[GHC] #4505: Segmentation fault on long input (list of pairs)

[GHC]

#4505: Segmentation fault on long input (list of pairs)
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        Reporter:  cathper           |                   Owner:  bgamari
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |               Milestone:  7.12.1
       Component:  Compiler          |                 Version:  7.0.1
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
                                     |  Segmentation fault, segfault, long
                                     |  input
Operating System:  Linux             |            Architecture:  x86_64
                                     |  (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:  4258              |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:  Phab:D1180
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Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>):

 In [changeset:"c1d7b4b43bbc4c7a590a8b942adc09e654d0659d/ghc"
 c1d7b4b4/ghc]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="c1d7b4b43bbc4c7a590a8b942adc09e654d0659d"
 StgCmmHeap: Re-add check for large static allocations

 This should at least help alleviate the annoyance of #4505. This
 reintroduces a compile-time check originally added in
 a278f3f02d09bc32b0a75d4a04d710090cde250f but dropped with the new code
 generator.
 }}}

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