Duplicate symbol _Py_jit_entry when built with --enable-exterimental-jit
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
When building with the --enable-experimental-jit option, the _Py_jit_entry symbol is duplicated in Python/ceval.o and Modules/_testinternalcapi/interpreter.o preventing them from being linked into the same DSO.
The later symbol was added in #143944. This symbol should likely be marked as extern.
I found this issue when building 3.15.0a6 for python-build-standalone, astral-sh/python-build-standalone#981. The build is configured so that the _testinternalcapi module is statically linked into the interpreter.
cpython-3.15> ld64.lld: error: duplicate symbol: _Py_jit_entry
cpython-3.15> >>> defined in Python/ceval.o
cpython-3.15> >>> defined in Modules/_testinternalcapi/interpreter.o
cpython-3.15> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch, 3.15
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
Linked PRs
- gh-144713
- gh-145840
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Research direction
Inspect the definitions producing Python/ceval.o and Modules/_testinternalcapi/interpreter.o under --enable-experimental-jit, then compare the declaration introduced by #143944. Done means the two objects can be linked into the same DSO without a duplicate _Py_jit_entry symbol, including the macOS build configuration.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
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