SLAZ552W September   2014  – May 2021 MSP430FR4131

 

  1. 1Functional Advisories
  2. 2Preprogrammed Software Advisories
  3. 3Debug Only Advisories
  4. 4Fixed by Compiler Advisories
  5. 5Nomenclature, Package Symbolization, and Revision Identification
    1. 5.1 Device Nomenclature
    2. 5.2 Package Markings
      1.      DGG48
      2.      DGG56
      3.      PM64
    3. 5.3 Memory-Mapped Hardware Revision (TLV Structure)
  6. 6Advisory Descriptions
    1. 6.1  ADC39
    2. 6.2  ADC50
    3. 6.3  ADC63
    4. 6.4  CPU21
    5. 6.5  CPU22
    6. 6.6  CPU40
    7. 6.7  CPU46
    8. 6.8  CS11
    9. 6.9  CS13
    10. 6.10 EEM23
    11. 6.11 EEM28
    12. 6.12 EEM30
    13. 6.13 GC1
    14. 6.14 GC4
    15. 6.15 GC5
    16. 6.16 PMM32
    17. 6.17 PORT28
    18. 6.18 RTC15
    19. 6.19 SYS23
    20. 6.20 USCI41
    21. 6.21 USCI42
    22. 6.22 USCI45
    23. 6.23 USCI47
    24. 6.24 USCI50
  7. 7Revision History

6.7 CPU46

CPU Module

Category

Functional

Function

POPM peforms unexpected memory access and can cause VMAIFG to be set

Description

When the POPM assembly instruction is executed, the last Stack Pointer increment is followed by an unintended read access to the memory. If this read access is performed on vacant memory, the VMAIFG will be set and can trigger the corresponding interrupt (SFRIE1.VMAIE) if it is enabled. This issue occurs if the POPM assembly instruction is performed up to the top of the STACK.

Workaround

If the user is utilizing C, they will not be impacted by this issue. All TI/IAR/GCC pre-built libraries are not impacted by this bug. To ensure that POPM is never executed up to the memory border of the STACK when using assembly it is recommended to either

1. Initialize the SP to
a. TOP of STACK - 4 bytes if POPM.A is used
b. TOP of STACK - 2 bytes if POPM.W is used

OR

2. Use the POPM instruction for all but the last restore operation. For the the last restore operation use the POP assembly instruction instead.

For instance, instead of using:


POPM.W #5,R13



Use:


POPM.W #4,R12
POP.W R13



Refer to the table below for compiler-specific fix implementation information.

IDE/Compiler Version Number Notes
IAR Embedded Workbench Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.
TI MSP430 Compiler Tools (Code Composer Studio) Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.
MSP430 GNU Compiler (MSP430-GCC) Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.