server stall on sync index (insert into large innodb table with fulltext index)

I encounter exactly the same issue as described in this mysql bug
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=73816
"In an instance of ours, where we are using FULLTEXT indexes on InnoDB tables, we see occasional blocked DML operations on any table using any engine (InnoDB as well as MyISAM) for the duration of ~2 minutes. The SHOW INNODB STATUS reveals that the oldest running transaction is an INSERT into a table with a FULLTEXT index"

As mariadb doesn't have the parameter binlog_order_commits the only workaround found so far was to disable binary logging.