Setting the Stack Size for a User-Space Application Print

 

This application note explains how to set up the stack size for a user-space application.

The stack size can be changed using the fdpichdr utility. This utility is provided as a part of the Emcraft distribution (linux-cortexm-2.5.0/A2F/fdpichdr/). Activate the cross-build environment
(. ./ACTIVATE.sh) before using it:


[email protected]:~$ cd linux-cortexm-2.5.0
[email protected]:linux-cortexm-2.5.0$ . ./ACTIVATE.sh
[email protected]:linux-cortexm-2.5.0$ fdpichdr --help
Usage: fdpichdr [options] <elfs>

Options: -[s:vqhV]
  -s, --stack-size <size>   * Set the stack size
  -v, --verbose                 * Make a lot of noise
  -q, --quiet                     * Only show errors
  -h, --help                      * Print this help and exit
  -V, --version                  * Print version and exit

Let's for example set the stack size of the lcdtest application to 32KB:


[email protected]:linux-cortexm-2.5.0$ cd projects/rootfs
[email protected]:rootfs$  fdpichdr -vs $((32 * 1024))lcdtest/lcdtest
lcdtest/lcdtest: setting stack size to 32768 (0x8000)
        skipping program header 0x70000001
        skipping program header 0x1
        skipping program header 0x1
        Found PT_GNU_STACK; changing value 0x2000 -> 0x8000
        skipping program header 0x6
[email protected]:~$