#11783: Very large slowdown when using parallel garbage collector -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: luispedro | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime | Version: 7.10.3 System | Keywords: performance, | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple garbage collector | Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- As part of debugging some performance issues on an application I am writing, I concluded that the issue is in the parallel GC implemented in the GHC RTS. I extracted the code attached to make a self-contained use- case, but in my system the code runs in 16s when using a single thread, in 18s when using 6 threads but no parallel GC and in over a minute when using 6 threads with parallel GC! The true slowdown in the full code is actually worse and relevant for the application (some steps take >1 hour instead of <1 minute!). Parts of the code do take full advantage of parallel processing, this is just one simple test case -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11783 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler