STM32H743: Moving Heap to SDRAM using TouchGFX

[heyo]

So Im trying to move heap to my external SDRAM and the problem is that it hardfaults after 3s and do not know why.
In startup file before__libc_init_array i call fmc function which init SDRAM.Fmc function looks like this: 

void fmc(void)
{
	HAL_Init();
	SystemClock_Config();
	PeriphCommonClock_Config();
	MX_GPIO_Init();
	MX_FMC_Init();
	MPU_Config();         // mark SDRAM cacheable
	SCB_EnableICache();
	SCB_EnableDCache();
}

Im using TouchGFX, STM32H743ZIT6 and IS42S16400J-6TLI SDRAM. Ive already changed my sbrk, linker and MPU. I add code fragments:

/*
******************************************************************************
**
**  File        : LinkerScript.ld
**
**  Author      : STM32CubeIDE
**
**  Abstract    : Linker script for STM32H7 series
**                2048Kbytes FLASH and 1056Kbytes RAM
**
**                Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
**                to application requirements.
**
**                Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used.
**
**  Target      : STMicroelectronics STM32
**
**  Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
**                of any kind.
**
*****************************************************************************
** @attention
**
** Copyright (c) 2023 STMicroelectronics.
** All rights reserved.
**
** This software is licensed under terms that can be found in the LICENSE file
** in the root directory of this software component.
** If no LICENSE file comes with this software, it is provided AS-IS.
**
****************************************************************************
*/

/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)

/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = ORIGIN(RAM_D1) + LENGTH(RAM_D1);    /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x1200; /* required amount of stack */
/* Heap in SDRAM */
__heap_start = 0xC0000000;
__heap_limit = 0xC0200000;
/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
  /*FLASH (rx)     : ORIGIN = 0x08040000, LENGTH = 1792K*/
  FLASH (rx)     : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 2048K
  DTCMRAM (xrw)  : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 128K
  RAM_D1 (xrw)   : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 512K
  RAM_D2 (xrw)   : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 288K
  RAM_D3 (xrw)   : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 64K
  ITCMRAM (xrw)  : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 64K
  QUADSPI (r)    : ORIGIN = 0x90000000, LENGTH = 16M
  SDRAM   (xrw)  : ORIGIN = 0xC0000000, LENGTH = 8M
}
/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
  /* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
  .isr_vector :
  {
    . = ALIGN(4);
    KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
    . = ALIGN(4);
  } >FLASH

  /* The program code and other data goes into FLASH */
  .text :
  {
    . = ALIGN(4);
    *(.text)           /* .text sections (code) */
    *(.text*)          /* .text* sections (code) */
    *(.glue_7)         /* glue arm to thumb code */
    *(.glue_7t)        /* glue thumb to arm code */
    *(.eh_frame)

    KEEP (*(.init))
    KEEP (*(.fini))

    . = ALIGN(4);
    _etext = .;        /* define a global symbols at end of code */
  } >FLASH

  /* Constant data goes into FLASH */
  .rodata :
  {
    . = ALIGN(4);
    *(.rodata)         /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
    *(.rodata*)        /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
    . = ALIGN(4);
  } >FLASH

  .ARM.extab   : { *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*) } >FLASH
  .ARM : {
    __exidx_start = .;
    *(.ARM.exidx*)
    __exidx_end = .;
  } >FLASH

  .preinit_array     :
  {
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
    KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
  } >FLASH

  .init_array :
  {
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
    KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
    KEEP (*(.init_array*))
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
  } >FLASH

  .fini_array :
  {
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
    KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
    KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
  } >FLASH

  /* used by the startup to initialize data */
  _sidata = LOADADDR(.data);

  /* Initialized data sections goes into RAM, load LMA copy after code */
  .data :
  {
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _sdata = .;        /* create a global symbol at data start */
    *(.data)           /* .data sections */
    *(.data*)          /* .data* sections */
    *(.RamFunc)        /* .RamFunc sections */
    *(.RamFunc*)       /* .RamFunc* sections */

    . = ALIGN(4);
    _edata = .;        /* define a global symbol at data end */
  } >RAM_D1 AT> FLASH

  /* Uninitialized data section */
  . = ALIGN(4);
  .bss :
  {
    /* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss section */
    _sbss = .;         /* define a global symbol at bss start */
    __bss_start__ = _sbss;
    *(.bss)
    *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)

    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;         /* define a global symbol at bss end */
    __bss_end__ = _ebss;
  } >RAM_D1

  /* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
._user_stack :
{
  . = ALIGN(8);
  PROVIDE(_stack_start = .);
  . = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
  PROVIDE(_stack_end = .);
  . = ALIGN(8);
} >RAM_D1

/* Heap in SDRAM */
._user_heap (NOLOAD):
{
  . = ALIGN(8);
  __heap_start = .;
  . = . + 0x200000;
  __heap_limit = .;
} >SDRAM

  /* Remove information from the standard libraries */
  /DISCARD/ :
  {
    libc.a ( * )
    libm.a ( * )
    libgcc.a ( * )
  }

  .ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
  /*.sdram_section (NOLOAD) : { *(.sdram_section) }> SDRAM*/
    FontFlashSection (NOLOAD): /*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(FontFlashSection FontFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI

  TextFlashSection (NOLOAD):/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(TextFlashSection TextFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI

  ExtFlashSection (NOLOAD):/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(ExtFlashSection ExtFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI
}

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

extern char __heap_start;
extern char __heap_limit;

caddr_t _sbrk(int incr)
{
    static char *heap_end = NULL;
    char *prev_heap_end;

    if (heap_end == NULL)
        heap_end = &__heap_start;

    /* Align increment to 8 bytes (prevent unaligned access faults) */
    incr = (incr + 7) & ~7;

    if ((heap_end + incr) > &__heap_limit)
    {
        errno = ENOMEM;
        return (caddr_t)-1;
    }

    prev_heap_end = heap_end;
    heap_end += incr;

    return (caddr_t)prev_heap_end;
}

void MPU_Config(void)
{
  MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct = {0};

  /* Disables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Disable();

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0xC0000000;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_8MB;
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;
  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable  = MPU_ACCESS_CACHEABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable  = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL1;
  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x00;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_ENABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER1;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = (uint32_t)RxData;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4KB;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);
  /* Enables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);

}

 Does someone sees where is the problem? Or what to check?

[heyo]

Yes, now I tested all 8MB SDRAM and everything works as expected.

[mƎALLEm]

Ok. Did you set the background MPU config (preventing any CPU speculative access)?

I recommend also to call MPU_Config() at the beginning of the main().

[heyo]

Set like this :

void MPU_Config(void)
{
  MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct = {0};

  /* Disables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Disable();

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x0;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4GB;
  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x87;
  MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL0;
  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_NO_ACCESS;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER1;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0xC0000000;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_8MB;
  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x0;
  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_ENABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_CACHEABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);
  /* Enables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);

}

[mƎALLEm]

Ok but I don't see QSPI region configured in your MPU config here. QSPI region was disabled by the background MPU config.

I suppose you are using QSPI based on your linker file:

    FontFlashSection (NOLOAD): /*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(FontFlashSection FontFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI

  TextFlashSection (NOLOAD):/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(TextFlashSection TextFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI

  ExtFlashSection (NOLOAD):/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
  {
    *(ExtFlashSection ExtFlashSection.*)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
    . = ALIGN(0x4);
  } >QUADSPI

[heyo]

Yes Im using QSPI for bitmaps, fonts. Now I configured like this : 

void MPU_Config(void)
{
  MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct = {0};

  /* Disables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Disable();

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x0;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4GB;
  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x87;
  MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL0;
  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_NO_ACCESS;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER1;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0xC0000000;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_8MB;
  MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x0;
  MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_ENABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_CACHEABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER2;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x90000000;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_16MB;
  MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_BUFFERABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

  /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
  */
  MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER3;
  MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = (uint32_t)RxData;
  MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4KB;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
  MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

  HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);
  /* Enables the MPU */
  HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);

}

 And it starts and now Im getting MemManage_Handler()
btw RxData is for UART DMA

[mƎALLEm]

You need to debug that fault, I think you have an access to a memory region that is prohibited by that MPU config. So you need to add that region to the MPU config.

[heyo]

Does it important to initialize fmc inside systemInit()? or can initialize fmc later 
Here, before libc_init_array

[mƎALLEm]

Hello,

You need to initialize the FMC before calling the main().

So initialize it in SystemInit(). You can inspire from the HAL implementation especially system_stm32h7xx.c located in any example folder https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/STM32CubeH7/tree/master/Projects/STM32H743I-EVAL/Examples

[heyo]

But i also need to initialize HAL_Init(); because FMC using HAL library, so now Im added to SystemInit and it hardfaults immediately. When I call later then is no hardfault, i mean before libc_init_array

[mƎALLEm · Accepted solution]

You need to use direct access to the registers. As I said inspire from the SystemInit() implementation in the HAL:

see how  SystemInit_ExtMemCtl() has been implemented. It's called inside SystemInit():

#if defined (DATA_IN_ExtSRAM) || defined (DATA_IN_ExtSDRAM)
  SystemInit_ExtMemCtl(); 
#endif /* DATA_IN_ExtSRAM || DATA_IN_ExtSDRAM */

DATA_IN_ExtSDRAM to activate the access to the SDRAL and DATA_IN_ExtSRAM is to activate the access to the SRAM to that board.

So you need to adapt the GPIOs, the clocks and the the FMC config in SystemInit_ExtMemCtl() based on your what you have in your board. 

Don't forget to disable the FMC init from CubeMx in that case as the FMC was already initialized in SystemInit().