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Since the two-step allocator the RTS asks the kernel for a large upfront mmap'd region of memory (on the order of terabytes). While we have no expectation that this entire region will be backed by physical memory, this scheme nevertheless fails on some systems with resource limits. Here we use a back-off scheme to reduce our allocation request until we find a size agreeable to the kernel. Fixes #10877. This also fixes a latent bug wherein the heap reservation retry logic would fail to free the previously reserved address space, which would likely result in a heap allocation failure. Test Plan: set address space limit with `ulimit -v 67108864` and try running a compiled program Reviewers: simonmar, austin Reviewed By: simonmar Subscribers: thomie, RyanGlScott Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1405 GHC Trac Issues: #10877
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