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
This option is not enabled by default because many existing tests
use integer assertions to check the pointers:
TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(NULL, pointer)
This causes a "cast from pointer to integer of different size"
(-Wpointer-to-int-cast) warning to be generated, as Unity converts
every argument to UNITY_UINT first, and with 64-bit support enabled,
UNITY_UINT becomes a 64-bit unsigned type.
This commit refactors backtracing within the panic handler so that a common
function esp_backtrace_get_next_frame() is used iteratively to traverse a
callstack.
A esp_backtrace_print() function has also be added that allows the printing
of a backtrace at runtime. The esp_backtrace_print() function allows unity to
print the backtrace of failed test cases and jump back to the main test menu
without the need reset the chip. esp_backtrace_print() can also be used as a
debugging function by users.
- esp_stack_ptr_is_sane() moved to soc_memory_layout.h
- removed uncessary includes of "esp_debug_helpers.h"
New unity component can be used for testing other applications.
Upstream version of Unity is included as a submodule.
Utilities specific to ESP-IDF unit tests (partitions, leak checking
setup/teardown functions, etc) are kept only in unit-test-app.
Kconfig options are added to allow disabling certain Unity features.
