Re: [GHC] #14346: 8.2.1 regression: heap corruption after safe foreign calls

17 Oct 2017


      #14346: 8.2.1 regression: heap corruption after safe foreign calls
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        Reporter:  andrewchen        |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:
       Component:  Runtime System    |              Version:  8.2.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by hsyl20):

 Smaller reproducer:

 {{{#!haskell
 -- ghc -Wall -fforce-recomp -O1 Test.hs -threaded
 module Main where

 import Control.Concurrent
 import Control.Monad
 import Data.Word
 import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc
 import Foreign.Storable
 import Numeric

 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     replicateM_ 100 $ threadDelay 100
     allocaBytes 4 $ \p -> do
       forever $ do
         poke p (0xDEADBEEF :: Word32)
         threadDelay 10
         x <- peek p
         unless (x == 0xDEADBEEF) $ putStrLn (showHex x "")

 }}}

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