[GHC] #13492: -p option report much less time than actual on high intensity of FFI calls application

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#13492: -p option report much less time than actual on high intensity of FFI calls
application
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        Reporter:  varosi            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Profiling         |              Version:  8.5
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows           |         Architecture:  x86_64
 Type of failure:  Debugging         |  (amd64)
  information is incorrect           |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by bgamari):

 I agree that our eventlog tooling has significant weaknesses. Using O(n)
 memory in a trace analysis tool is quite problematic. Ultimately I would
 actually like to see the eventlog supercede our ad-hoc `hp` (and perhaps
 some day `prof`) format for profiling but these issues will first need to
 be resolved.

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