import java.util.Map; public class Main { static public void main(String[] args) throws Exception { checkManager(); // Warm up the reaper so that there are no issues with scheduling because of static // initialization. { ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("sleep", "0"); Process proc = pb.start(); proc.waitFor(); waitForReaperTimedWaiting(true /* reaperMustExist */); } for (int i = 1; i <= 2; i++) { System.out.println("\nspawning child #" + i); child(); Thread.sleep(2000); checkManager(); } System.out.println("\ndone!"); } static private void child() throws Exception { System.out.println("spawning child"); ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("sleep", "5"); Process proc = pb.start(); Thread.sleep(250); checkManager(); proc.waitFor(); System.out.println("child died"); } private static boolean isReaperThread(Thread t) { String name = t.getName(); return name.indexOf("process reaper") >= 0; } static private void checkManager() { Map<Thread, StackTraceElement[]> traces = Thread.getAllStackTraces(); boolean found = false; for (Map.Entry<Thread, StackTraceElement[]> entry : traces.entrySet()) { Thread t = entry.getKey(); if (isReaperThread(t)) { Thread.State state = t.getState(); System.out.println("process manager: " + state); if (state != Thread.State.RUNNABLE && state != Thread.State.TIMED_WAITING) { for (StackTraceElement e : entry.getValue()) { System.out.println(" " + e); } } found = true; } } if (! found) { System.out.println("process manager: nonexistent"); } } private static void waitForReaperTimedWaiting(boolean reaperMustExist) { for (;;) { Map<Thread, StackTraceElement[]> traces = Thread.getAllStackTraces(); boolean ok = true; boolean found = false; for (Thread t : traces.keySet()) { if (isReaperThread(t)) { found = true; Thread.State state = t.getState(); if (state != Thread.State.TIMED_WAITING) { ok = false; break; } } } if (ok && (!reaperMustExist || found)) { return; } try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (Exception e) { // Ignore. } } } }