BigInt is really really slow when run on linux, Or just Boehm GC issue?

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I guess it would be this change

diff --git a/src/big/lib_gmp.cr b/src/big/lib_gmp.cr
index 446f3ea5a..1791f00c4 100644
--- a/src/big/lib_gmp.cr
+++ b/src/big/lib_gmp.cr
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ lib LibGMP
 end

 LibGMP.set_memory_functions(
-  ->(size) { GC.malloc(size) },
+  ->(size) { GC.malloc_atomic(size) },
   ->(ptr, old_size, new_size) { GC.realloc(ptr, new_size) },
   ->(ptr, size) { GC.free(ptr) }
 )
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