[avr-gcc-list] Memory clobbered

[Peter Bosscha]

Hi,

We're running a large project on a MEGA128, now using the latest WIN AVRGCC 
(24-April).
In one call a single byte of memory is unexpectedly being overwritten.

The call starts:

byte MenuLoop(void)
{

  static byte menu_level;       
  byte type;
  static byte menu_mode=ITEM_SUB;
  static byte lcdpos = 0;
  static byte oldlang = 0;
  static byte indexed = 0;
  static byte index_base = 0;
  byte i, breg, bval;
  float ftemp;
  unsigned char indexstr[] = "12345";

....

The effect we're seeing is that indexstr[0] byte is being overwritten.
I've tried to pin-point where the code goes wrong with all kinds of debug 
statements and have even disabled interrupts.
For some reason the indexstr is being copied onto local workspace on the stack 
and that's where things seem to go wrong:

 2427 02be 86E0                 ldi r24,lo8(6)
 2428 02c0 4E01                 movw r8,r28
 2429 02c2 0894                 sec
 2430 02c4 811C                 adc r8,__zero_reg__
 2431 02c6 911C                 adc r9,__zero_reg__
 2432 02c8 D401                 movw r26,r8
 2433 02ca E0E0                 ldi r30,lo8(.LC0)
 2434 02cc F0E0                 ldi r31,hi8(.LC0)
 2435 02ce 0190                 ld __tmp_reg__,Z+
 2436 02d0 0D92                 st X+,__tmp_reg__
 2437 02d2 8A95                 dec r24
 2438 02d4 E1F7                 brne .-8

Where R28/29 points to the workspace and .LCO is the address of the indexstr.

As far as I'm concerned the above code is correct, nevertheless it is this 
exact section that overwrites a single byte at .LCO

Anyone any ideas ?
Am I missing something ?

Regards
Peter Bosscha
CSIR South Africa



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