[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:  bgamari
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.0.2
       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):

 Replying to [comment:16 hsyl20]:
 > In the threaded RTS, on platforms without "timerfd" we could create a
 "ghc ticker" thread too and block the alarm signal in all threads except
 this one. I think this would fix the reported issue on OS X.

 Forget this idea, @simonmar told me that it won't work nicely with threads
 that don't belong to GHC.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10840#comment:17>
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