[GHC] #2180: Any installed signal handler stops deadlock detection, but XCPU never happens in a deadlock

[GHC]

#2180: Any installed signal handler stops deadlock detection, but XCPU never
happens in a deadlock
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 Reporter:  Baughn           |          Owner:  Baughn     
     Type:  feature request  |         Status:  assigned   
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  Runtime System   |        Version:  6.9        
 Severity:  minor            |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:                   |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:                   |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Multiple         |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 I think this needs to be under programmer control if we do it at all.

 Also, the patch doesn't affect the behaviour of the threaded RTS, we
 should make sure the two behave consistently.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2180#comment:4>
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