[GHC] #11830: Disabling idle GC leads to freeze

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#11830: Disabling idle GC leads to freeze
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        Reporter:  NeilMitchell      |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  closed
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:  8.2.1
       Component:  Runtime System    |              Version:  8.0.1-rc3
      Resolution:  fixed             |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux             |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result  |  Unknown/Multiple
  at runtime                         |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D2129
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by bgamari):

 * status:  patch => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 The commit in comment:9 isn't quite the whole story due to lacking
 synchronization. This is cleaned up in the rework of the itimer subsystem
 in 999c464da36e925bd4ffea34c94d3a7b3ab0135c (which also addresses #11965).

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