more robust protection against infinite loops in Ecal multifit (76x)

[bendavid]

as #11368

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @bendavid (Josh Bendavid) for CMSSW_7_6_X.

more robust protection against infinite loops in Ecal multifit (76x)

It involves the following packages:

RecoLocalCalo/EcalRecAlgos

@cmsbuild, @cvuosalo, @slava77 can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[slava77]

@cmsbuild please test

[cmsbuild]

The tests are being triggered in jenkins.

[cmsbuild]

-1
Tested at: 5975970
When I ran the RelVals I found an error in the following worklfows:
1001.0 step6

runTheMatrix-results/1001.0_RunMinBias2011A+RunMinBias2011A+TIER0EXP+ALCAEXP+ALCAHARVD1+ALCAHARVD2+ALCAHARVD3+ALCAHARVD4/step6_RunMinBias2011A+RunMinBias2011A+TIER0EXP+ALCAEXP+ALCAHARVD1+ALCAHARVD2+ALCAHARVD3+ALCAHARVD4.log

you can see the results of the tests here:
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-11375/8218/summary.html

[cvuosalo]

@cmsbuild please test
try again

[cmsbuild]

The tests are being triggered in jenkins.

[cmsbuild]

+1
Tested at: 5975970
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-11375/8221/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

Comparison is ready
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-11375/8221/summary.html