[GHC] #8298: +RTS -hb crash when blocking on empty TChan

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#8298: +RTS -hb crash when blocking on empty TChan
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        Reporter:         |            Owner:
  exFalso                 |           Status:  new
            Type:  bug    |        Milestone:
        Priority:         |          Version:  7.6.3
  normal                  |         Keywords:  biographical stm tchan block
       Component:         |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
  Runtime System          |       Difficulty:  Unknown
      Resolution:         |       Blocked By:  8275
Operating System:  Linux  |  Related Tickets:
 Type of failure:         |
  Runtime crash           |
       Test Case:         |
        Blocking:         |
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Comment (by Simon Marlow <marlowsd@…>):

 In [changeset:"ad0b943293cce74baf06ea36e1a4d51a3631dfdf/ghc"]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="ad0b943293cce74baf06ea36e1a4d51a3631dfdf"
 Fix some cases where we were leaving slop in the heap (#8515, #8298)
 }}}

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