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Hard fault at misaligned memcpy memset

we made some simple tests with STM32F100 Value Line Eval Board:

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Variables
static unsigned char sDstBuf[1024]; // 1KiB
static unsigned char sSrcBuf[sizeof(sDstBuf)];

printf("Copying words from misaligned src to aligned dst buffer... ");
memset(sDstBuf, 0xcd, sizeof(sDstBuf));

with optimize Level 3, optimize for time this takes
120usec

with optimize Level 0
155usec

almost the same if memcpy is used:
memcpy(sDstBuf, (const void *)0xcd, sizeof(sDstBuf));

It runs into hard fault, if optimize Level >=1 and optimise for time is not set.

I think this is a compiler error..

We ran into this before with MDK 4.60, now we use 4.70A

Werner

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  • You should set the compiler switch "--no_unaligned_access" in Keil for Cortex M3/M4.(In fact it would be better, if it would be set by default already ...).

    ARM7 has the principal possibility to support access at 2-Byte addresses for LDR and STR commands - but it is quite stupid, as it is not faster than two 4-Byte (=32-bit aligned) accesses. So you should switch this off in the compiler. (if you want to use it, you have to switch it on in the CPU - see the "system ... .c" file - best search for the keyword "aligned" in the ARM7 TRM / STM32F4 Programming Manual / Cortex M4 TRM).

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  • You should set the compiler switch "--no_unaligned_access" in Keil for Cortex M3/M4.(In fact it would be better, if it would be set by default already ...).

    ARM7 has the principal possibility to support access at 2-Byte addresses for LDR and STR commands - but it is quite stupid, as it is not faster than two 4-Byte (=32-bit aligned) accesses. So you should switch this off in the compiler. (if you want to use it, you have to switch it on in the CPU - see the "system ... .c" file - best search for the keyword "aligned" in the ARM7 TRM / STM32F4 Programming Manual / Cortex M4 TRM).

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