[GHC] #8298: +RTS -hb crash when blocking on empty TChan

14 Sep 2013

      #8298: +RTS -hb crash when blocking on empty TChan
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       Reporter:  exFalso                       |             Owner:
           Type:  bug                           |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal                        |         Milestone:
      Component:  Runtime System                |           Version:  7.6.3
       Keywords:  biographical stm tchan block  |  Operating System:  Linux
   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)                |   Type of failure:
     Difficulty:  Unknown                       |  Runtime crash
     Blocked By:                                |         Test Case:
Related Tickets:                                |          Blocking:
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 Running the following code

 {{{
 module Main where

 import Control.Concurrent
 import Control.Concurrent.STM

 main :: IO ()
 main = do
   c <- newTChanIO
   forkIO . atomically $ readTChan c
   return ()
 }}}

 produces:

 {{{
 $ ./tmp +RTS -hb
 tmp: internal error: Invalid object in processHeapClosureForDead(): 0
     (GHC version 7.6.3 for x86_64_unknown_linux)
 }}}

 It crashes without forkIO as well, I inserted it so that a plain run
 doesn't result in "thread blocked indefinitely in an STM transaction".

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Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8298
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