[GHC] #4262: GHC's runtime never terminates unused worker threads

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#4262: GHC's runtime never terminates unused worker threads
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    Reporter:  Remi                                      |        Owner:  simonmar               
        Type:  bug                                       |       Status:  new                    
    Priority:  high                                      |    Milestone:  7.2.1                  
   Component:  Runtime System                            |      Version:  6.12.3                 
    Keywords:  worker thread foreign function interface  |     Testcase:                         
   Blockedby:                                            |   Difficulty:                         
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple                          |     Blocking:                         
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple                          |      Failure:  Runtime performance bug
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * owner:  => simonmar
  * priority:  normal => high
  * milestone:  7.0.1 => 7.2.1


Comment:

 Thanks for the patch, I'll review.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4262#comment:5>
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