[GHC] #2185: Memory leak with parMap

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#2185: Memory leak with parMap
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 Reporter:  igloo                     |          Owner:  simonmar   
     Type:  run-time performance bug  |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  Compiler                  |        Version:  6.8.2      
 Severity:  normal                    |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:                            |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:                            |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Unknown                   |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * owner:  => simonmar
  * milestone:  6.8.3 => 6.10 branch

Comment:

 I think sparks are currently treated as roots by the GC, which is wrong.
 I won't get around to fixing this in 6.8.3, but I'll do it in the new GC
 code in 6.10.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2185#comment:2>
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