Bug ID: JDK-8044841 java/lang/Runtime/exec/SleepyCat.java Exception: Read from closed pipe hangs

Type: Bug
Component: hotspot
Sub-Component: compiler
Affected Version: 8u40,9

Priority: P4
Status: Open
Resolution: Unresolved
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2014-06-04
Updated: 2024-04-11

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java/lang/Runtime/exec/SleepyCat.java failed:

java.lang.Exception: Read from closed pipe hangs
	at SleepyCat.main(SleepyCat.java:164)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:484)
	at com.sun.javatest.regtest.MainWrapper$MainThread.run(MainWrapper.java:94)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

or timeouts.

Not seen in the last year
01-11-2017
Still happens in HS Nightly September 2014 But not for the last two weeks (end of September). Any idea why? Already fixed?
03-10-2014
This fails almost every night since more than 2 months.
14-08-2014
RULE java/lang/Runtime/exec/SleepyCat.java Exception java.lang.Exception: Read from closed pipe hangs
04-06-2014

Cloners :	JDK-8067486 - Add diagnostics for Exception: Read from closed pipe hangs
Relates :	JDK-8068370 - (process) Executing recently modified file results in ETXTBSY
Relates :	JDK-7059777 - Remove lang tests from Problemlist.txt
Relates :	JDK-4894690 - RegTest-cte CTE_REGTEST/Generic/4843136/SleepyCat.java failed