[GHC] #8371: ghci byte compiler + FFI crashes when used with embedded R

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#8371: ghci byte compiler + FFI crashes when used with embedded R
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        Reporter:  dsamperi    |            Owner:
            Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
       Component:  GHCi        |          Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:              |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux       |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  GHCi crash  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:              |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:              |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 I can reproduce this without ghci, by putting a forkIO around the body of
 main (and adding a threadDelay in the main thread).

 It seems to just be an interaction between R's method for determining the
 base address of the stack and the way pthread allocates stacks for new
 threads. Try this C example program `pt.c`.

 {{{
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <pthread.h>

 int Rf_initEmbeddedR(int argc, char **argv);

 void *foo(void *blah)
 {
     char *args[] = {"pt", "--gui=none", "--silent", "--vanilla"};
     int r;
     setenv("R_HOME", "/usr/lib/R", 1);
     r = Rf_initEmbeddedR(sizeof(args)/sizeof(args[0]), args);
     printf("r = %d\n", r);
 }

 int main(void)
 {
     pthread_t tid;
     pthread_create(&tid, NULL, foo, NULL);
     while (1)
         sleep(1);
     return 0;
 }
 }}}

 {{{
 rwbarton at adjunction:/tmp$ gcc -o pt pt.c  -lpthread -lR
 rwbarton at adjunction:/tmp$ ./pt
 Error: C stack usage is too close to the limit
 Error: C stack usage is too close to the limit
 r = 1
 }}}

 It would probably be best to just disable R's stack limit checks, if
 possible.

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