[GHC] #9315: Weird change in allocation numbers of T9203

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#9315: Weird change in allocation numbers of T9203
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              Reporter:  nomeata     |             Owner:  simonmar
                  Type:  bug         |            Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |         Milestone:
             Component:  Runtime     |           Version:  7.9
  System                             |          Keywords:
            Resolution:              |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
Differential Revisions:              |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
          Architecture:              |         Test Case:
  Unknown/Multiple                   |          Blocking:
            Difficulty:  Unknown     |
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Comment (by nomeata):

 >  The perf tests don't guarantee to pass unless you use the validate
 settings, I think that's unavoidable.

 True; but it seems that we would want to validate the settings used for
 release, aren’t we? Otherwise there might be a regression affecting our
 releases, and we won’t notice....

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