[GHC] #7653: incorrect handling of StackOverflow exception in the event manager

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#7653: incorrect handling of StackOverflow exception in the event manager
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Reporter:  nus            |          Owner:                  
    Type:  bug            |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal         |      Component:  libraries/base  
 Version:  7.7            |       Keywords:                  
      Os:  Linux          |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Failure:  Runtime crash  |      Blockedby:                  
Blocking:                 |        Related:                  
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Comment(by nus):

 Another part of the problem is that we really shouldn't be trying to
 operate on an event manager if it's in the `Finished` or `Dying` states. A
 proper fix would require changing the API to reflect that in the return
 type of the operations using `wakeManager`. Is it worth the trouble?

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