First place I would look: is the stack overflowing? (You could try enabling
some of the stack debugging features.)

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM Peter Barada <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matteo,
>
> I don't know if this was working before but if you can suggest a good
> starting point I can cycle through git bisect to narrow down to the
> failing commit.  What's the best approach to using git bisect across
> multiple repos (since changes in nuttx may have necessary changes in
> nuttx-apps and need to keep them in sync at each build point)?
>
> As an aside, I also I have a nucleo-f446re board 'time ls' works fine
> there.
>
> Further, does anyone have GDB scripts that make it easier to decipher
> Nuttx structures from memory (e.g. dump task/semaphore lists, etc)? I've
> started cobbling snippets but figure I'd ask before reinventing the wheel.
>
>
> On 2/6/26 16:12, Matteo Golin wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > If you happen to know that this was working before on an older NuttX
> > version, you could use git bisect to narrow down the breaking commit.
> > Then the issue might be clearer.
> >
> > Best,
> > Matteo
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 4:09 PM Peter Barada <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >     I have a STM32 Nucleo-h753zi board - and configured a build for
> >     nucleo-743zi2:nsh (which is closest board/chip; the stm32h753zi is
> >     same
> >     as stm32h743zi but h753zi includes crypto acceleration hardware).
> >
> >     Build works, but if I boot and try 'time ls' nuttx faults:
> >
> >     nsh> uname -a
> >     NuttX 0.0.0 9ecfff0833 Feb  6 2026 15:45:28 arm nucleo-h743zi2
> >     nsh> time ls
> >     /:
> >       dev/
> >
> >     0.00dump_assert_info: Current Version: NuttX  0.0.0 9ecfff0833
> >     Feb  6 2026 15:45:28 arm
> >     dump_assert_info: Assertion failed panic: at file: :0 task:
> >     <noname> process: <noname> 0x800c9fd
> >     up_dump_register: R0: 0801e624 R1: 0000000a R2: 00000050  R3:
> 0000000a
> >     up_dump_register: R4: 00000001 R5: 240000e4 R6: 00000000  FP:
> 00000000
> >     up_dump_register: R8: 00000000 SB: 00000000 SL: 00000000 R11:
> 00000000
> >     up_dump_register: IP: 00000000 SP: 38000c08 LR: 080059db  PC:
> 08005984
> >     up_dump_register: xPSR: 41000000 BASEPRI: 00000000 CONTROL: 00000000
> >     up_dump_register: EXC_RETURN: ffffffe9
> >     dump_stackinfo: User Stack:
> >     dump_stackinfo:   base: 0x38000518
> >     dump_stackinfo:   size: 00002000
> >     dump_stackinfo:     sp: 0x38000c08
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000be8: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> >     00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000c08: 0000000a 0801e624 0801e624 38000200
> >     38000fac 00000000 0801e624 080172c1
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000c28: 00000000 0801e624 38000200 38000158
> >     00000000 00000000 38000fac 0800caa1
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000c48: 00000000 0800cc77 0801e624 000002fc
> >     38000500 00000001 00000001 38000cf0
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000c68: 38000cf0 00000008 38000200 00000000
> >     00000000 0800ca79 38000500 00000001
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000c88: 00000064 38000cf0 00000064 0800ca33
> >     38000500 00000001 00000064 00000000
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000ca8: 00000000 08009325 00000000 38000500
> >     00000001 0800c9fd 00000000 080052f1
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000cc8: 00000000 38000500 00000000 38000158
> >     00000001 00000001 00000000 00000000
> >     stack_dump: 0x38000ce8: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> >     00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> >     dump_tasks:    PID GROUP PRI POLICY   TYPE    NPX STATE  EVENT
> >       SIGMASK          STACKBASE  STACKSIZE   COMMAND
> >     dump_task:       0     0   0 FIFO     Kthread -   Ready
> >     0000000000000000 0x240018b0      1000   <noname>
> >     dump_task:       1     1 100 RR       Task    -   Running
> >     0000000000000000 0x38000518      2000   <noname> ��]���&
> >
> >     Wondering if anyone has run across this before?  Backtrace shows:
> >
> >     Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
> >     exception_common () at armv7-m/arm_exception.S:127
> >     127             mrs             r0, ipsr           /* R0=exception
> >     number */
> >     where
> >     #0  exception_common () at armv7-m/arm_exception.S:127
> >     #1  <signal handler called>
> >     #2  0x08005984 in env_cmpname (pszname=0x801e624 "PS1",
> >          peqname=0xa <error: Cannot access memory at address 0xa>)
> >          at environ/env_findvar.c:50
> >     #3  0x080059da in env_findvar (group=0x38000200, pname=0x801e624
> >     "PS1")
> >          at environ/env_findvar.c:105
> >     #4  0x080172c0 in getenv (name=0x801e624 "PS1") at
> >     environ/env_getenv.c:89
> >     #5  0x0800caa0 in nsh_update_prompt () at nsh_prompt.c:77
> >     #6  0x0800cc76 in nsh_session (pstate=0x38000cf0, login=1, argc=1,
> >          argv=0x38000500) at nsh_session.c:249
> >     #7  0x0800ca78 in nsh_consolemain (argc=1, argv=0x38000500)
> >          at nsh_consolemain.c:77
> >     #8  0x0800ca32 in nsh_main (argc=1, argv=0x38000500) at nsh_main.c:76
> >     #9  0x08009324 in nxtask_startup (entrypt=0x800c9fd <nsh_main>,
> >     argc=1,
> >          argv=0x38000500) at sched/task_startup.c:72
> >     #10 0x080052f0 in nxtask_start () at task/task_start.c:104
> >     #11 0x00000000 in ?? ()
> >
> >     Scratching the surface shows that env_findvar() is called with group
> >     pointer of 0x38000200, group->tg_envp is 0x380004b8, both which are
> >     reasonable. But *group->tg_envp is 0xA.  Further if I "watch
> >     *(int*)0x380004b8" in GDB, I see it is getting overwritten by
> >     up_serialout() invoked from stm32_serial.c::up_send.
> >
> >     Any suggestions on how I can best track this down further?
> >
> >     Thanks in advance!
> >
> >     --
> >     Peter Barada
> >     [email protected]
> >
> --
> Peter Barada
> [email protected]
>

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