February 2014 - ghc-tickets

[GHC] #8424: quasi-quotes have carriage returns on Windows
by GHC 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

#8424: quasi-quotes have carriage returns on Windows ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: GregWeber | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Template Haskell | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- A Windows user rerported using Data.Text.IO.writeFile to write out quasi- quoted text. writeFile automatically translates '\r' to "\r\n", so the user ended up writing out "\r\r\n" to a file. Haskell seems to be adopting the policy or removing '\r' from Haskell land. Is there any reason why quasi-quotes should not automatically strip carriage returns? I asked this question on ghc-users and there was no response. I am willing to make this fix if it is deemed appropriate. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8424> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8294: T7478 fails on Mac OS X with "unexpected bindingNone" from ld
by GHC 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

#8294: T7478 fails on Mac OS X with "unexpected bindingNone" from ld -----------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHC API | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: MacOS X Architecture: | Type of failure: Compile-time crash Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: T7478 Difficulty: Unknown | Blocking: Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | -----------------------------------+--------------------------------------- (Tangentially, the test script was swallowing up relevant output; you need to get rid of the output hook to see any debugging output from GHC proper). Linker step fails: {{{ *** Linker: /usr/bin/gcc -m64 -fno-stack-protector -DTABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE -m64 -v -o A -Wl,-no_compact_unwind C.o -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc-init/libraries/base /dist-install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc-init/libraries/integer-gmp /dist-install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc-init/libraries/ghc-prim/dist- install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc-init/rts/dist/build /var/folders/l8/1lth36c11yg8dv_3kz779_th0000gn/T/ghc26290_0/ghc26290_10.o -lHSbase-4.7.0.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSghc-prim-0.3.1.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSrts-ghc7.7.20130913 -lffi -liconv -lm -ldl -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_static_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_static_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_static_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_static_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Wzh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziInt_I8zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziInt_I16zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziInt_I32zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziInt_I64zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziWord_W8zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziWord_W16zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziWord_W32zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziWord_W64zh_static_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_static_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_con_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_con_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_con_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_con_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_con_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziPtr_FunPtr_con_info -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_con_info -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_False_closure -Wl,-u,_ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_True_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziPack_unpackCString_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziIOziException_stackOverflow_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziIOziException_heapOverflow_closure -Wl,-u,_base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nonTermination_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnMVar_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnSTM_closure -Wl,-u,_base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nestedAtomically_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziWeak_runFinalizzerBatch_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziTopHandler_flushStdHandles_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziTopHandler_runIO_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziTopHandler_runNonIO_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziConcziIO_ensureIOManagerIsRunning_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziConcziIO_ioManagerCapabilitiesChanged_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziConcziSync_runSparks_closure -Wl,-u,_base_GHCziConcziSignal_runHandlers_closure -Wl,-search_paths_first Using built-in specs. Target: i686-apple-darwin11 Configured with: /private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/src/configure --disable- checking --enable-werror --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2 --mandir=/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program- prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --with- slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --enable- llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst- llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-gxx- include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00) /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/collect2 -dynamic -arch x86_64 -macosx_version_min 10.8.3 -weak_reference_mismatches non-weak -o A -lcrt1.10.6.o -L/Users/ezyang/Dev /ghc-init/libraries/base/dist-install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc- init/libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc- init/libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -L/Users/ezyang/Dev/ghc- init/rts/dist/build -L/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-apple- darwin11/4.2.1/x86_64 -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr /llvm-gcc-4.2/lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/x86_64 -L/usr/llvm- gcc-4.2/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1 -L/usr/llvm- gcc-4.2/bin/../lib/gcc -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr /llvm-gcc-4.2/lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1 -L/usr/llvm- gcc-4.2/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin11/4.2.1/../../.. -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/lib/gcc/i686 -apple-darwin11/4.2.1/../../.. -no_compact_unwind C.o /var/folders/l8/1lth36c11yg8dv_3kz779_th0000gn/T/ghc26290_0/ghc26290_10.o -lHSbase-4.7.0.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSghc-prim-0.3.1.0-ghc7.7.20130913 -lHSrts-ghc7.7.20130913 -lffi -liconv -lm -ldl -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_static_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Wzh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I8zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I16zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I32zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I64zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W8zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W16zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W32zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W64zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_con_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_con_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_FunPtr_con_info -u _base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_False_closure -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_True_closure -u _base_GHCziPack_unpackCString_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_stackOverflow_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_heapOverflow_closure -u _base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nonTermination_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnMVar_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnSTM_closure -u _base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nestedAtomically_closure -u _base_GHCziWeak_runFinalizzerBatch_closure -u _base_GHCziTopHandler_flushStdHandles_closure -u _base_GHCziTopHandler_runIO_closure -u _base_GHCziTopHandler_runNonIO_closure -u _base_GHCziConcziIO_ensureIOManagerIsRunning_closure -u _base_GHCziConcziIO_ioManagerCapabilitiesChanged_closure -u _base_GHCziConcziSync_runSparks_closure -u _base_GHCziConcziSignal_runHandlers_closure -search_paths_first -lSystem -lgcc -lSystem ld: warning: PIE disabled. Absolute addressing (perhaps -mdynamic-no-pic) not allowed in code signed PIE, but used in _Main_main_info from C.o. To fix this warning, don't compile with -mdynamic-no-pic or link with -Wl,-no_pie final section layout: __TEXT/__text addr=0x100000D30, size=0x00000218, fileOffset=0x00000D30, type=1 __TEXT/__stubs addr=0x100000F48, size=0x0000001E, fileOffset=0x00000F48, type=27 __TEXT/__stub_helper addr=0x100000F68, size=0x00000042, fileOffset=0x00000F68, type=31 __TEXT/__eh_frame addr=0x100000FB0, size=0x00000048, fileOffset=0x00000FB0, type=18 __DATA/__program_vars addr=0x100001000, size=0x00000028, fileOffset=0x00001000, type=29 __DATA/__got addr=0x100001028, size=0x00000020, fileOffset=0x00001028, type=28 __DATA/__nl_symbol_ptr addr=0x100001048, size=0x00000010, fileOffset=0x00001048, type=28 __DATA/__la_symbol_ptr addr=0x100001058, size=0x00000028, fileOffset=0x00001058, type=26 __DATA/__data addr=0x100001080, size=0x00000040, fileOffset=0x00001080, type=0 __DATA/__const addr=0x1000010C0, size=0x00000018, fileOffset=0x000010C0, type=0 __DATA/__common addr=0x1000010D8, size=0x00000020, fileOffset=0x00000000, type=24 ld: unexpected bindingNone in '_Main_main_info' from C.o for architecture x86_64 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status T7478: T7478: phase `Linker' failed (exitcode = 1) }}} Unfortunately, I don't know what a bindingNone is... -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8294> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8566: Panic with kindFunResult
by GHC 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

#8566: Panic with kindFunResult ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: dreixel | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The following program: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds #-} {-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-} {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-} {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-} {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-} {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-} module Bug where data U (s :: *) = forall k. AA k [U s] data I (u :: U *) (r :: [*]) :: * where A :: I (AA t as) r -- fs unused, but needs to be present for the bug class C (u :: U *) (r :: [*]) (fs :: [*]) where c :: I u r -> I u r instance (C (AA (t (I a ps)) as) ps fs) => C (AA t (a ': as)) ps fs where c A = c undefined }}} crashes a fresh copy of GHC HEAD with the following: {{{ ghc-stage2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.7.20131126 for i386-unknown-linux): kindFunResult k1{tv a24f} [ssk] }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8566> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8245: ghc-pkg list prints packages in non-alphabetical order
by GHC 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

#8245: ghc-pkg list prints packages in non-alphabetical order ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: nh2 | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Instead, it prints the ones with the smallest version first. That does not make much sense. I will attach a patch. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8245> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8582: Record syntax for pattern synonyms
by GHC 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

#8582: Record syntax for pattern synonyms ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: cactus | Owner: cactus Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: 5144 | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Implement syntax for {{{ pattern Cons{car, cdr} = (car, cdr) }}} which can then be used just like a regular record constructor, so the following are all valid patterns: {{{ Cons (Just x) [] Cons{car = Just x} }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8582> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8098: Faulty Word64 arithmetic if optimized
by GHC 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

#8098: Faulty Word64 arithmetic if optimized ----------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: achp | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.4.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: x86 | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ----------------------------+--------------------------------- The following program produces different results depending on optimization: Checked.hs: {{{ module Checked ((.-.)) where (.-.) :: (Bounded a, Integral a) => a -> a -> Maybe a x .-. y | x >= 0 && y < 0 = if z > x then Just z else Nothing | x >= 0 = if z <= x then Just z else Nothing | x < 0 && y > 0 = if z < x then Just z else Nothing | otherwise = Just z where z = x - y }}} Main.hs: {{{ module Main (main) where import Data.Maybe import Data.Word import Numeric import Checked main :: IO () main = print $ showHex (fromJust ((0xFFFFFFFF00000000 :: Word64) .-. 0x00000000FFFFFFFF)) "" }}} {{{ D:\dev\haskell\ch1>ghc --make Checked.hs Main.hs [1 of 2] Compiling Checked ( Checked.hs, Checked.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( Main.hs, Main.o ) Linking Main.exe ... D:\dev\haskell\ch1>Main.exe "fffffffe00000001" D:\dev\haskell\ch1>del *.hi *.o *.exe D:\dev\haskell\ch1>ghc --make -O2 Checked.hs Main.hs [1 of 2] Compiling Checked ( Checked.hs, Checked.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( Main.hs, Main.o ) Linking Main.exe ... D:\dev\haskell\ch1>Main.exe "fffe00000001" D:\dev\haskell\ch1> }}} The bug disappears if definition and usage of (.-.) are in the same module. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8098> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8079: Redo T7919 with a cabal file
by GHC 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

#8079: Redo T7919 with a cabal file -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Test Suite | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: Compile-time Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 | crash hour) | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Right now T7919 fails because the new dynamic-by-default GHC means that Template Haskell must be built with dynamic; of course, GHC isn't clever enough to figure this out. If we Cabalize the test, the example should start building again (and if they don't, well, that's a bug!) -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8079> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED
by GHC 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

#8199: Get rid of HEAP_ALLOCED ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: ezyang Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Project (more than a week) | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- This bug is to track progress of removing HEAP_ALLOCED from GHC, promising faster GC, as long as we can keep the cost of indirections down. The relevant wiki article: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Rts/Storage/HeapAlloced ; we are implementing method 2. The attached patchset is *almost* able to support GHC itself; a ghc-stage2 built this way can compile most files, but is much slower in some cases, and probably has some correctness bugs. Improvements possible: * Don't pay for a double indirection when -fPIC is turned on. Probably the easiest way to do this is to *not* bake in the indirections into compiled code when it is -fPIC'd, and instead scribble over the GOT. However, I don't know how to go backwards from a symbol to a GOT entry, so we might need some heinous assembly hacks to get this working. * Closure tables should have their indirections short-circuited by the initialization code. * We are paying an indirection when a GC occurs when the closure is not in R1. According to the wiki page, technically this is not needed, but I don't know how to eliminate references to the closure itself from stg_gc_fun. * Properly handle the Windows DLL case (e.g. SRTs); this should be simpler now that everything is an indirection. * Bikeshed hs_main API changes (because closures are not valid prior to RTS initialization, so you have to pass in an indirection instead) * Improve static indirection and stable pointer registration, avoiding binary bloat from `__attribute(constructor)__` stubs. * Need to implement a new megablock tracking structure so we can free/check for lost blocks -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8199> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8687: Strange closure type 9983
by GHC 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

#8687: Strange closure type 9983 ------------------------------------+------------------------------- Reporter: nh2 | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: GHCi crash Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------- {{{ *Main> :main C:\\Windows\\Media\\onestop.mid <interactive>: internal error: evacuate: strange closure type 9983 (GHC version 7.6.3 for i386_unknown_mingw32) Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. }}} This happened to me on {{{ghci playmidi.hs}}} from the {{{examples/}}} folder of {{{http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hmidi-0.2.1.0}}} (downloaded the tar and fixed the parsec import, removing the {{{"parsec2"}}} package import and fixing a type checking error, replacing {{{selectOutputDevice Nothing}}} by {{{selectOutputDevice "Select midi output device" Nothing}}}. (We also fixed those compile errors at https://github.com/vahokif/hmidi/tree/2124a8.) I have not been able to reproduce it since the first time :( -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8687> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8648: Initialization of C statics broken in threaded runtime
by GHC 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

#8648: Initialization of C statics broken in threaded runtime ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: edsko | Owner: simonmar Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime System | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Consider a tiny package `static-value`, consisting of one Haskell file {{{ foreign import ccall unsafe "returnStaticValue" c_returnStaticValue :: IO CInt printStaticValue :: IO () printStaticValue = print =<< c_returnStaticValue }}} and one corresponding C file {{{ static int theStaticValue = 0; int returnStaticValue() { // Modify the static so the C compiler doesn't optimize it away return theStaticValue++; } }}} (test case is attached). If we call `printStaticValue` using the GHC API: {{{ runGhc (Just libdir) $ do flags0 <- getSessionDynFlags void $ setSessionDynFlags flags0 { hscTarget = HscInterpreted , ghcLink = LinkInMemory , ghcMode = CompManager } setContext $ [ IIDecl $ simpleImportDecl $ mkModuleName "StaticValue" ] _ <- runStmt "StaticValue.printStaticValue" RunToCompletion }}} then we see "0", as expected. However, if we compile this code using the threaded runtime, and we wrap the above code in a call to either `forkIO` or `forkOS`, then we see a different value printed (-907777, whatever that value is). Some notes: * I have been unable to reproduce this bug without using GHC as API; in particular, calling `printStaticValue` directly, wrapped in `forkIO` or `forkOS` or not, always works as expected. * If I change the initialization value of `staticValue` from 0 to anything else (say, 1234), we always get the right answer, never the uninitialized value. Presumably this is because non-zero values require some explicit code to be run (and it does get run), while a zero value gets initialized differently (and apparently, that's where the bug is). * I have reproduced this bug in both ghc 7.4 and 7.7.20131227. This ticket is the result of tracking down a problem with calling `createProcess` from within the GHC API, which would cause the parent process to stall. As it turns out, `runProcess.c` (from the `process` library) declares a `static long max_fd = 0`, and in `runInteractiveProcess` checks for this value to be 0, and if it is, does a syscall to figure out what the maximum FD is. But since this static does not get initialized properly (the bug reported in this ticket), it gets left at its (random? but always the same) value (281474975802879), so that the child process proceeds to close rather too many file descriptors (if close_fds was set to True) and the parent stalls. Indeed, changing the initialization to `static long max_fd = -1` (and adjusting the later check for zero accordingly) fixes this (so this is a viable workaround in `process` if we cannot track down the bug in GHC). -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8648> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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