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System.Posix.Resource.setResourceLimit gives "setResourceLimit: invalid argument (Invalid argument)"

GHC-6.6.1 worked correctly in setResourceLimit, GHC-6.8.2 gives me an error:

$ ./m 
m: setResourceLimit: invalid argument (Invalid argument)

A little exploration (strange rlim_max value). Seems to be a bug in haskell -> C type conversion.

$ strace -etrace=setrlimit ./m 
setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU, {rlim_cur=3, rlim_max=0}) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
m: setResourceLimit: invalid argument (Invalid argument)

Code source:

import System.Exit              (exitWith, ExitCode(ExitSuccess))
import System.IO                (putStrLn)
import System.Posix.Resource

rlimit = ResourceLimit 3

f = do
    putStrLn "whoooooo"
    f
main = do
    setResourceLimit ResourceCPUTime (ResourceLimits rlimit rlimit)
    r <- getResourceLimit ResourceCPUTime
    let (ResourceLimit s) = softLimit r
    let (ResourceLimit h) = hardLimit r
    putStrLn $ show s
    putStrLn $ show h
    f
    exitWith ExitSuccess
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Version 6.8.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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