[GHC] #13112: Windows 64-bit GHC HEAD segfaults on the code with a lot of TH stuff.

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#13112: Windows 64-bit GHC HEAD segfaults on the code with a lot of TH stuff.
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        Reporter:  awson         |                Owner:
            Type:  bug           |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal        |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler      |              Version:  8.1
      Resolution:                |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows       |         Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown  |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                |             Blocking:
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Comment (by quyse):

 Replying to [comment:9 awson]:
 > FYI, I've built (slightly patched) GHC HEAD (170118) with
 `USE_LARGE_ADDRESS_SPACE` enabled.
 >
 > Now it automatically allocates main heap at 2GB mark (no need to give
 any extra options, since Windows already can't find 1TB or contiguous
 address space starting below 2GB mark) and things work '''perfectly'''.
 >
 > Apparently, also there are no problems with `USE_LARGE_ADDRESS_SPACE` on
 W10 1607. Woohoo!
 Hi, I'm seeing these segfaults on Windows too with GHC 8.0.2 building my
 own code using TH. Is there a GHC patch I can apply to fix this? I tried
 using `-fexternal-interpreter`, it works on development machine, but
 frequently hangs indefinitely on CI machine.

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