[GHC] #7344: 64-bit and 32-bit binaries compiled with '-static' gets 'SIGKILL'ed (after many 'SIGVTALRM's and lots of memory consumption)

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#7344: 64-bit and 32-bit binaries compiled with '-static' gets 'SIGKILL'ed (after
many 'SIGVTALRM's and lots of memory consumption)
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 Reporter:  cetinsert     |          Owner:                
     Type:  bug           |         Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |      Component:  Runtime System
  Version:  7.4.1         |       Keywords:                
       Os:  Linux         |   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
  Failure:  None/Unknown  |       Testcase:                
Blockedby:                |       Blocking:                
  Related:                |  
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Changes (by eMBee):

  * failure:  Runtime crash => None/Unknown


Comment:

 i just observed that the same static binaries gobble up huge amounts of
 memory on another machine too (about 2 of 4GB). only there they don't get
 killed. the machine where they get killed has 1.5GB of memory.

 so it looks like there is no crash but a simple OOM kill and the problem
 is more likely a memory leak of some sort.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7344#comment:2>
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