linker _Min_Stack_Size and _Min_Heap_Size

Hello, I am using FreeRTOS since quite a while. Today, I found in my linker script the settings for MinStackSize and _MinHeap_Size. Can’t I just set those to 0 and save some memory? FreeRTOS is allocating its own memory anyways outside these regions, doesn’t it? Thanks, Michael S.

linker _Min_Stack_Size and _Min_Heap_Size

The stack set up by your linker is used when main() is called so it is still needed. As you mention, once the kernel is started each task has its own stack which is allocated by the kernel itself. What happens to the stack used by main() after that depends on your architecture. If you are using a Cortex-M then the stack is re-purposed for use by interrupts.