//! Debugging a crash (exception) //! //! Most crash conditions trigger a hard fault exception, whose handler is defined via //! `exception!(HardFault, ..)`. The `HardFault` handler has access to the exception frame, a //! snapshot of the CPU registers at the moment of the exception. //! //! This program crashes and the `HardFault` handler prints to the console the contents of the //! `ExceptionFrame` and then triggers a breakpoint. From that breakpoint one can see the backtrace //! that led to the exception. //! //! ``` text //! (gdb) continue //! Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap. //! __bkpt () at asm/bkpt.s:3 //! 3 bkpt //! //! (gdb) backtrace //! #0 __bkpt () at asm/bkpt.s:3 //! #1 0x080030b4 in cortex_m::asm::bkpt () at $$/cortex-m-0.5.0/src/asm.rs:19 //! #2 rust_begin_unwind (args=..., file=..., line=99, col=5) at $$/panic-semihosting-0.2.0/src/lib.rs:87 //! #3 0x08001d06 in core::panicking::panic_fmt () at libcore/panicking.rs:71 //! #4 0x080004a6 in crash::hard_fault (ef=0x20004fa0) at examples/crash.rs:99 //! #5 0x08000548 in UserHardFault (ef=0x20004fa0) at :10 //! #6 0x0800093a in HardFault () at asm.s:5 //! Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?) //! ``` //! //! In the console output one will find the state of the Program Counter (PC) register at the time //! of the exception. //! //! ``` text //! panicked at 'HardFault at ExceptionFrame { //! r0: 0x2fffffff, //! r1: 0x2fffffff, //! r2: 0x080051d4, //! r3: 0x080051d4, //! r12: 0x20000000, //! lr: 0x08000435, //! pc: 0x08000ab6, //! xpsr: 0x61000000 //! }', examples/crash.rs:106:5 //! ``` //! //! This register contains the address of the instruction that caused the exception. In GDB one can //! disassemble the program around this address to observe the instruction that caused the //! exception. //! //! ``` text //! (gdb) disassemble/m 0x08000ab6 //! Dump of assembler code for function core::ptr::read_volatile: //! 451 pub unsafe fn read_volatile(src: *const T) -> T { //! 0x08000aae <+0>: sub sp, #16 //! 0x08000ab0 <+2>: mov r1, r0 //! 0x08000ab2 <+4>: str r0, [sp, #8] //! //! 452 intrinsics::volatile_load(src) //! 0x08000ab4 <+6>: ldr r0, [sp, #8] //! -> 0x08000ab6 <+8>: ldr r0, [r0, #0] //! 0x08000ab8 <+10>: str r0, [sp, #12] //! 0x08000aba <+12>: ldr r0, [sp, #12] //! 0x08000abc <+14>: str r1, [sp, #4] //! 0x08000abe <+16>: str r0, [sp, #0] //! 0x08000ac0 <+18>: b.n 0x8000ac2 //! //! 453 } //! 0x08000ac2 <+20>: ldr r0, [sp, #0] //! 0x08000ac4 <+22>: add sp, #16 //! 0x08000ac6 <+24>: bx lr //! //! End of assembler dump. //! ``` //! //! `ldr r0, [r0, #0]` caused the exception. This instruction tried to load (read) a 32-bit word //! from the address stored in the register `r0`. Looking again at the contents of `ExceptionFrame` //! we see that the `r0` contained the address `0x2FFF_FFFF` when this instruction was executed. //! //! --- #![no_main] #![no_std] extern crate cortex_m; #[macro_use] extern crate cortex_m_rt as rt; extern crate panic_semihosting; use core::ptr; use rt::ExceptionFrame; entry!(main); fn main() -> ! { unsafe { // read an address outside of the RAM region; causes a HardFault exception ptr::read_volatile(0x2FFF_FFFF as *const u32); } loop {} } // define the hard fault handler exception!(HardFault, hard_fault); fn hard_fault(ef: &ExceptionFrame) -> ! { panic!("HardFault at {:#?}", ef); } // define the default exception handler exception!(*, default_handler); fn default_handler(irqn: i16) { panic!("Unhandled exception (IRQn = {})", irqn); }