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I'm using Energia with a Launchpad (LM4F120XL), and I've found some strange behavior when using a timer interrupt. When the interrupt setup code is compiled in, functions that do string processing (atoi, strtoul, strtok, etc.) do not return the expected value.

In the code below, atoi() will return 0 when given the input "12". Note that the timer interrupt hasn't even been set up at the point where atoi() is called. In particular, it's the call to IntRegister() that causes the problem. The same code will work as expected if IntRegister() is commented out.

Also note that everything works fine if an infinite loop is placed immediately before the initTimer() call -- in that case, I'm guessing the compiler is optimizing out everything in initTimer() because it's unreachable.

strcmp() was also misbehaving (i.e. returning nonzero values for identical strings), but when I moved the const char* comparison string from global scope to function-level scope, the comparison began working as expected.

Anyone have any ideas about this? It seems like it might have something to do with the arrangement of symbols in memory.

 

--Colin

#include "inc/hw_ints.h"
#include "driverlib/sysctl.h"
#include "driverlib/interrupt.h"
#include "driverlib/timer.h"

void timer0_handler(void)
{
  TimerIntClear(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
}

void initTimer(unsigned Hz)
{
  SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_TIMER0);
  TimerConfigure(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_32_BIT_PER);
  unsigned long ulPeriod = (SysCtlClockGet() / Hz) / 2;
  TimerLoadSet(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, ulPeriod - 1);
  IntEnable(INT_TIMER0A);
  IntRegister(INT_TIMER0A, timer0_handler);
  TimerIntEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
  IntMasterEnable();
  TimerEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A);
}

void setup()
{
  IntMasterDisable();
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  const char *dbuf = "12";
  Serial.println(atoi(dbuf));
  initTimer(3);
  while (1);
}

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I see that my code for timer differs. This is how I enable my timer for fatfs library:

ROM_SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_TIMER0);
ROM_TimerConfigure(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_PERIODIC);
TimerIntRegister(TIMER0_BASE,TIMER_A,FatInt);
ROM_TimerLoadSet(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, (SysCtlClockGet() / 100 )-1);
ROM_IntEnable(INT_TIMER0A);
ROM_TimerIntEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
ROM_TimerEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A);

FatInt is the name of my timer function. My code uses string functions and they work.

I don't have IntMasterDisable nor IntMasterEnable anywhere.

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It seems like this is probably a compiler (or framework) bug. Switching to the ROM_ functions for timer interrupt setup did not have any effect. I haven't tried a different compiler/environment, but I would definitely like to continue using Energia if anyone could find a workaround for this problem.

 

The code below is sufficient to reproduce the problem (using Energia 0101E0009, running on Windows XP 32-bit). 

#include "driverlib/timer.h"

void timer_isr(void)
{  
  TimerIntClear(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
} 

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  const char *dbuf = "12";
 
  Serial.println("-----");
  Serial.println(atoi(dbuf)); // this will print '0' instead of '12'
  Serial.println("-----");

  // removing the following line causes atoi() to work normally
  TimerIntRegister(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, timer_isr);  
 
  while (1);
}
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I've confirmed that this is a problem somewhere in the toolchain or C library that is packaged with Energia 0101E0009. As I said, I'm developing on Windows XP 32-bit, although I don't know if the problem is specific to this development platform.

 

I downloaded the GNU embedded ARM package 4.7.4 (from the Launchpad site: https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded) and replaced these files/directories in the Energia directory structure with the equivalents from the GNU package:

 

energia-0101E0009/hardware/tools/lm4f/arm-none-eabi/

energia-0101E0009/hardware/tools/lm4f/bin/*.exe

Note: the Energia bin/ directory contains two files not in the GNU package: arm-none-eabi-run.exe, and lm4flash.exe. I kept both of these. Also note that the GCC binary is version 4.7.4 rather than 4.7.1, so that executable name is different.

 

I also copied this library directory from the GNU package...

 

4.7 2013q2/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.7.4

 

...and put it in two different locations in the Energia tree:

 

energia-0101E0009/hardware/tools/lm4f/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.7.4

energia-0101E0009/hardware/tools/lm4f/libexec/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.7.4

 

After doing this, I rebuilt the code that I posted above, and atoi() was working properly. I also added some LED-blinking content to the timer ISR, and a call to strcmp(), and everything was working as expected.

 

I've only recently started using Energia, so I'm not sure if what I have here constitutes enough for a bug report. Please let me know if I should provide any more information.

 

--Colin

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Hello,

 

I have got same problems using TimerIntRegister ( strange behavior)

 

I use another way for interrupts

 

Ino file

/**
 * LM4F120 - timer based 
 **/

#include "timer_0.h" 
#include "driverlib/sysctl.h"

volatile int8_t  isrFlag;

void setup(){
  noInterrupts();
  Serial.begin(9600);   
  pinMode(RED_LED, OUTPUT);
  interrupts();
  initTimer(10); 
}

//*********************************************************************
void loop() 
{
  const char *dbuf = "12";
  
  if ( isrFlag == 1 )       
  { 
    noInterrupts();
    isrFlag = 0 ;  
    Serial.println(atoi(dbuf));
    interrupts();
  } 

}  
//***********************************************************************


timer_0.h

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

  void initTimer(unsigned f);
  void Timer0IntHandler(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

timer_0.c

/*
* timer_0.c 
 */

#include "Energia.h"
#include "inc/hw_ints.h"
#include "driverlib/interrupt.h"
#include "driverlib/sysctl.h"
#include "driverlib/timer.h"
#include "timer_0.h" 

 extern volatile int8_t  isrFlag;

void initTimer(unsigned f)
{
  unsigned long ulPeriod = (SysCtlClockGet() / f) / 2;
  ROM_SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_TIMER0);
  ROM_TimerConfigure(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_PERIODIC); 
  ROM_TimerLoadSet(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, ulPeriod -1);
  ROM_IntEnable(INT_TIMER0A);
  ROM_TimerIntEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
  ROM_TimerEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A);
}
void Timer0IntHandler()
{
  // Clear the timer interrupt
  ROM_TimerIntClear(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT);
  digitalWrite(RED_LED, digitalRead(RED_LED) ^ 1);// toggle LED pin  
  isrFlag =1;
}

startup_gcc.c

//*****************************************************************************
//
// startup_gcc.c - Startup code for use with GNU tools.
//
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// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
//
//*****************************************************************************

#include "Energia.h"
#include "inc/hw_types.h"
#include "inc/hw_nvic.h"

//*****************************************************************************
//
// Forward declaration of the default fault handlers.
//
//*****************************************************************************
void ResetISR(void);
static void NmiSR(void);
static void FaultISR(void);
static void IntDefaultHandler(void);

//*****************************************************************************
//
// The entry point for the application.
//
//*****************************************************************************
extern int main(void);
extern void GPIOAIntHandler(void);
extern void GPIOBIntHandler(void);
extern void GPIOCIntHandler(void);
extern void GPIODIntHandler(void);
extern void GPIOEIntHandler(void);
extern void GPIOFIntHandler(void);



/*
 * create some overridable default signal handlers
 */
__attribute__((weak)) void UARTIntHandler(void) {}
__attribute__((weak)) void ToneIntHandler(void) {}
__attribute__((weak)) void I2CIntHandler(void) {}
__attribute__((weak)) extern void Timer0IntHandler(void) {}
__attribute__((weak)) extern void ADC0IntHandler(void) {}

//*****************************************************************************
// System stack start determined by ldscript, normally highest ram address
//*****************************************************************************
extern unsigned _estack;

//*****************************************************************************
//
// The vector table.  Note that the proper constructs must be placed on this to
// ensure that it ends up at physical address 0x0000.0000.
//
//*****************************************************************************

__attribute__ ((section(".isr_vector")))
void (* const g_pfnVectors[])(void) =
{
   (void *)&_estack,                        // The initial stack pointer, 0x20008000 32K
    ResetISR,                               // The reset handler
    NmiSR,                                  // The NMI handler
    FaultISR,                               // The hard fault handler
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // The MPU fault handler
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // The bus fault handler
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // The usage fault handler
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // SVCall handler
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Debug monitor handler
    0,                                      // Reserved
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // The PendSV handler
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // The SysTick handler
    GPIOAIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port A
    GPIOBIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port B
    GPIOCIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port C
    GPIODIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port D
    GPIOEIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port E
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART0 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART1 Rx and Tx
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // SSI0 Rx and Tx
    I2CIntHandler,                          // I2C0 Master and Slave
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM Fault
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM Generator 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM Generator 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM Generator 2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Quadrature Encoder 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC Sequence 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC Sequence 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC Sequence 2
    ADC0IntHandler,                      // ADC Sequence 3
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Watchdog timer
    Timer0IntHandler,                      // Timer 0 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 0 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 1 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 1 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 2 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 2 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Analog Comparator 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Analog Comparator 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Analog Comparator 2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // System Control (PLL, OSC, BO)
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // FLASH Control
    GPIOFIntHandler,                        // GPIO Port F
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port G
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port H
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART2 Rx and Tx
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // SSI1 Rx and Tx
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 3 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 3 subtimer B
    I2CIntHandler,                          // I2C1 Master and Slave
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Quadrature Encoder 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // CAN0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // CAN1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // CAN2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Ethernet
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Hibernate
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // USB0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM Generator 3
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // uDMA Software Transfer
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // uDMA Error
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC1 Sequence 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC1 Sequence 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC1 Sequence 2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // ADC1 Sequence 3
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // I2S0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // External Bus Interface 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port J
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port K
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port L
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // SSI2 Rx and Tx
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // SSI3 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART3 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART4 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART5 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART6 Rx and Tx
    UARTIntHandler,                         // UART7 Rx and Tx
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    I2CIntHandler,                          // I2C2 Master and Slave
    I2CIntHandler,                          // I2C3 Master and Slave
    ToneIntHandler,                         // Timer 4 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 4 subtimer B
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    0,                                      // Reserved
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 5 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Timer 5 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 0 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 0 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 1 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 1 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 2 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 2 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 3 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 3 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 4 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 4 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 5 subtimer A
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Wide Timer 5 subtimer B
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // FPU
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PECI 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // LPC 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                          // I2C4 Master and Slave
    IntDefaultHandler,                          // I2C5 Master and Slave
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port M
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port N
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Quadrature Encoder 2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // Fan 0
    0,                                      // Reserved
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P (Summary or P0)
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P3
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P4
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P5
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P6
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port P7
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q (Summary or Q0)
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q3
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q4
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q5
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q6
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port Q7
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port R
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // GPIO Port S
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM 1 Generator 0
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM 1 Generator 1
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM 1 Generator 2
    IntDefaultHandler,                      // PWM 1 Generator 3
    IntDefaultHandler                       // PWM 1 Fault
};

//*****************************************************************************
//
// The following are constructs created by the linker, indicating where the
// the "data" and "bss" segments reside in memory.  The initializers for the
// for the "data" segment resides immediately following the "text" segment.
//
//*****************************************************************************
extern unsigned long _etext;
extern unsigned long _data;
extern unsigned long _edata;
extern unsigned long _bss;
extern unsigned long _ebss;
extern void (*__preinit_array_start[])(void);
extern void (*__preinit_array_end[])(void);
extern void (*__init_array_start[])(void);
extern void (*__init_array_end[])(void);


//*****************************************************************************
//
// This is the code that gets called when the processor first starts execution
// following a reset event.  Only the absolutely necessary set is performed,
// after which the application supplied entry() routine is called.  Any fancy
// actions (such as making decisions based on the reset cause register, and
// resetting the bits in that register) are left solely in the hands of the
// application.
//
//*****************************************************************************
void ResetISR(void) {
    unsigned long *pulSrc, *pulDest;
    unsigned i, cnt;

    //
    // Copy the data segment initializers from flash to SRAM.
    //
    pulSrc = &_etext;
    for (pulDest = &_data; pulDest < &_edata;) {
        *pulDest++ = *pulSrc++;
    }

    //
    // Zero fill the bss segment.
    //
    __asm(  "    ldr     r0, =_bss\n"
            "    ldr     r1, =_ebss\n"
            "    mov     r2, #0\n"
            "    .thumb_func\n"
            "1:\n"
            "    cmp     r0, r1\n"
            "    it      lt\n"
            "    strlt   r2, [r0], #4\n"
            "    blt     1b"
    );
    (void)_bss; (void)_ebss; // get rid of unused warnings

    //
    // Enable the floating-point unit before calling c++ ctors
    //

    HWREG(NVIC_CPAC) = ((HWREG(NVIC_CPAC) &
                         ~(NVIC_CPAC_CP10_M | NVIC_CPAC_CP11_M)) |
                         NVIC_CPAC_CP10_FULL | NVIC_CPAC_CP11_FULL);

    //
    // call any global c++ ctors
    //
    cnt = __preinit_array_end - __preinit_array_start;
    for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
        __preinit_array_start[i]();

    cnt = __init_array_end - __init_array_start;
    for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
        __init_array_start[i]();

    //
    // call 'C' entry point, Energia never returns from main
    //
    main();
}

void *__dso_handle = 0;

/**
 * _sbrk - newlib memory allocation routine
 */
typedef char *caddr_t;

caddr_t _sbrk (int incr)
{
    double current_sp;
    extern char end asm ("end"); /* Defined by linker */
    static char * heap_end;
    char * prev_heap_end;

    if (heap_end == NULL) {
        heap_end = &end; /* first ram address after bss and data */
    }

    prev_heap_end = heap_end;

    // simplistic approach to prevent the heap from corrupting the stack
    // TBD: review for alternatives
    if ( heap_end + incr < (caddr_t)&current_sp ) {
        heap_end += incr;
        return (caddr_t) prev_heap_end;
    }
    else {
        return NULL;
    }
}

//*****************************************************************************
//
// This is the code that gets called when the processor receives a NMI.  This
// simply enters an infinite loop, preserving the system state for examination
// by a debugger.
//
//*****************************************************************************
static void NmiSR(void) {
    //
    // Enter an infinite loop.
    //
    while (1) {
        ; // trap NMI
    }
}

//*****************************************************************************
//
// This is the code that gets called when the processor receives a fault
// interrupt.  This simply enters an infinite loop, preserving the system state
// for examination by a debugger.
//
//*****************************************************************************
static void FaultISR(void) {
    //
    // Enter an infinite loop.
    //
    while (1) {
        ; // trap FAULT
    }
}

//*****************************************************************************
//
// This is the code that gets called when the processor receives an unexpected
// interrupt.  This simply enters an infinite loop, preserving the system state
// for examination by a debugger.
//
//*****************************************************************************
static void IntDefaultHandler(void) {
    //
    // Go into an infinite loop.
    //
    while (1) {
        ; // trap any handler not defined
    }
}

Tested on Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

 

I can see  12  :)

 

regards

 

Bernard

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