                (10*1024)
#define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_PRIORITY                  120
#define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_INITIAL_MODES (RTEMS_PREEMPT |
RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE | \
                                           RTEMS_NO_ASR  |
RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(0))

#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_USER_EXTENSIONS             8
#define STACK_CHECKER_ON

// These will increase over time, of course!
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_POSIX_THREADS               4
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_POSIX_MUTEXES               4
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_POSIX_CONDITION_VARIABLES   4

#define CONFIGURE_INIT
#define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_ENTRY_POINT MasterInit
rtems_task MasterInit (rtems_task_argument argument);

Still confused, after all these years...
-Bob
> --joel
>> -Bob
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