[GHC] #2185: Memory leak with parMap

[GHC]

#2185: Memory leak with parMap
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  Reporter:  igloo                       |          Owner:  simonmar        
      Type:  bug                         |         Status:  reopened        
  Priority:  high                        |      Milestone:  6.14.1          
 Component:  Runtime System              |        Version:  6.8.2           
Resolution:                              |       Keywords:                  
Difficulty:  Moderate (less than a day)  |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Testcase:                              |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Runtime performance bug     |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * priority:  normal => high
  * difficulty:  Unknown => Moderate (less than a day)
  * milestone:  6.12 branch => 6.14.1


Comment:

 The [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/parallel new parallel package] on
 Hackage fixes the space leak in this program (change `rnf` to `rdeepseq`
 to compile it).  I'm leaving the ticket open and moving it onto the 6.14.1
 branch, because we still need to change the GC policy so that sparks are
 not treated as GC roots.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2185#comment:9>
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