[PATCH v11 5/5] elf: Remove __chk_fail from dl-minimal.c

Adhemerval Zanella <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:13:23 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The elf/rtld-Rules adds $(no-fortify-source) on rtld object, so
__chk_fail is never used.

Reviewed-by: Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
---
 elf/Makefile        | 1 +
 elf/dl-minimal.c    | 8 --------
 include/sys/cdefs.h | 1 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index b27191a09e3..0e7e66d2cac 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ endif
 # These symbols might be emitted by the compiler when fortify is enabled
 # (through builtins).
 rtld-stubbed-symbols += \
+  __GI___chk_fail \
   __GI___vfprintf_chk \
   __GI___vsprintf_chk \
   __GI___vsyslog_chk \
diff --git a/elf/dl-minimal.c b/elf/dl-minimal.c
index 591d49e3f52..4583c48db3f 100644
--- a/elf/dl-minimal.c
+++ b/elf/dl-minimal.c
@@ -163,14 +163,6 @@ __libc_fatal (const char *message)
 }
 rtld_hidden_def (__libc_fatal)
 
-void
-__attribute__ ((noreturn))
-__chk_fail (void)
-{
-  _exit (127);
-}
-rtld_hidden_def (__chk_fail)
-
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 /* Define (weakly) our own assert failure function which doesn't use stdio.
    If we are linked into the user program (-ldl), the normal __assert_fail
diff --git a/include/sys/cdefs.h b/include/sys/cdefs.h
index a676f75f625..33d0a47f431 100644
--- a/include/sys/cdefs.h
+++ b/include/sys/cdefs.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 extern void __chk_fail (void) __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
 libc_hidden_proto (__chk_fail)
-rtld_hidden_proto (__chk_fail)
 
 /* If we are using redirects internally to support long double,
    we need to tweak some macros to ensure the PLT bypass tricks
-- 
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