[GHC] #1227: Crash with biographical profiling on OS X

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#1227: Crash with biographical profiling on OS X
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 Reporter:  Judah Jacobson  |          Owner:          
     Type:  bug             |         Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:          
Component:  Compiler        |        Version:  6.6     
 Severity:  normal          |     Resolution:          
 Keywords:                  |     Difficulty:  Unknown 
 Testcase:                  |   Architecture:  Multiple
       Os:  Multiple        |  
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Changes (by thorkilnaur):

  * architecture:  powerpc => Multiple
  * os:  MacOS X => Multiple

Comment:

 I can repeat this on PPC Mac OS X. Without -debug compile:

 {{{
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/GHCDarcsRepository/ghc-6.6-for-buildbot-
 20070221_1000/ghc/compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace --version
 The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.6.20070220
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/GHCDarcsRepository/ghc-6.6-for-buildbot-
 20070221_1000/ghc/compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace --make Leak.hs -prof
 [1 of 1]
 Compiling Main             ( Leak.hs, Leak.o )
 Linking Leak ...
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$ ./Leak +RTS
 -hc -RTS
 5000050000
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$ ./Leak +RTS
 -hc -hbvoid -RTS
 5000050000
 Bus error
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 }}}

 Using another ghc version:

 {{{
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 /usr/local/bin/ghc --version
 The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.4.1
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 /usr/local/bin/ghc --make Leak.hs -prof
 Chasing modules from: Leak.hs
 Compiling Main             ( Leak.hs, Leak.o )
 Linking ...
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$ ./Leak +RTS
 -hc -RTS
 5000050000
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$ ./Leak +RTS
 -hc -hbvoid -RTS
 5000050000
 Bus error
 Thorkil-Naurs-Computer:~/tn/test/GHC/trac/1227 thorkilnaur$
 }}}

 And on (SuSE) Linux:

 {{{
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> /home/tn/tn/GHCDarcsRepository/ghc-6.6-for-
 1227-20070315_2305/ghc/compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace --version
 The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.6.20070314
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> /home/tn/tn/GHCDarcsRepository/ghc-6.6-for-
 1227-20070315_2305/ghc/compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace --make Leak.hs -prof
 -debug
 [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Leak.hs, Leak.o )
 Linking Leak ...
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> ./Leak +RTS -hc -RTS
 5000050000
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> ./Leak +RTS -hc -hbvoid -RTS
 5000050000
 Segmentation fault
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> rm *.o
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> /home/tn/tn/GHCDarcsRepository/ghc-6.6-for-
 1227-20070315_2305/ghc/compiler/stage2/ghc-inplace --make Leak.hs -prof
 [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Leak.hs, Leak.o )
 Linking Leak ...
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> ./Leak +RTS -hc -RTS
 5000050000
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227> ./Leak +RTS -hc -hbvoid -RTS
 5000050000
 Segmentation fault
 tn at linux:~/tn/GHC/trac/1227>
 }}}

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