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-rw-r--r--rts/sm/Storage.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rts/sm/Storage.c b/rts/sm/Storage.c
index d002fece9c..379d9da769 100644
--- a/rts/sm/Storage.c
+++ b/rts/sm/Storage.c
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ StgPtr allocate (Capability *cap, W_ n)
CCS_ALLOC(cap->r.rCCCS,n);
if (n >= LARGE_OBJECT_THRESHOLD/sizeof(W_)) {
- // The largest number of bytes such that
+ // The largest number of words such that
// the computation of req_blocks will not overflow.
- W_ max_bytes = (HS_WORD_MAX & ~(BLOCK_SIZE-1)) / sizeof(W_);
+ W_ max_words = (HS_WORD_MAX & ~(BLOCK_SIZE-1)) / sizeof(W_);
W_ req_blocks;
- if (n > max_bytes)
+ if (n > max_words)
req_blocks = HS_WORD_MAX; // signal overflow below
else
req_blocks = (W_)BLOCK_ROUND_UP(n*sizeof(W_)) / BLOCK_SIZE;