How much memory does alignment use in C?
I have this program:
__attribute__((section(".graph"))) __attribute__((aligned(16)))
uint16_t FLASH_BUFFER2[FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE];
int main ()
{
printf("Hallo World"n);
}
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
Edit : The technically correct question is "does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 * 16 bytes in memory? (2 for uint16_t and 16 for alignment)"
c memory embedded
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
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I have this program:
__attribute__((section(".graph"))) __attribute__((aligned(16)))
uint16_t FLASH_BUFFER2[FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE];
int main ()
{
printf("Hallo World"n);
}
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
Edit : The technically correct question is "does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 * 16 bytes in memory? (2 for uint16_t and 16 for alignment)"
c memory embedded
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
2
hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, theFLASH_SECTOR_SIZEis 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
1
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24
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I have this program:
__attribute__((section(".graph"))) __attribute__((aligned(16)))
uint16_t FLASH_BUFFER2[FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE];
int main ()
{
printf("Hallo World"n);
}
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
Edit : The technically correct question is "does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 * 16 bytes in memory? (2 for uint16_t and 16 for alignment)"
c memory embedded
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
I have this program:
__attribute__((section(".graph"))) __attribute__((aligned(16)))
uint16_t FLASH_BUFFER2[FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE];
int main ()
{
printf("Hallo World"n);
}
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
Edit : The technically correct question is "does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 * 16 bytes in memory? (2 for uint16_t and 16 for alignment)"
c memory embedded
c memory embedded
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
edited Nov 25 '18 at 19:56
Tasos
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
asked Nov 21 '18 at 18:13
TasosTasos
4631724
4631724
2
hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, theFLASH_SECTOR_SIZEis 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
1
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24
|
show 6 more comments
2
hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, theFLASH_SECTOR_SIZEis 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
1
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24
2
2
hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, the
FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE is 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, the
FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE is 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
1
1
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24
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No. __attribute__((aligned(16))) just ensures that FLASH_BUFFER2 is put on a 16-byte boundary. It will still reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t) bytes.
When I've used that attribute in the past, it was because the DMA controller or the mechanism used for writing to/from internal flash memory required that the RAM location be on a 16-byte boundary. Because you are doing this on an embedded system, you could be dealing with the same thing.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
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When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
No. Type uint16_t is 16 bits wide, not 16 bytes. Memory is indeed reserved for the array, but its size is FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 bytes.
The __attribute__ syntax you present is not part of standard C, so what it means depends on your compiler, but I see no reason whatever to think that it makes the array not actually have memory reserved for it after all, or that it changes the amount of memory reserved. Probably, __attribute__((aligned(16))) simply ensures that the start address of the array is aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
John BollingerJohn Bollinger
78.8k74074
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No. __attribute__((aligned(16))) just ensures that FLASH_BUFFER2 is put on a 16-byte boundary. It will still reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t) bytes.
When I've used that attribute in the past, it was because the DMA controller or the mechanism used for writing to/from internal flash memory required that the RAM location be on a 16-byte boundary. Because you are doing this on an embedded system, you could be dealing with the same thing.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
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It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
add a comment |
No. __attribute__((aligned(16))) just ensures that FLASH_BUFFER2 is put on a 16-byte boundary. It will still reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t) bytes.
When I've used that attribute in the past, it was because the DMA controller or the mechanism used for writing to/from internal flash memory required that the RAM location be on a 16-byte boundary. Because you are doing this on an embedded system, you could be dealing with the same thing.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
add a comment |
No. __attribute__((aligned(16))) just ensures that FLASH_BUFFER2 is put on a 16-byte boundary. It will still reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t) bytes.
When I've used that attribute in the past, it was because the DMA controller or the mechanism used for writing to/from internal flash memory required that the RAM location be on a 16-byte boundary. Because you are doing this on an embedded system, you could be dealing with the same thing.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
No. __attribute__((aligned(16))) just ensures that FLASH_BUFFER2 is put on a 16-byte boundary. It will still reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * sizeof(uint16_t) bytes.
When I've used that attribute in the past, it was because the DMA controller or the mechanism used for writing to/from internal flash memory required that the RAM location be on a 16-byte boundary. Because you are doing this on an embedded system, you could be dealing with the same thing.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:35
contrapantscontrapants
590214
590214
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
add a comment |
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
It is indeed used to a write to a FLASH and I figured the same reason
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:54
add a comment |
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
No. Type uint16_t is 16 bits wide, not 16 bytes. Memory is indeed reserved for the array, but its size is FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 bytes.
The __attribute__ syntax you present is not part of standard C, so what it means depends on your compiler, but I see no reason whatever to think that it makes the array not actually have memory reserved for it after all, or that it changes the amount of memory reserved. Probably, __attribute__((aligned(16))) simply ensures that the start address of the array is aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
John BollingerJohn Bollinger
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When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
No. Type uint16_t is 16 bits wide, not 16 bytes. Memory is indeed reserved for the array, but its size is FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 bytes.
The __attribute__ syntax you present is not part of standard C, so what it means depends on your compiler, but I see no reason whatever to think that it makes the array not actually have memory reserved for it after all, or that it changes the amount of memory reserved. Probably, __attribute__((aligned(16))) simply ensures that the start address of the array is aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
John BollingerJohn Bollinger
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When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
No. Type uint16_t is 16 bits wide, not 16 bytes. Memory is indeed reserved for the array, but its size is FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 bytes.
The __attribute__ syntax you present is not part of standard C, so what it means depends on your compiler, but I see no reason whatever to think that it makes the array not actually have memory reserved for it after all, or that it changes the amount of memory reserved. Probably, __attribute__((aligned(16))) simply ensures that the start address of the array is aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
John BollingerJohn Bollinger
78.8k74074
When I run it, does it reserve FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 16 bytes in memory?
No. Type uint16_t is 16 bits wide, not 16 bytes. Memory is indeed reserved for the array, but its size is FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE * 2 bytes.
The __attribute__ syntax you present is not part of standard C, so what it means depends on your compiler, but I see no reason whatever to think that it makes the array not actually have memory reserved for it after all, or that it changes the amount of memory reserved. Probably, __attribute__((aligned(16))) simply ensures that the start address of the array is aligned on a 16-byte boundary.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
John BollingerJohn Bollinger
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 18:51
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hum, where else do you think it could be?
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:14
I have an embedded system with 1MB available RAM, the
FLASH_SECTOR_SIZEis 65536. So this should take the entire memory. They gave me the code like this and I am wondering the same thing as you to be honest.– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:16
1
I guess this is done on purpose, the memory is certainly handled manually latter. this is probably because you do not have access to standard malloc/free (my guess)
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:18
Hm I do see 1 malloc() call in the code
– Tasos
Nov 21 '18 at 18:21
obviously here there are not, but I imagine this is just a demonstration sample... that said I'm just trying to guess, the board must have some documentation you may look at to get accurate info.
– OznOg
Nov 21 '18 at 18:24