-- Written by Bertram Felgenhauer -- -- https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/11760#note_131217 -- -- Compile with -threaded -with-rtsopts=-N2 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-} import Control.Concurrent import Control.Monad import Control.Monad.ST.Lazy import Control.Exception import Data.STRef import Data.IORef import Control.Concurrent.MVar import Data.List -- evil ST action that tries to synchronize (by busy waiting on the -- shared STRef) with a concurrent evaluation evil :: ST s [Int] evil = do r <- strictToLazyST $ newSTRef 0 replicateM 100 $ do i <- strictToLazyST $ readSTRef r let !j = i + 1 strictToLazyST $ writeSTRef r j let go 0 = return () go n = do i' <- strictToLazyST $ readSTRef r when (j == i') $ go (n-1) go 100 return j main = do let res = runST evil s0 <- newIORef (map pred (0 : res)) s1 <- newIORef (map pred (1 : res)) m0 <- newMVar () m1 <- newMVar () forkIO $ do putMVar m0 () readIORef s0 >>= evaluate . foldl' (+) 0 putMVar m0 () forkIO $ do putMVar m1 () readIORef s1 >>= evaluate . foldl' (+) 0 putMVar m1 () threadDelay 10000 replicateM 3 $ takeMVar m0 >> takeMVar m1 v0 <- tail <$> readIORef s0 v1 <- tail <$> readIORef s1 print (v0 == v1)