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2.3

Exception model

This section describes the exception model.

2.3.1

Exception states

Each exception is in one of the following states:

2.3.2

Exception types

The exception types are:

Inactive

The exception is not active and not pending.

Pending

The exception is waiting to be serviced by the processor. An interrupt

request from a peripheral or from software can change the state of the

corresponding interrupt to pending.

Active

An exception that is being serviced by the processor but has not

completed.

Note: An exception handler can interrupt the execution of another exception

handler. In this case both exceptions are in the active state.

Active and pending

The exception is being serviced by the processor and there is a

pending exception from the same source.

Reset

Reset is invoked on power up or warm reset. The exception model

treats reset as a special form of exception. When reset is asserted, the

operation of the processor stops, potentially at any point in an

instruction. When reset is deasserted, execution restarts in Thread

mode from the address provided by the reset entry in the vector table.

NMI

A NonMaskable Interrupt (NMI) can be signalled by a peripheral or

triggered by software. This is the highest priority exception other than

reset. It is permanently enabled and has a fixed priority of -2. NMIs

cannot be:

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Masked or prevented from activation by any other exception

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Preempted by any exception other than Reset.

Hard fault

A hard fault is an exception that occurs because of an error during

normal exception processing. Hard faults have a fixed priority of -1,

meaning they have higher priority than any exception with configurable

priority.

SVCall

A supervisor call (SVC) is an exception that is triggered by the SVC

instruction. In an OS environment, applications can use SVC

instructions to access OS kernel functions and device drivers.

PendSV

PendSV is an interrupt-driven request for system-level service. In an

OS environment, use PendSV for context switching when no other

exception is active.

SysTick

A SysTick exception is an exception the system timer generates when

it reaches zero. Software can also generate a SysTick exception. In an

OS environment, the processor can use this exception as system tick.

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