[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:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  high              |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by thoughtpolice):

 * priority:  normal => high


Comment:

 I'm bumping the priority on this and keeping it in 8.0.1, as it seems
 rather bad to leave open on OS X, especially if the fix in comment:4 can
 work (use USE_PTHREAD_FOR_ITIMER, if I'm following correctly). Would
 anyone like to test this?

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10840#comment:11>
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