[GHC] #13624: loadObj() does not respect alignment

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#13624: loadObj() does not respect alignment
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        Reporter:  tmcdonell         |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Runtime System    |              Version:  8.0.1
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      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  linker
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by bgamari):

 For the record, each segment has an associated set of permission flags.
 IIRC, two sections of mapping characteristics won't end up in the same
 segment.

 However, we nevertheless can't use segments for an unrelated reason: only
 executables and shared objects are organized into segments. Our runtime
 linker is only concerned with object files, which have no useful segment
 organizations AFAIK. Oh well.

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