RFR: 8024055: serviceability/attach/AttachWithStalePidFile.java createJavaPidFile() fails

[David Holmes]

Hi Peter,

On 24/10/2014 11:39 PM, Peter Allwin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This patch fixes two intermittent issues seen over the past year:
>
>    a) Possible failure where an existing pid-file is not owned by the
> test user
>    b) Race during startup where we try to attach to the target before
> it’s ready (removed arbitrary 5sec sleep)
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024055
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~allwin/8024055/webrev.00/

test/serviceability/attach/AttachWithStalePidFile.java

Why use an Executor and a Future instead of simply processing the 
process output directly?

David

> Tested locally on my Mac.
>
> Thanks!
> /peter