https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66826
Bug ID: 66826 Summary: Unused dlsym return results in segfault Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: quae at daurnimator dot com Target Milestone: --- Having a weird issue here: if I dlsym() something in a constructor, but don't use the result; the shared library segfaults at load. bug-main.c: #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <dlfcn.h> int main() { void *foo = dlopen("./shared.so", RTLD_NOW); void (*some_exported_function)() = dlsym(foo, "some_exported_function"); some_exported_function(); return 0; } bug-shared.c: #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <dlfcn.h> #include <stdio.h> static int (*pointer) (); static int stub () { return 0; } __attribute__((constructor)) static void some_init() { if ((pointer = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "anything")) == NULL) { pointer = stub; } } void some_exported_function() { printf("in some_exported_function\n"); printf("%p\n", pointer); } Compile with: gcc -shared -O2 -fPIC bug-shared.c -ldl -o shared.so gcc -O2 -fPIC bug-main.c -ldl Now comment out the `printf` of the pointer in bug-shared.c; and it'll get a segfault. Backtrace: #0 0x00007ffff7de4b77 in _dl_lookup_symbol_x () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #1 0x00007ffff7951b91 in do_sym () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007ffff7bd80f4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #3 0x00007ffff7de9f94 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #4 0x00007ffff7bd85e1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #5 0x00007ffff7bd8148 in dlsym () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #6 0x00007ffff7dea0ea in call_init.part () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #7 0x00007ffff7dea1fb in _dl_init () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #8 0x00007ffff7dee627 in dl_open_worker () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #9 0x00007ffff7de9f94 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #10 0x00007ffff7dede01 in _dl_open () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #11 0x00007ffff7bd7fc9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #12 0x00007ffff7de9f94 in _dl_catch_error () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #13 0x00007ffff7bd85e1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #14 0x00007ffff7bd8061 in dlopen () from /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 #15 0x0000000000400622 in main () $ gcc -dumpversion 5.1.0 Works fine with -O0 Works fine with clang