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There are various methods available to place functions and data at specific addresses.
Placing functions and data at specific addresses
To place a single function or data item at a fixed address, you must enable the linker to process the function or data separately from the rest of the input files.
Where they are required, the compiler normally produces RO, RW, and ZI sections from a single source file. These sections contain all the code and data from the source file.
For images targeted at ARMv7-M or ARMv8-M, the compiler might generateexecute-only (XO) sections.
Typically, you create a scatter file that defines an execution region at the required address with a section description that selects only one section.
To place a function or variable at a specific address, it must be placed in its own section. There are several ways to do this:
Use __attribute__((section("
to place functions and variables in a specially named section, name
"))).ARM.__at_
, where address
is the address to place the function or variable. For example, address
__attribute__((section(".ARM.__at_0x4000
"))).
To place ZI data at a specific address, use the variable attribute __attribute__((section("
with the special name name
"))).bss.ARM.__at_
address
These specially named sections are called __at
sections.
Use the .section
directive from assembly language. In assembly code, the smallest locatable unit is a .section
.
Use the -ffunction-sections
compiler option to generate one ELF section for each function in the source file.
This option results in a small increase in code size for some functions because it reduces the potential for sharing addresses, data, and string literals between functions. However, this can help to reduce the final image size overall by enabling the linker to remove unused functions when you specify armlink --remove
.
Related concepts
7.3 Example of how to explicitly place a named section with scatter-loading
7.2.6 Restrictions on placing __at sections
Related tasks
7.2.5 Placing __at sections at a specific address
Related reference
11.5 --autoat, --no_autoat
11.84 --map, --no_map
11.119 --scatter=filename
11.92 -o filename, --output=filename
Related information
AREA directive
Placing a variable at a specific address without scatter-loading
This example shows how to modify your source code to place code and data at specific addresses, and does not require a scatter file.
To place code and data at specific addresses without a scatter file:
Create the source file main.c containing the following code:
#includeextern int sqr(int n1); const int gValue __attribute__((section(".ARM.__at_0x5000"))) = 3; // Place at 0x5000 int main(void) { int squared; squared=sqr(gValue); printf("Value squared is: %d\n", squared); return 0; }
Create the source file function.c containing the following code:
int sqr(int n1) { return n1*n1; }
Compile and link the sources:
armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c function.c armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c main.c armlink --map function.o main.o -o squared.axf
The --map
option displays the memory map of the image. Also, --autoat
is the default.
In this example, __attribute__((section(".ARM.__AT_
specifies that the global variable 0x5000
")))gValue
is to be placed at the absolute address
. 0x5000
gValue
is placed in the execution region ER$$.ARM.__AT_
and load region 0x5000
LR$$.ARM.__AT_
.0x5000
The memory map shows:
… Load Region LR$$.ARM.__AT_0x5000 (Base: 0x00005000, Size: 0x00000004, Max: 0x00000004, ABSOLUTE) Execution Region ER$$.ARM.__AT_0x5000 (Base: 0x00005000, Size: 0x00000004, Max: 0x00000004, ABSOLUTE, UNINIT) Base Addr Size Type Attr Idx E Section Name Object 0x00005000 0x00000004 Data RO 18 .ARM.__AT_0x5000 main.o
Related reference
11.5 --autoat, --no_autoat
11.84 --map, --no_map
11.92 -o filename, --output=filename
Example of how to place a variable in a named section with scatter-loading
This example shows how to modify your source code to place code and data in a specific section using a scatter file.
To modify your source code to place code and data in a specific section using a scatter file:
Create the source file main.c containing the following code:
#includeextern int sqr(int n1); int gSquared __attribute__((section("foo"))); // Place in section foo int main(void) { gSquared=sqr(3); printf("Value squared is: %d\n", gSquared); return 0; }
Create the source file function.c containing the following code:
int sqr(int n1) { return n1*n1; }
Create the scatter file scatter.scat containing the following load region:
LR1 0x0000 0x20000 { ER1 0x0 0x2000 { *(+RO) ; rest of code and read-only data } ER2 0x8000 0x2000 { main.o } ER3 0x10000 0x2000 { function.o *(foo) ; Place gSquared in ER3 } ; RW and ZI data to be placed at 0x200000 RAM 0x200000 (0x1FF00-0x2000) { *(+RW, +ZI) } ARM_LIB_STACK 0x800000 EMPTY -0x10000 { } ARM_LIB_HEAP +0 EMPTY 0x10000 { } }
The ARM_LIB_STACK
and ARM_LIB_HEAP
regions are required because the program is being linked with the semihosting libraries.
Compile and link the sources:
armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c function.c armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c main.c armlink --map --scatter=scatter.scat function.o main.o -o squared.axf
The --map
option displays the memory map of the image. Also, --autoat
is the default.
In this example, __attribute__((section("foo")))
specifies that the global variable gSquared
is to be placed in a section called foo
. The scatter file specifies that the section foo
is to be placed in the ER3
execution region.
The memory map shows:
Load Region LR1 (Base: 0x00000000, Size: 0x00001570, Max: 0x00020000, ABSOLUTE) … Execution Region ER3 (Base: 0x00010000, Size: 0x00000010, Max: 0x00002000, ABSOLUTE) Base Addr Size Type Attr Idx E Section Name Object 0x00010000 0x0000000c Code RO 3 .text function.o 0x0001000c 0x00000004 Data RW 15 foo main.o …
If you omit *(foo)
from the scatter file, the section is placed in the region of the same type. That is RAM
in this example.
Related reference
11.5 --autoat, --no_autoat
11.84 --map, --no_map
11.92 -o filename, --output=filename
11.119 --scatter=filename
Placing a variable at a specific address with scatter-loading
This example shows how to modify your source code to place code and data at a specific address using a scatter file.
To modify your source code to place code and data at a specific address using a scatter file:
Create the source file main.c containing the following code:
#includeextern int sqr(int n1); // Place at address 0x10000 const int gValue __attribute__((section(".ARM.__at_0x10000"))) = 3; int main(void) { int squared; squared=sqr(gValue); printf("Value squared is: %d\n", squared); return 0; }
Create the source file function.c containing the following code:
int sqr(int n1) { return n1*n1; }
Create the scatter file scatter.scat containing the following load region:
LR1 0x0 { ER1 0x0 { *(+RO) ; rest of code and read-only data } ER2 +0 { function.o *(.ARM.__at_0x10000) ; Place gValue at 0x10000 } ; RW and ZI data to be placed at 0x200000 RAM 0x200000 (0x1FF00-0x2000) { *(+RW, +ZI) } ARM_LIB_STACK 0x800000 EMPTY -0x10000 { } ARM_LIB_HEAP +0 EMPTY 0x10000 { } }
The ARM_LIB_STACK
and ARM_LIB_HEAP
regions are required because the program is being linked with the semihosting libraries.
Compile and link the sources:
armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c function.c armclang --target=arm-arm-none-eabi -march=armv8-a -c main.c armlink --no_autoat --scatter=scatter.scat --map function.o main.o -o squared.axf
The --map
option displays the memory map of the image.
The memory map shows that the variable is placed in the ER2
execution region at address
:0x10000
… Execution Region ER2 (Base: 0x00002a54, Size: 0x0000d5b0, Max: 0xffffffff, ABSOLUTE) Base Addr Size Type Attr Idx E Section Name Object 0x00002a54 0x0000001c Code RO 4 .text.sqr function.o 0x00002a70 0x0000d590 PAD 0x00010000 0x00000004 Data RO 9 .ARM.__at_0x10000 main.o
In this example, the size of ER1
is unknown. Therefore, gValue
might be placed in ER1
or ER2
. To make sure that gValue
is placed in ER2
, you must include the corresponding selector in ER2
and link with the --no_autoat
command-line option. If you omit --no_autoat
, gValue
is to placed in a separate load region LR$$.ARM.__at_
that contains the execution region 0x10000
ER$$.ARM.__at_
.0x10000
Related reference
11.5 --autoat, --no_autoat
11.84 --map, --no_map
11.92 -o filename, --output=filename
11.119 --scatter=filename
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