[GHC] #12425: With -O1 and above causes ghc to use all available memory before being killed by OOM killer

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#12425: With -O1 and above causes ghc to use all available memory before being
killed by OOM killer
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        Reporter:  erikd             |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.0.2
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  Inlining
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  performance bug                    |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by simonpj):

 * failure:  Other => Compile-time performance bug


Comment:

 This looks bad.  Inlining should not go on for ever ... there's a tick
 counter as a last-ditch hard stop.  It could just possibly be too many
 INLINE pragmas, but it's quite difficult to eat 16G.

 Does anyone feel able to investigate further?

 Simon

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