Partial fix for #2917

[ghc-hetmet.git] / rts / sm / Storage.c

diff --git a/rts/sm/Storage.c b/rts/sm/Storage.c
index 36741a6..9dea30e 100644 (file)
--- a/rts/sm/Storage.c
+++ b/rts/sm/Storage.c
@@ -808,7 +808,9 @@ allocatePinned( lnat n )
     // If the request is for a large object, then allocate()
     // will give us a pinned object anyway.
     if (n >= LARGE_OBJECT_THRESHOLD/sizeof(W_)) {
-       return allocate(n);
+       p = allocate(n);
+        Bdescr(p)->flags |= BF_PINNED;
+        return p;
     }
 
     ACQUIRE_SM_LOCK;
@@ -816,13 +818,6 @@ allocatePinned( lnat n )
     TICK_ALLOC_HEAP_NOCTR(n);
     CCS_ALLOC(CCCS,n);
 
-    // we always return 8-byte aligned memory.  bd->free must be
-    // 8-byte aligned to begin with, so we just round up n to
-    // the nearest multiple of 8 bytes.
-    if (sizeof(StgWord) == 4) {
-       n = (n+1) & ~1;
-    }
-
     // If we don't have a block of pinned objects yet, or the current
     // one isn't large enough to hold the new object, allocate a new one.
     if (bd == NULL || (bd->free + n) > (bd->start + BLOCK_SIZE_W)) {