[GHC] #15608: Segfault in retainer profiling

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#15608: Segfault in retainer profiling
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        Reporter:  osa1              |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Profiling         |              Version:  8.5
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D5134
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Comment (by bgamari):

 >  One of the problems is that because of recursive retainClosure() calls
 retainer profiler sometimes fills the C stack.

 Note that this misfeature of the retainer profiler is being tracked as
 #14758.

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