[GHC] #8279: bad alignment in code gen yields substantial perf issue

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#8279: bad alignment in code gen  yields substantial perf issue
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        Reporter:  carter                   |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                      |           Status:  new
        Priority:  highest                  |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler                 |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                           |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple         |     Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime performance bug  |  Unknown/Multiple
       Test Case:                           |       Difficulty:  Unknown
        Blocking:                           |       Blocked By:
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Comment (by ezyang):

 The bad cache behavior of tables next to code has been observed in
 http://njn.valgrind.org/pubs/cache-large-lazy2002.ps (some of the
 discussion there is out-of-date, as it predates dynamic pointer tagging).

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