[GHC] #10840: Periodic alarm signals can cause a retry loop to get stuck

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#10840: Periodic alarm signals can cause a retry loop to get stuck
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        Reporter:  Rufflewind        |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by hsyl20):

 Done: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1947

 A potential issue is that these syscalls have been introduced in 2.6.25.
 Do we want to support older kernels?

 The issue remains for Mac OS X.

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