#7719: System.Timeout.timeout may leak <<timeout>> exceptions -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: int-e | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Component: libraries/base Version: 7.7 | Keywords: Os: Linux | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Failure: None/Unknown | Blockedby: Blocking: | Related: -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Comment(by int-e): Finally, I've now tried Simon M.'s suggested fix, which is simply to change {{{killThread}}} in {{{System.Timeout.timeout}}} to {{{uninterruptibleMask_ . killThread}}}, and with that change I can no longer reproduce the issue. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7719#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler