[GHC] #13683: Use epoll rather than poll where appropriate

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#13683: Use epoll rather than poll where appropriate
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        Reporter:  dfeuer            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  8.0.1
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Operating System:  Linux             |         Architecture:
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Comment (by bgamari):

 AFAIK `fdReady` is used only by the single threaded runtime, which is a
 pretty low priority as far as optimization is concerned; if users want
 strong IO performance they should be using the threaded runtime.

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