-INFO_TABLE_CONSTR(stg_DEAD_WEAK_info,stg_DEAD_WEAK_entry,0,1,0,CONSTR,,EF_,"DEAD_WEAK","DEAD_WEAK");
+// It's important when turning an existing WEAK into a DEAD_WEAK
+// (which is what finalizeWeak# does) that we don't lose the link
+// field and break the linked list of weak pointers. Hence, we give
+// DEAD_WEAK 4 non-pointer fields, the same as WEAK.
+
+INFO_TABLE_CONSTR(stg_DEAD_WEAK_info,stg_DEAD_WEAK_entry,0,4,0,CONSTR,,EF_,"DEAD_WEAK","DEAD_WEAK");