[GHC] #9416: newArray# incorrectly inlines big arrays (overflow1.hs SIGSEGVS on ./validate --slow)

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#9416: newArray# incorrectly inlines big arrays (overflow1.hs SIGSEGVS on
./validate --slow)
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              Reporter:  slyfox      |            Owner:  tibbe
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
             Component:  Compiler    |          Version:  7.8.3
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:
      Operating System:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
       Type of failure:              |  hour)
  None/Unknown                       |       Blocked By:
             Test Case:              |  Related Tickets:
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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Comment (by tibbe):

 I'm working on it. Turns out that trying to fix this exposes all of ours
 sins i.e. all the places where we use `Int` where we should have used
 `Word`, for example in `wordsToBytes` and perhaps `ByteOff`.

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