#8870: GHC 7.8.0 RC2 fails when compiling a hello world program on Windows 7 32bits ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: facundoq | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.1-rc2 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Windows | Architecture: x86 Type of failure: Compile-time crash | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #12186 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------- Comment (by Tamar Christina <tamar@…>): In [changeset:"1e795a008da8ab2ae88cca04aca01c50967b4397/ghc" 1e795a00/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="1e795a008da8ab2ae88cca04aca01c50967b4397" Use check stacking on Windows. Summary: #8870 added as a temporary work around a much higher initial reserve and committed stack space of 2mb. This is causing problems with other windows applications. The hack was supposed to be temporary untill we could emit `__chkstk` instructions. But GCC can emit stack checks automatically for us if `-fstack-check` is passed. This will then emit calls to `___chkstk_ms` before stack allocations. ``` 633de0: 48 83 e0 f0 and $0xfffffffffffffff0,%rax 633de4: e8 07 0c 0d 00 callq 7049f0 <___chkstk_ms> 633de9: 48 29 c4 sub %rax,%rsp ``` The hack is now no longer needed. Test Plan: ./validate Reviewers: austin, erikd, awson, bgamari Reviewed By: bgamari Subscribers: thomie, #ghc_windows_task_force Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2535 GHC Trac Issues: #12186 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8870#comment:22> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler