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Initially, ESP-IDF used the do_global_ctors() function to run global constructors. This was done to accommodate Xtensa targets that emit .ctors.* sections, which are ordered in descending order. For RISC-V, compilation used .init_array.* sections, which are designed to have ascending order. Priority constructors in .init_array.* sections were correctly processed in ascending order. However, non-priority .init_array section was processed in descending order, as it was done for Xtensa .ctors. Starting with ESP-IDF v6.0, the implementation switched to the standard LibC behavior (__libc_init_array()), which processes both priority and non-priority constructors in ascending order. To achieve this, a breaking changes were introduced: - Xtensa .ctors.* priority entries converted to .init_array.* format (ascending), to be passed to __libc_init_array(). - Processing order of non-priority .init_array and .ctors sections was changed from descending to ascending. Also, this change introduces .preinit_array for linking. This may be needed for some C++ or sanitizer features. Related to https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/15529