[GHC] #7970: Thread GC frees roots before thread actually finishes

[GHC]

#7970: Thread GC frees roots before thread actually finishes
---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
    Reporter:  joeyadams         |       Owner:  simonmar        
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  7.8.1           
   Component:  Runtime System    |     Version:  7.6.3           
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  Runtime crash   
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
     Related:  7170              |  
---------------------------------+------------------------------------------

Comment(by simonmar):

 ... and we also have a 5-year-old ticket reporting the lack of (2): #2161.
 The evidence in favour of (2) is mounting.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7970#comment:5>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler