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+syslog-ng-ctl: when syslog-ng gets stuck on executing a heavy stats-ctl command, should be
+able to do a graceful shutdown when it is requested
+
+The solution has two parts:
+ 1) move control loop to a separated thread
+ 2) run stats and query ctl commands in a separated thread
+
+