[GHC] #8158: Replace IO manager's IntMap with a mutable hash table

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#8158: Replace IO manager's IntMap with a mutable hash table
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        Reporter:  bos         |            Owner:  AndreasVoellmy
            Type:  feature     |           Status:  patch
  request                      |        Milestone:  7.8.1
        Priority:  high        |          Version:  7.7
       Component:              |         Keywords:
  libraries/base               |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Resolution:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1 hour)
Operating System:              |       Blocked By:
  Unknown/Multiple             |  Related Tickets:
 Type of failure:  Other       |
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        Blocking:              |
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Comment (by bos):

 That matches what I see: a nice performance bump with a small number of
 cores, and it's harder to see an effect as the number of cores increases.
 (No idea why, but presumably it means there's a bottleneck somewhere else
 as the core count rises.)

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