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fix(stm32f4): land #166 — erase every sector in range; each region its own sectors (rebased) - #168
Lands the work of #166 (by @Greeva48) on current master.
Why a separate PR: #166 is from a fork branch. It was approved on substance on 2026-11-01 and is blocked only by a tests/CMakeLists.txt anchor conflict: later merges (#158, and #162 via #167) added test registrations at the same anchor where #166 adds its own. Maintainer edits are enabled on #166, but the GitHub API does not permit pushing commits to fork branches (verified 2026-11-02: git-data writes to the fork return 404), so the rebase could not be done in #166's own branch. Same landing method as #167 for #162.
What this PR is: a merge commit whose FIRST PARENT is #166's head (d31b4d6) unchanged — the contributor's commits land exactly as authored — and whose second parent is current master (3babea1). The only new content is the tests/CMakeLists.txt conflict resolution, which keeps all three test registrations (test_stage0_boot_log, test_watchdog_rollback, test_stm32f4_flash_layout). No other file differs from the combination of #166 + master.
Fixes#165 (via #166's change: STM32F4 erase covers its full range and each flash region owns its sectors).
On merge, #166 will be closed as superseded by this PR with a pointer here.
Summary by Sourcery
Fix STM32F4 flash erasure and reorganize flash regions so updates cannot leave stale data or erase neighboring regions.
Bug Fixes:
Ensure STM32F4 flash erases clear every sector touched by the requested range instead of only the starting sector.
Prevent flash regions from sharing sectors by adopting a sector-aligned STM32F4 memory layout.
Enhancements:
Update STM32F4 firmware memory-map documentation and image-address guidance for the new region sizes and locations.
Documentation:
Document the STM32F4 sector geometry and sector-owned region layout across the architecture, memory-map, installation, quickstart, secure-boot, and threat-model documentation.
Tests:
Add unit coverage for STM32F4 sector mapping, erase-range validation, region alignment, sector ownership, and layout capacity.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Flash erase operations now clear every sector touched by the requested range, rather than only the sector containing its starting address. Invalid ranges are rejected.
Updates
STM32F4 flash regions now use whole erase sectors, with updated capacities for application slots, recovery, boot control, and boot logging.
Firmware packaging examples now use the updated load and entry addresses.
Documentation
Updated memory maps, architecture diagrams, and boot-chain descriptions to reflect the revised flash layout.
Confidence Score: 4/5
The PR appears safe to merge, with a non-blocking gap in tests for the actual erase loop.
### Issue 1
tests/unit/test_stm32f4_flash_layout.c:78-84
These tests check `stm32f4_flash_sector_range()`, but never call `stm32f4_flash_erase()`. They would still pass if the erase loop cleared only the first sector-the original bug. Add a test with fake flash registers or an injectable sector-erase function that checks both sectors are erased and that a later-sector error stops the loop and locks flash.
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Summary
The PR makes stm32f4_flash_erase() erase every sector touched by a request and gives each flash region separate sectors.
STM32F4 erase requests clear every sector in their range.
STM32F4 flash regions each occupy separate erase sectors.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
A[Erase request] --> B[Check range and find sectors]
B -->|Invalid| C[Return error without erasing]
B -->|Valid| D[Unlock flash]
D --> E[Erase next sector]
E --> F{Flash error?}
F -->|Yes| G[Clear error and lock flash]
F -->|No, more sectors| E
F -->|No, finished| H[Clear erase mode and lock flash]
…ectors
Two defects in the STM32F407 port, one result: erasing one region
destroyed others, and erasing a slot left most of it unerased.
1. stm32f4_flash_erase() did (void)len and erased only the sector that
held addr. A slot spans several sectors, so eos_fw_update_begin()'s
slot erase cleared one sector and left stale image bytes in the rest,
which the program step cannot overwrite (flash bits only go 1 -> 0).
2. The memory map put Slot B's last 64K, the recovery image, both boot
control copies and the boot log in sector 11 (0x080E0000, 128K). The
F407 erases whole sectors, so every eos_bootctl_save() -- which erases
the primary and then the backup copy -- wiped the backup copy, the
log, the recovery image and the end of Slot B as well.
The erase now takes [first, last] from stm32f4_flash_sector_range() in
board_stm32f4.h (RM0090 geometry: 4 x 16K, 1 x 64K, 7 x 128K) and erases
each sector in turn; a zero length or a range that wraps or leaves the
array is EOS_ERR_INVALID with nothing erased.
The map is re-laid on sector boundaries. Stage-0 (s0) and stage-1 (s1-3)
are unchanged, so stm32f4_stage0.ld / stm32f4_stage1.ld and the stage-1
vector offset still match. Six regions for the remaining eight sectors
leave four 128K sectors for the A/B pair:
s4 0x08010000 64K boot log
s5-6 0x08020000 256K Slot A
s7-8 0x08060000 256K Slot B
s9 0x080A0000 128K recovery image
s10 0x080C0000 128K boot control (primary)
s11 0x080E0000 128K boot control (backup)
This shrinks each slot from 448K to 256K and moves Slot A's base from
0x08010000 to 0x08020000, so images built for the old Slot A address
must be relinked; the "device config / reserved" area is gone. Docs that
state the map (architecture, memory-map, secure_boot_chain,
threat_model, the imgpack examples in quickstart/installation_usage)
and their copy in llms-full.txt are updated to match.
test_stm32f4_flash_layout: new suite that checks the sector lookup
against RM0090, that an erase range covers every sector it touches
(slot A -> 5..6, slot B -> 7..8, spanning the 16K/64K/128K changes)
and rejects empty/out-of-range requests, and that every region is
sector-aligned with no sector shared by two regions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This PR fixes STM32F4 flash updates by erasing every sector touched by a requested range and redesigning the 1MB layout so each region owns whole sectors, with host tests validating the geometry and boundaries; documentation and packaging examples are updated to match the new 256K-per-slot map, and the fork-originated work is landed via a conflict-resolving merge.
Sequence diagram for STM32F4 range erase
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant Flash as stm32f4_flash_erase
participant Geometry as stm32f4_flash_sector_range
participant HW as STM32F4_FLASH
Caller->>Flash: stm32f4_flash_erase(addr, len)
Flash->>Geometry: stm32f4_flash_sector_range(addr, len, first, last)
alt invalid range
Geometry-->>Flash: -1
Flash-->>Caller: EOS_ERR_INVALID
else valid range
Geometry-->>Flash: first, last
Flash->>HW: flash_unlock()
loop each sector from first through last
Flash->>HW: flash_wait_busy()
Flash->>HW: configure sector erase
Flash->>HW: start erase
Flash->>HW: flash_wait_busy()
end
Flash-->>Caller: erase result
end
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Reworked STM32F4 flash erasure and partitioning so every erase covers all touched hardware sectors while each logical region exclusively owns complete sectors.
Added validated sector lookup and range calculation for the F407’s 16K/64K/128K geometry, including rejection of empty, out-of-bounds, and wrapping ranges.
Changed erase execution to iterate from the first through last touched sector with per-sector status handling.
Reassigned flash regions and sizes so boot log, A/B slots, recovery, and primary/backup boot control no longer share sectors.
Added host-side tests covering sector mapping, range boundaries, layout alignment, region overlap, and capacity constraints.
Updated project documentation and firmware packaging examples to reflect the new STM32F4 memory map and reduced application slot addresses and capacities.
Moved application load and entry examples from 0x08010000 to 0x08020000.
Documented sector-aligned region ownership, new boot-control locations, and 256K A/B slots.
Updated architecture, memory-map, secure-boot, and threat-model descriptions.
Landed the fork-originated STM32F4 fix on current master through a merge commit while preserving all test registrations during conflict resolution.
Retained the contributor’s commits as the first parent and resolved the tests/CMakeLists.txt anchor conflict by keeping all three relevant test registrations.
Included the generated/full model text update associated with the rebased landing.
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Walkthrough
The STM32F4 flash map now assigns each region whole erase sectors. Flash erase validates the requested range and erases every sector it spans. Tests and documentation reflect the revised map and image addresses.
Changes: STM32F4 flash erase and layout
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Summary
Sector-based flash map and range utilities boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h, docs/architecture.md, docs/memory-map.md, llms-full.txt
The flash regions now use whole sectors, with revised addresses and sizes. New utilities map addresses to sectors and identify the first and last sectors in a valid range.
Erase every sector in a valid range boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.c
stm32f4_flash_erase now erases each sector touched by the requested range. It returns EOS_ERR_INVALID for invalid ranges and clears flash error state, locks flash, and returns EOS_ERR_FLASH on a sector error.
The new unit test checks sector mappings, range validation, region alignment and ownership, and layout capacities. Test registration and documentation examples and diagrams reflect the revised layout and image addresses.
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The PR addresses both coding requirements in #165. stm32f4_flash_erase() now validates [addr, addr + len), identifies every touched sector, and erases the sectors in range. The STM32F4 map assigns…
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The PR addresses both coding requirements in #165. stm32f4_flash_erase() now validates [addr, addr + len), identifies every touched sector, and erases the sectors in range. The STM32F4 map assigns complete, separate sectors to the boot log, slots A and B, recovery, and both boot-control regions. test_stm32f4_flash_layout covers sector mapping, erase ranges, invalid ranges, alignment, sector ownership, and layout capacity.
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Fix STM32F4 range erasure and isolate flash regions by sector
🐞 Bug fix🧪 Tests📝 Documentation🕐 40+ Minutes
AI Description
• Erase every STM32F407 sector touched by a valid range, preventing stale firmware bytes.
• Give slots, recovery, boot control copies, and the log separate sectors to prevent collateral
erasure.
• Test sector mapping and layout invariants; update memory maps and firmware address examples.
Diagram
graph TD
A["Erase request"] --> B["Sector range helper"] --> C{"Valid range?"}
C -->|Yes| D["Erase touched sectors"] --> E["Sector-owned regions"]
C -->|No| F["Reject erase"]
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High-Level Assessment
The following are alternative approaches to this PR:
1. Journal shared metadata sectors
➕ Could reclaim flash currently dedicated to separate boot-control sectors.
➖ Requires a more complex, power-failure-safe storage design and changes the boot-control persistence model.
2. Add external flash
➕ Could retain more internal flash for application slots.
➖ Requires hardware support, a new storage path, and additional recovery considerations.
Recommendation: Use the PR's whole-sector ownership layout for the existing STM32F407 board: it matches the erase hardware and keeps isolation straightforward. Consider alternative storage only if the reduction from 448 KB to 256 KB per application slot is unacceptable.
Files changed (11) +348 / -91
Bug fix (2) +99 / -47
board_stm32f4.cErase every sector in a validated range+20/-29
Erase every sector in a validated range
• Replaces single-sector erasure with a loop over the sectors touched by the requested range. Invalid ranges return before flash is unlocked.
test_stm32f4_flash_layout.cTest erase ranges and exclusive sector ownership+184/-0
Test erase ranges and exclusive sector ownership
• Covers sector geometry, multi-sector and invalid erase ranges, region alignment and non-overlap, and layout capacity. Tests the header helpers and map without accessing hardware flash registers.
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Erase loop goes untested
These tests check stm32f4_flash_sector_range(), but never call stm32f4_flash_erase(). They would still pass if the erase loop cleared only the first sector—the original bug. Add a test with fake flash registers or an injectable sector-erase function that checks both sectors are erased and that a later-sector error stops the loop and locks flash.
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**Erase loop goes untested**
These tests check `stm32f4_flash_sector_range()`, but never call `stm32f4_flash_erase()`. They would still pass if the erase loop cleared only the first sector—the original bug. Add a test with fake flash registers or an injectable sector-erase function that checks both sectors are erased and that a later-sector error stops the loop and locks flash.
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Linked issues
#165 STM32F4: flash erase ignores its length, and five flash regions share one 128 KB sector · 2 of 2 met
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Requirement
Status
Notes
1
Erase every sector touched by the requested flash range, including all sectors in a slot.
✅ Met
stm32f4_flash_erase() gets the first and last sectors from the range helper and erases each sector in turn.
2
Keep Slot B's tail, the recovery image, both boot-control copies, and the boot log from sharing one sector.
✅ Met
The updated map assigns the log, Slot B, recovery image, primary boot control, and backup boot control to distinct whole sectors.
Sourcery assessment
Needs a human reviewer. The new firmware reads boot control, recovery, and application images from different flash sectors without migrating data already stored at the old addresses; on an existing device, those records may appear missing, and later erases can permanently overwrite bytes the old layout used. Reverting the code cannot restore erased flash contents, and the new layout decision affects every STM32F4 device built with it.
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View medium (4) 1. Generated firmware targets boot log 🔗
Description
EosConfigGenerator.generate_boot_yaml() in ebuild still places STM32F4 Slot A at 0x08016000,
which this change places inside eBoot’s new boot-log sector. When ebuild generates flash and linker
inputs for an updated eBoot build, those inputs target the log instead of the slot eBoot scans at
0x08020000.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
Ebuild generates STM32F4 firmware addresses independently; its Slot A address now falls in eBoot’s boot-log sector.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-55]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/ebuild/eos_ai/eos_config_generator.py[95-125]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/ebuild/eos_ai/eos_boot_integrator.py[48-85]
## Recommended Fix
Update ebuild’s STM32F4 layout generation to use the sector-aligned eBoot addresses and 256 KiB slot limits, then regenerate and check its flash-layout and linker outputs against the board definitions.
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Both factory-reset paths set log_head to zero without erasing the isolated log sector, and
eos_boot_log_append() wraps its 32-entry head without erasing or rotating programmed storage. If
entry zero was already written when a reset occurs, or the log fills and wraps on STM32F4, later
writes can be corrupted or rejected and leave the head stuck, while pre-reset entries remain
available through log collection.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
Factory reset and 32-entry rollover can both reuse programmed storage in the isolated STM32F4 log sector. Make reset-event recording and writes after rollover reliable without unintentionally retaining pre-reset entries.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-49]
- core/recovery.c[410-426]
- core/recovery.c[517-530]
- core/boot_log.c[36-54]
- core/boot_log.c[77-89]
## Recommended Fix
In both factory-reset paths, explicitly clear the log and check the erase result before appending the reset event, then persist the resulting head consistently with the boot-control block. Make rollover flash-aware by erasing or rotating storage before reusing programmed entries while preserving the intended log history; handle erase and write failures without advancing the head. Test factory reset with entry zero already programmed and writes beyond one full ring using a flash model that forbids 0-to-1 programming.
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The usage example in tools/imgpack.py still supplies 0x08010000 as the load and entry address,
although that address now belongs to the boot log rather than Slot A. A user following that example
for STM32F4 can create an image with an authenticated entry outside its firmware slot, which the
boot path uses as its jump address.
Agent prompt
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
The packer's usage example retains the former STM32F4 Slot A address, which the new map assigns to the boot log.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-52]
- tools/imgpack.py[10-14]
## Recommended Fix
Update the packer example to use the new STM32F4 Slot A placement and a suitable entry address inside the image payload, or make the example explicitly board-neutral with instructions to substitute the target board's addresses.
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The new STM32F4 addresses make eBoot read boot control and scan slots at different locations from
those used by ebuild’s vendored eBoot snapshot. If an ebuild-provisioned device is moved to this
bootloader without a flash-layout migration, its existing control copies and firmware images remain
at the old addresses and are not found.
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## Issue description
Ebuild’s vendored STM32F4 bootloader uses the previous slot and boot-control addresses. Devices provisioned with that layout cannot retain their images and boot state merely by installing the new bootloader.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-64]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/core/eboot/boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[18-50]
## Recommended Fix
Coordinate the ebuild source update with a device reprovisioning or migration procedure that places compatible images and boot-control data at the new addresses before booting the new layout.
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1. Factory resets can lose their log event 🐞 Bug☼ Reliability
Both factory-reset paths set log_head to zero without erasing the isolated log sector, and
eos_boot_log_append() wraps its 32-entry head without erasing or rotating programmed storage. If
entry zero was already written when a reset occurs, or the log fills and wraps on STM32F4, later
writes can be corrupted or rejected and leave the head stuck, while pre-reset entries remain
available through log collection.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
Factory reset and 32-entry rollover can both reuse programmed storage in the isolated STM32F4 log sector. Make reset-event recording and writes after rollover reliable without unintentionally retaining pre-reset entries.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-49]
- core/recovery.c[410-426]
- core/recovery.c[517-530]
- core/boot_log.c[36-54]
- core/boot_log.c[77-89]
## Recommended Fix
In both factory-reset paths, explicitly clear the log and check the erase result before appending the reset event, then persist the resulting head consistently with the boot-control block. Make rollover flash-aware by erasing or rotating storage before reusing programmed entries while preserving the intended log history; handle erase and write failures without advancing the head. Test factory reset with entry zero already programmed and writes beyond one full ring using a flash model that forbids 0-to-1 programming.
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3. The packer example targets the boot log 🐞 Bug≡ Correctness
The usage example in tools/imgpack.py still supplies 0x08010000 as the load and entry address,
although that address now belongs to the boot log rather than Slot A. A user following that example
for STM32F4 can create an image with an authenticated entry outside its firmware slot, which the
boot path uses as its jump address.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
The packer's usage example retains the former STM32F4 Slot A address, which the new map assigns to the boot log.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-52]
- tools/imgpack.py[10-14]
## Recommended Fix
Update the packer example to use the new STM32F4 Slot A placement and a suitable entry address inside the image payload, or make the example explicitly board-neutral with instructions to substitute the target board's addresses.
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EosConfigGenerator.generate_boot_yaml() in ebuild still places STM32F4 Slot A at 0x08016000,
which this change places inside eBoot’s new boot-log sector. When ebuild generates flash and linker
inputs for an updated eBoot build, those inputs target the log instead of the slot eBoot scans at
0x08020000.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
Ebuild generates STM32F4 firmware addresses independently; its Slot A address now falls in eBoot’s boot-log sector.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-55]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/ebuild/eos_ai/eos_config_generator.py[95-125]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/ebuild/eos_ai/eos_boot_integrator.py[48-85]
## Recommended Fix
Update ebuild’s STM32F4 layout generation to use the sector-aligned eBoot addresses and 256 KiB slot limits, then regenerate and check its flash-layout and linker outputs against the board definitions.
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The new STM32F4 addresses make eBoot read boot control and scan slots at different locations from
those used by ebuild’s vendored eBoot snapshot. If an ebuild-provisioned device is moved to this
bootloader without a flash-layout migration, its existing control copies and firmware images remain
at the old addresses and are not found.
Agent Prompt
## Issue description
Ebuild’s vendored STM32F4 bootloader uses the previous slot and boot-control addresses. Devices provisioned with that layout cannot retain their images and boot state merely by installing the new bootloader.
## Fix Focus Areas
- boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[48-64]
- /cross_repos/ebuild/core/eboot/boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.h[18-50]
## Recommended Fix
Coordinate the ebuild source update with a device reprovisioning or migration procedure that places compatible images and boot-control data at the new addresses before booting the new layout.
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- Line 137: Update the sector-erasure loop so the watchdog is fed after each
successful erase, before proceeding to the next sector; do not feed it on an
erase failure. Keep the watchdog interval longer than the worst-case duration of
one sector erase.
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docs/quickstart.md
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llms-full.txt
tests/CMakeLists.txt
tests/unit/test_stm32f4_flash_layout.c
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set -eu
printf'%s\n''--- HAL watchdog wrapper ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{c,h}' -e 'void eos_hal_watchdog_feed' -e 'eos_hal_watchdog_feed(void)' -e 'watchdog_feed' hal core include boards | head -80
printf'%s\n''--- HAL implementation context ---'forfin hal/*.c core/hal*.c;do
[ -f"$f" ] ||continueif rg -q -F 'eos_hal_watchdog_feed'"$f";then
nl -ba "$f"| sed -n '1,220p'fidone
Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot
Length of output: 8528
Web query:
STM32F407 datasheet 128 Kbyte sector erase time maximum x8 parallelism 4 seconds
Result:
Sources consulted:
- DS8626_STM32F40xxx.book — https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32f407ig.pdf
- Datasheet - STM32F405xx STM32F407xx - Arm<Sup>®</Sup> Cortex<Sup>®</Sup>-M4 32b MCU+FPU, 210DMIPS, up to 1MB flash/192+4KB RAM, USB OTG HS/FS, Ethernet, 17 TIMs, 3 ADCs, 15 comm. interfaces, and camera — https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32f405og.pdf
- STM32F405xx STM32F407xx — https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32f405rg.pdf
- Datasheet - STM32F405xx STM32F407xx - Arm<Sup>®</Sup> Cortex<Sup>®</Sup>-M4 32b MCU+FPU, 210DMIPS, up to 1MB flash/192+4KB RAM, USB OTG HS/FS, Ethernet, 17 TIMs, 3 ADCs, 15 comm. interfaces, and camera — https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32f407ie.pdf
- STM32F405xx STM32F407xx — https://www.st.com.cn/resource/en/datasheet/stm32f405oe.pdf
- …and 18 more
Feed the watchdog between sector erases.
Both factory-reset paths erase Slot A and Slot B consecutively. Each slot spans two 128 KiB sectors, so the current loop can perform four blocking erases before the recovery loop feeds the watchdog. The documented worst-case total exceeds the 8-second watchdog interval. A watchdog reset can therefore interrupt factory reset after the slots are partially erased.
Feed the watchdog after each successful sector erase. Keep the watchdog interval longer than the worst-case time for one sector erase.
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Review comment at @boards/stm32f4/board_stm32f4.c at line 137:
Update the sector-erasure loop so the watchdog is fed after each successful
erase, before proceeding to the next sector; do not feed it on an erase failure.
Keep the watchdog interval longer than the worst-case duration of one sector
erase.
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Lands the work of #166 (by @Greeva48) on current master.
Why a separate PR: #166 is from a fork branch. It was approved on substance on 2026-11-01 and is blocked only by a tests/CMakeLists.txt anchor conflict: later merges (#158, and #162 via #167) added test registrations at the same anchor where #166 adds its own. Maintainer edits are enabled on #166, but the GitHub API does not permit pushing commits to fork branches (verified 2026-11-02: git-data writes to the fork return 404), so the rebase could not be done in #166's own branch. Same landing method as #167 for #162.
What this PR is: a merge commit whose FIRST PARENT is #166's head (d31b4d6) unchanged — the contributor's commits land exactly as authored — and whose second parent is current master (3babea1). The only new content is the tests/CMakeLists.txt conflict resolution, which keeps all three test registrations (test_stage0_boot_log, test_watchdog_rollback, test_stm32f4_flash_layout). No other file differs from the combination of #166 + master.
Fixes #165 (via #166's change: STM32F4 erase covers its full range and each flash region owns its sectors).
On merge, #166 will be closed as superseded by this PR with a pointer here.
Summary by Sourcery
Fix STM32F4 flash erasure and reorganize flash regions so updates cannot leave stale data or erase neighboring regions.
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Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Updates
Documentation
The PR appears safe to merge, with a non-blocking gap in tests for the actual erase loop.
Findings
Fix with agent prompt
Summary
The PR makes
stm32f4_flash_erase()erase every sector touched by a request and gives each flash region separate sectors.Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%% flowchart LR A[Erase request] --> B[Check range and find sectors] B -->|Invalid| C[Return error without erasing] B -->|Valid| D[Unlock flash] D --> E[Erase next sector] E --> F{Flash error?} F -->|Yes| G[Clear error and lock flash] F -->|No, more sectors| E F -->|No, finished| H[Clear erase mode and lock flash]Reviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: "Merge PR #166 head with master — maintai..." · Reviewed by Greptile