Prevent GC from running during process teardown

Author: d-netto

src/signals-unix.c

@@ -1033,6 +1033,12 @@ static void *signal_listener(void *arg)
         }
 #endif
         if (doexit) {
+            // Let's forbid threads from running GC while we're trying to exit,
+            // also let's make sure we're not in the middle of GC.
+            jl_atomic_fetch_add(&jl_gc_disable_counter, 1);
+            while (jl_atomic_load_acquire(&jl_gc_running)) {
+                jl_cpu_pause();
+            }
             // The exit can get stuck if it happens at an unfortunate spot in thread 0
             // (unavoidable due to its async nature).
             // Try much harder to exit next time, if we get multiple exit requests.