[PATCH] um: Allow multiple symbol definitions for GCOV builds

[Alex Hung]

On 7/22/26 08:02, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 2026-07-21 at 16:23 -0600, Alex Hung wrote:
>>>
>>> I cannot see how that would possibly result in correct behaviour (beyond
>>> being able to link)??
> 
>> Good point. --allow-multiple-definition silences the linker error, but
>> picking kernel or libgcov's mangle_path() will break the other at runtime.
>>
>> I saw your previous patch
>> (https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2103.1/06604.html) to rename
>> mangle_path() to seq_mangle_path(). How about reviving it to avoid name
>> conflicts instead?
> 
> Honestly, I completely forgot about that. Looks like I ran into the
> typical "nobody wants to merge it" problem ...
> 
> johannes

Is there any concerns or blockers to merge them? I sure want to revive them.

The series may also have a solution for the other patch I sent 
(https://lore.kernel.org/linux-um/eea36454-cbbe-4690-980d-b4ec9423f3a0@amd.com/T/#u).

I will test the series and report here later.