Disable global objects destruction

hal/common/retarget.cpp

@@ -629,6 +629,64 @@ extern "C" void exit(int return_code) {
 } //namespace std
 #endif
 
+#if defined(TOOLCHAIN_ARM) || defined(TOOLCHAIN_GCC)
+
+// This series of function disable the registration of global destructors
+// in a dynamic table which will be called when the application exit.
+// In mbed, program never exit properly, it dies.
+// More informations about this topic for ARMCC here:
+// http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.faqs/6449.html
+extern "C" {
+int __aeabi_atexit(void *object, void (*dtor)(void* /*this*/), void *handle) {
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int __cxa_atexit(void (*dtor)(void* /*this*/), void *object, void *handle) {
+    return 1;
+}
+
+void __cxa_finalize(void *handle) {
+}
+
+} // end of extern "C"
+
+#endif
+
+
+#if defined(TOOLCHAIN_GCC)
+
+/*
+ * Depending on how newlib is  configured, it is often not enough to define
+ * __aeabi_atexit, __cxa_atexit and __cxa_finalize in order to override the
+ * behavior regarding the registration of handlers with atexit.
+ *
+ * To overcome this limitation, exit and atexit are overriden here.
+ */
+extern "C"{
+
+/**
+ * @brief Retarget of exit for GCC.
+ * @details Unlike the standard version, this function doesn't call any function
+ * registered with atexit before calling _exit.
+ */
+void __wrap_exit(int return_code) {
+    _exit(return_code);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Retarget atexit from GCC.
+ * @details This function will always fail and never register any handler to be
+ * called at exit.
+ */
+int __wrap_atexit(void (*func)()) {
+    return 1;
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
 
 namespace mbed {
 

rtos/rtx/TARGET_CORTEX_M/RTX_CM_lib.h

@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ void pre_main(void) {
     singleton_mutex_id = osMutexCreate(osMutex(singleton_mutex));
     malloc_mutex_id = osMutexCreate(osMutex(malloc_mutex));
     env_mutex_id = osMutexCreate(osMutex(env_mutex));
-    atexit(__libc_fini_array);
     __libc_init_array();
     main(0, NULL);
 }

tools/toolchains/gcc.py

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ class GCC(mbedToolchain):
         'c': ["-std=gnu99"],
         'cxx': ["-std=gnu++98", "-fno-rtti", "-Wvla"],
         'ld': ["-Wl,--gc-sections", "-Wl,--wrap,main",
-            "-Wl,--wrap,_malloc_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_free_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_realloc_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_calloc_r"],
+            "-Wl,--wrap,_malloc_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_free_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_realloc_r", "-Wl,--wrap,_calloc_r",
+            "-Wl,--wrap,exit", "-Wl,--wrap,atexit"],
     }
 
     def __init__(self, target, options=None, notify=None, macros=None, silent=False, tool_path="", extra_verbose=False):

tools/toolchains/iar.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class IAR(mbedToolchain):
             "--diag_suppress=Pa050,Pa084,Pa093,Pa082"],
         'asm': [],
         'c': ["--vla"],
-        'cxx': ["--guard_calls"],
+        'cxx': ["--guard_calls", "--no_static_destruction"],
         'ld': ["--skip_dynamic_initialization", "--threaded_lib"],
     }