[GHC] #15287: T11627[ab] fail on some Darwin environments

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#15287: T11627[ab] fail on some Darwin environments
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #14758            |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by osa1):

 * cc: osa1 (added)


Comment:

 I'm confused about comment:3. On Linux, with gdb, when I get a segfault
 because of stack overflow and run `bt` I get thousands of stack frames,
 not just 3. Why do we get only 3 frames if this is a stack overflow? Is
 this because of calling conventions on darwin?

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