[GHC] #5188: Runtime error when allocating lots of memory

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#5188: Runtime error when allocating lots of memory
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        Reporter:  knyblad       |            Owner:
            Type:  bug           |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  low           |        Milestone:  7.6.2
       Component:  GHCi          |          Version:  6.12.1
      Resolution:                |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux         |     Architecture:  x86
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by thoughtpolice):

 I reverted 48865521 (and its kin) because unfortunately it causes a
 validate failure on amd64/Linux, where the conditional in patch #2 is
 always false, meaning we will always calculate `size = n * MBLOCK_SIZE`.

 I'll look into this shortly.

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