[GHC] #8082: Ordering of assembly blocks affects performance

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#8082: Ordering of assembly blocks affects performance
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        Reporter:  jstolarek         |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (NCG)    |                 Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux             |            Architecture:  x86_64
 Type of failure:  Runtime           |  (amd64)
  performance bug                    |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by carter):

 could that be a branch prediction issue? (plus perhaps a matter of memory
 locality in the instruction cache?)

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