[GHC] #8303: defer StackOverflow exceptions (rather than dropping them) when exceptions are masked

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#8303: defer StackOverflow exceptions (rather than dropping them) when exceptions
are masked
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        Reporter:  rwbarton    |            Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  bug         |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
       Component:  Runtime     |          Version:  7.7
  System                       |         Keywords:
      Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1 hour)
  Unknown/Multiple             |       Blocked By:
 Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
  None/Unknown                 |
       Test Case:              |
        Blocking:              |
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Comment (by ezyang):

 {{{
 =====> T8303(normal) 59 of 3801 [0, 0, 0]
 cd ./rts && '/home/hs01/ezyang/ghc-stackoverflow/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2'
 -fforce-recomp -dcore-lint -dcmm-lint -dno-debug-output -no-user-package-
 db -rtsopts -fno-ghci-history -o T8303 T8303.hs    >T8303.comp.stderr 2>&1
 cd ./rts && ./T8303 +RTS -K2K -RTS   </dev/null >T8303.run.stdout
 2>T8303.run.stderr

 OVERALL SUMMARY for test run started at Fri Oct 11 11:24:21 2013 PDT
  0:00:02 spent to go through
     3801 total tests, which gave rise to
    14943 test cases, of which
    14942 were skipped

        0 had missing libraries
        1 expected passes
        0 expected failures
 }}}

 I'll go ahead and add extra docs, and then push.

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