Re: [GHC] #8611: nofib’s cacheprof’s allocations nondeterminisitic

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#8611: nofib’s cacheprof’s allocations nondeterminisitic
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        Reporter:  nomeata           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  NoFib benchmark   |              Version:  8.5
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      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #4450             |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D5460
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Comment (by sgraf):

 Replying to [comment:11 sgraf]:
 > The latter seems like an easy fix for this particular benchmark, but
 this will probably come up again in the future. Maybe we can teach the RTS
 not do stack squeezing during context switches?
 >
 > CCing simonmar for input, as I'm not particularly familiar with RTS
 internals.

 Continuing discussion in #16065.

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