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bug #48473: FAQ: "How do I relocate code to a fixed address?" can be misleading

Submitter:  Tyg <tyg>
Submitted:  Mon 11 Jul 2016 06:26:31 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Percent Complete:  0% Open/Closed:  Open
Release:  1.8.0 Fixed Release:  None

Mon 11 Jul 2016 06:44:59 PM UTC, comment #1: 

If inlining is a problem, then the same applies to cloning.  Hence the docs should also recommend __noclone__ and __no_icf__ (provided gcc supports these attributes).

 Georg-Johann Lay <gjlayde>
Mon 11 Jul 2016 06:26:31 PM UTC, original submission:  

The method described in http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/FAQ.html > "How do I relocate code to a fixed address?" does not work in every situation.

A function can get inlined during optimization. In this case the code is not run from the specified address as I would expect.

I recently had a problem writing the FLASH on XMEGAs because of this (as the SPM instruction has to reside in the boot section of FLASH). It took me a while to debug this. My solution was to use the following attribute:

_attribute_ ((noinline, section (".boot")))

I suggest putting a note about this case. I think it would be very useful for others like me.

 Tyg <tyg>

 

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file #37813:  inline_section_bug_sample.zip added by tyg (1022B - application/zip)

 

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