forkProcess: startTimer() in the child, because the timer will be reset

diff --git a/rts/Schedule.c b/rts/Schedule.c
index b405759..e328b5b 100644 (file)
--- a/rts/Schedule.c
+++ b/rts/Schedule.c
@@ -2195,6 +2195,10 @@ forkProcess(HsStablePtr *entry
        cap->returning_tasks_tl = NULL;
 #endif
 
+        // On Unix, all timers are reset in the child, so we need to start
+        // the timer again.
+        startTimer();
+
        cap = rts_evalStableIO(cap, entry, NULL);  // run the action
        rts_checkSchedStatus("forkProcess",cap);