Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Vidar Berg — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:37:31 GMT

With a flash write operation you can only flip bits from '1's to '0's. To get the bits back to '1' you need to erase the flash page.

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

ilyasbsran — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:14:08 GMT

When I erase the page before writing it works. it was not about increasing or decreasing the buffer. I don't understand why it is related to erasing the page.

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Kenneth — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:22:29 GMT

Can you erase the page and also change to:

buffer[0] = buffer[0] - 1; // - instead of +

And share what you get then?

Kenneth

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

ilyasbsran — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:10:59 GMT

I see the same value every time.

I erased flash using nrfjprog. then I run this code. I see the same value (it was 0 )every reset.

#define ADDRESS_OFF_TEST                    0x45000

void flash_set_data(const uint8_t * src){
    nrf_nvmc_write_bytes(ADDRESS_OFF_TEST, src, sizeof(uint8_t));
}

void flash_get_data(uint8_t * dst){
    memcpy(dst, (uint8_t*)ADDRESS_OFF_TEST, sizeof(uint8_t));
}
int main(void)
{
    nrf_delay_ms(10000);

    uint8_t  buffer[1];
    flash_get_data(buffer);

    BB_printf(LOG_FATAL, "Counter : %u", buffer[0]);

    buffer[0] = buffer[0] + 1;
    flash_set_data(buffer);

    nrf_delay_ms(10000);

    NVIC_SystemReset();
}

I think my problem is not about enabling or disabling the soft device.

FDS_BACKEND 1 in sdk_config.

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Vidar Berg — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:58:39 GMT

Thanks for confirming. What do you see when you read the memory at 0x76000 afterwards?

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

ilyasbsran — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:40:29 GMT

Yes, I confirmed it, I check it by printing log via j link rtt

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Vidar Berg — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:26:56 GMT

Have you confirmed through debugging that flash_set_data() ends up being called in HardFault_c_handler()?

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

ilyasbsran — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:18:49 GMT

NRF_MWU->PREGION[0].SUBS &= ~(MWU_PREGION_SUBS_SR30_Include << MWU_PREGION_SUBS_SR30_Pos);
__DSB(); // barrier to ensure register is set before accessing NVMC.

I used it at starting of HardFault_c_handler() function.

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

ilyasbsran — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:07:23 GMT

Hi Thank your for the reply,

I just want to see if I can write to flash.

FDS_BACKEND 1 in sdk_config.

int main(void)
{
    ret_code_t err_code = app_timer_init();
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
    APP_SCHED_INIT(SCHED_MAX_EVENT_DATA_SIZE, SCHED_QUEUE_SIZE);
    
    power_management_init();

    err_code = nrf_sdh_enable_request();
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    nrf_delay_ms(10000);

    hardfault_genhf_invalid_fp();
}

#define ADDRESS_OFF_TEST                    0x76000

void flash_set_data(const uint8_t * src){
    nrf_nvmc_write_bytes(ADDRESS_OFF_TEST, src, sizeof(uint8_t));
}

void flash_get_data(uint8_t * dst){
    memcpy(dst, (uint8_t*)ADDRESS_OFF_TEST, sizeof(uint8_t));
}

/** @breif Errors caused by Bus Fault, Memory Management Fault, or Usage Fault
 *
 * @note If you want to use custom HardFault_c_handler(), Don't include hardfault_handler_gcc.c file on makefile.
 *       Don't include hardfault_implementation.c file on makefile.
 *
 * @note In order to use this function, the @ref init_hardfault_storage() function must be used.
 */
void HardFault_c_handler(uint32_t * p_stack_address){
    uint8_t  buffer[1];
    flash_get_data(buffer);
    BB_printf(LOG_FATAL, "Counter : %u", buffer[0]);
    
    buffer[0] = buffer[0] + 1;
    flash_set_data(buffer);
    
    nrf_delay_ms(1000);

    // Restart the device.
    NVIC_SystemReset();
}

I can not write to flash. Wham Am i doing wrong?

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Vidar Berg — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:46:06 GMT

Also have a look at this post if you are using the Softdevice in your application: RE: Disable Softdevice sandboxing in fault handler

RE: Flash operations do not work in the hard fault handler (HardFault_c_handler function).

Kenneth — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:11:02 GMT

Hello,

I guess there are different ways, but considering you are in the hardfault handler and you can't really depend on any software modules to work, and the interrupts are disabled (or lower priority), so you would need to use flash api that are bare metal and don't rely on interrupts or other software modules. In that case I suggest to use the api in \modules\nrfx\hal\nrf_nvmc.c directly, for instance call nrf_nvmc_page_erase() to erase the flash page you want to store the information, and then follow by one or several calls to nrf_nvmc_write_words(), before you do a system reset to start the chip again. It may be that you need to rename the api in \modules\nrfx\hal\nrf_nvmc.c, because you may using a similar api in your project already that rely on other software modules.

Kenneth