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mut_list_size calculation is off

Program:

main = print (foldr (+) 0 [ 0 .. 10000 ] :: Int)

Compile:

$ ghc-stage2 Main.hs -debug -rtsopts -O0

Run:

$ ./Main +RTS -Dg

It prints something like

mut_list_size: 16 (0 vars, 0 arrays, 0 MVARs, 0 TVARs, 0 TVAR_WATCH_QUEUEs, 0 TREC_CHUNKs, 0 TREC_HEADERs, 0 ATOMIC_INVARIANTs, 0 INVARIANT_CHECK_QUEUEs, 0 others)

So there are two objects in the mut list, but scavenge_mutable_list wasn't able to find anything. This is curious, and it seems like a bug.

Pretty much any program has this bug, mut_list_size and sum of objects found in the mut list never match.

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 8.5
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority lowest
Resolution Unresolved
Component Runtime System
Test case
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CC bgamari, simonmar
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