_DATA_GROUP_ Overflow error

SO i commented a funtion call which internally declares some local variables. then the linker gives me this error.. if i uncomment the function call ... every thing works fine...

can anyone please suggest me the reason for it.

Maybe "some local variables" are more than the data memory (where space for variables will be allocated when using the small memory model if no other memory area is specified) of your MCU can hold?

SO i commented a funtion call which internally declares some local variables. then the linker gives me this error.. if i uncomment the function call ... every thing works fine...

can anyone please suggest me the reason for it.

Maybe "some local variables" are more than the data memory (where space for variables will be allocated when using the small memory model if no other memory area is specified) of your MCU can hold?

Thanks for the reply,

i will give an example of my problem,

Main()
{ dummy_func1(); //dummy_func2(); dummy_func3();
}

dummy_func2()
{ unsigned char a; unsigned int b; /* some code here */
}

So if i do something like this then the linker error comes..
if i remove the commenting of function call dummy_func2(), then everything works fine..

The question i am asking here is, if i am not calling the function dummy_func2() then i am actually not declaring two variables , so it actually has to reduce the DATA memory occupied...

But exactly opposite thing happens, when i call the function and two variables are decalred the Overflow error doesnt come...

Thanks,
Supreet

PS: MY application is not as simple, i just gave an example of the problem :)