#3553: parallel gc suffers badly if one thread is descheduled -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: simonmar | Owner: simonmar Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.12.2 Component: Runtime System | Version: 6.10.4 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by parcs): Replying to [comment:13 simonmar]:

I'm very tempted to change the main thread to be non-bound.

If so, would the earlier commits that helped mitigate this particular slowdown be undone? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3553#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler