[GHC] #8623: Strange slowness when using async library with FFI callbacks

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#8623: Strange slowness when using async library with FFI callbacks
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        Reporter:  JohnWiegley              |            Owner:  simonmar
            Type:  bug                      |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal                   |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Runtime System           |          Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:                           |         Keywords:
Operating System:  MacOS X                  |     Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime performance bug  |  Unknown/Multiple
       Test Case:                           |       Difficulty:  Unknown
        Blocking:                           |       Blocked By:
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Comment (by hvr):

 fwiw, I suspect some kind of lock contention issue, as the runtime goes
 down as soon as there's some delay involved (such as `putStr` or even
 using `threadDelay` which causes the thread to yield) as well as using
 more than one HEC via `+RTS -N2`

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