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authorTamar Christina <tamar@zhox.com>2016-06-03 21:42:16 +0200
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2016-06-03 21:42:32 +0200
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Refactored SymbolInfo to lower memory usage in RTS
Previously as part of #11223 a new struct `SymbolInfo` was introduced to keep track it the weak symbol status of a symbol. This structure also kept a copy of the calculated address of the symbol which turns out was useful in ignoring non-weak zero-valued symbols. The information was kept in an array so it means for every symbol two extra bytes were kept even though the vast majority of symbols are non-weak and non-zero valued. This changes the array into a sparse map keeping this information only for the symbols that are weak or zero-valued. This allows for a reduction in the amount of information needed to be kept while giving up a small (negligable) hit in performance as this information now has to be looked up in hashmaps. Test Plan: ./validate on all platforms that use the runtime linker. For unix platforms please ensure `DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS=NO` is added to your validate file. Reviewers: simonmar, austin, erikd, bgamari Reviewed By: simonmar, bgamari Subscribers: thomie, #ghc_windows_task_force Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2184 GHC Trac Issues: #11816
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