[GHC] #7831: Bad fragmentation when allocating many large objects

[GHC]

#7831: Bad fragmentation when allocating many large objects
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    Reporter:  ezyang            |       Owner:  ezyang          
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  7.8.1           
   Component:  Runtime System    |     Version:  7.7             
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
     Related:                    |  
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Comment(by josef):

 Over ten years ago we ran into a similar problem with the ocaml garbage
 collector. Below a link to the reply we got from Damien Doligez, the ocaml
 gc guru. Hopefully it can contribute in some way to resolving this issue.

 http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-
 list/2003/01/e8ee9d44073ff9cb7d257fef86bc8f53.en.html

 Just my 2 cents.

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