#10840: Periodic alarm signals can cause a retry loop to get stuck ---------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: Rufflewind | Owner: bgamari Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: high | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D2796 Wiki Page: | ---------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>): In [changeset:"d70d452a38bed3321bfc3c14074a6b3e1f30a090/ghc" d70d452a/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="d70d452a38bed3321bfc3c14074a6b3e1f30a090" rts: Use pthread itimer implementation on Darwin We want to avoid using SIGALRM whenever possible since we will interrupt long-running system calls. See #10840. Test Plan: Validate on Darwin Reviewers: austin, erikd, simonmar Reviewed By: simonmar Subscribers: thomie Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2796 GHC Trac Issues: #10840 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10840#comment:21> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler