stmhal: Make pendsv variable non-static so gcc-5 doesn't opt it away.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/stmhal/pendsv.c b/stmhal/pendsv.c
index 48fb79e20..5f5603f35 100644
--- a/stmhal/pendsv.c
+++ b/stmhal/pendsv.c
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 #include "py/runtime.h"
 #include "pendsv.h"
 
-// Note: this can contain point to the heap but is not traced by GC.
-// This is okay because we only ever set it to mp_const_vcp_interrupt
-// which is in the root-pointer set.
-STATIC void *pendsv_object;
+// This variable is used to save the exception object between a ctrl-C and the
+// PENDSV call that actually raises the exception.  It must be non-static
+// otherwise gcc-5 optimises it away.  It can point to the heap but is not
+// traced by GC.  This is okay because we only ever set it to
+// mp_const_vcp_interrupt which is in the root-pointer set.
+void *pendsv_object;
 
 void pendsv_init(void) {
     // set PendSV interrupt at lowest priority