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What this changes

When Java closes descriptor 1 or 2 (System.out.close(), or closing a FileOutputStream on FileDescriptor.out), HotSpot closes the process's stdout or stderr, so a reader of that stream sees end of file. java-web ignored the close. A parent that read a java-web child's stdout to its end before its stderr then waited until the child exited. To avoid a deadlock with a child that wrote a lot to stderr, child output was buffered up to 16 MB in memory.

• JvmOptions.closeOutput(fd) tells the embedder that Java closed descriptor 1 or 2. FileDescriptor.close0 and UnixDispatcher.close0 both reach it.
• Under Node, with the host's stdout or stderr, java-web closes that descriptor once pending writes drain, and opens /dev/null in its place so no file opened later gets the stream's writes. Later Java writes to it throw IOException: Bad file descriptor. A custom stdout or stderr callback, and the browser, see no change.
• A child's output now waits in memory up to 64 KiB, what a Linux pipe holds, instead of 16 MB.
• java/lang/RuntimeTests/exec/LotsOfOutput.java goes back in passing.txt. It failed now and then because the 16 MB buffer filled while it measured memory use.

Tests

• New test/java/CloseStdout.java: a child closes System.out, writes 1 MB to stderr, then tries to write to stdout again; the parent reads stdout to its end, then stderr. Output matches HotSpot. With the old close0 and the 64 KiB buffer it fails.
• Full unit suite: 254 of 254 pass.
• OpenJDK tests from passing.txt in java/lang/ProcessBuilder, java/lang/RuntimeTests, java/lang/Process and java/lang/ProcessHandle: 25 of 25 pass. LotsOfOutput and java/lang/ProcessBuilder/SkipTest.java pass 3 of 3 runs each.

Noticed, not fixed

• Closing descriptor 0 (System.in) still leaves the host's stdin open.

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• New Features
  • Added an optional callback for handling Java’s closure of standard output or standard error.
• Bug Fixes
  • Closing standard output or standard error now closes the corresponding host stream. Further writes report a bad-file-descriptor error, and later file operations no longer inherit writes to the closed stream.
  • Child-process output buffering now reflects typical Linux pipe capacity, helping prevent excess buffering when processes produce substantial output.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for closing either standard output or standard error while the child continues writing to the other stream.

Java closure of standard output or error now reaches the corresponding default Node host stream. The change also reduces the held-output limit and adds a Java process test and an OpenJDK passing-test entry.

Changes: Standard output and error closure

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Wire Java descriptor closure to host streams src/jvm.ts, src/natives/io.ts, src/node.ts	JvmOptions adds the closeOutput callback. Closing descriptor 1 or 2 invokes it. The Node runtime closes default host output streams and replaces the descriptors with /dev/null. Writes to closed streams raise a bad-file-descriptor IOException.
Adjust pipe buffering and test closed output src/process-node.ts, test/java/CloseStdout.java, test/jtreg/passing.txt	The held-output limit changes from 16 MiB to 64 KiB. The Java process test covers closing stdout or stderr, writing to the other stream, and a direct write to the closed descriptor. The passing-test list adds LotsOfOutput.java.

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Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant JavaProcess
  participant FileDescriptor.close0
  participant closeFd
  participant closeOutput
  participant closeHostOut
  participant HostDescriptor
  JavaProcess->>FileDescriptor.close0: Close stdout or stderr
  FileDescriptor.close0->>closeFd: Close positive descriptor
  closeFd->>closeOutput: Notify for descriptor 1 or 2
  closeOutput->>closeHostOut: Close default host output stream
  closeHostOut->>HostDescriptor: Close descriptor and open /dev/null

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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 581f2

If the VM runs inside a Node Worker with default output and Java closes stdout or stderr, the host process's own output stream can be closed and then redirected to /dev/null. This is limited to Worker embedding and does not affect main-thread CLI use. Gate the descriptor closure on the main thread before merging.

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_{A rabbit watched the stdout stream,
Then closed it with a gentle gleam.
The stderr carried bytes along,
While pipes held output, neat and strong.
A bad-fd note marked the stream’s end,
And /dev/null became its friend.}

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This PR implements closing the host stdout/stderr when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback to JvmOptions, wires it through FileDescriptor.close0 and closeFd, and in the Node backend closes the host stream after pending writes drain, replacing it with /dev/null. The child output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB. A new test CloseStdout.java verifies the behavior and LotsOfOutput.java is re-enabled.

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Review comments at @src/node.ts:
- Line 424: Update the shutdown logic around `s` and `close` to close the
descriptor from an ordered write-completion callback instead of relying on the
`drain` event, which may never fire for a pending write. Also handle `s` closing
before that callback completes, ensuring shutdown does not wait indefinitely or
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- Around line 8-10: Extend the CloseStdout regression test with a separate
child-process case that closes System.err, writes enough data to stdout to
exercise the reversed read order, and verifies the result against HotSpot.
Preserve the existing System.out closure case so the test covers both
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# java-web

## Direction

- Prove it with tests: programs whose output must match HotSpot exactly, and
  OpenJDK's own regression tests where they can run.

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# java-web

## Direction

- Compatibility first. Run JDK classes unmodified and implement what HotSpot
  does for them (natives, VM upcalls, init order). Do not patch or replace JDK
  classes. When behavior differs from HotSpot, HotSpot is right.

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The PR implements closing host stdout/stderr when Java closes file descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback to JvmOptions, wires it through closeFd and FileDescriptor.close0, and in the Node backend closes the host stream after pending writes drain, replacing the fd with /dev/null. The child output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB (Linux pipe size) since the deadlock scenario is fixed. A new test CloseStdout.java verifies the behavior. All 254 unit tests and 25 OpenJDK tests pass.

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The PR implements closing host stdout/stderr when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback, wires it through FileDescriptor.close0 and UnixDispatcher.close0, and in the Node backend closes the host stream after pending writes drain, replacing it with /dev/null. The child output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB. A new test CloseStdout.java verifies the behavior.

Not approved: 2 earlier points are still open in the threads.

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This PR makes java-web close the host's stdout/stderr when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback to JvmOptions, wires it through FileDescriptor.close0 and closeFd, and implements it in the Node embedder by closing the host stream and opening /dev/null in its place. The child-process output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB (a Linux pipe's capacity). A new test CloseStdout.java verifies the behavior.

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- Line 422: Update the output-close handling around fs.closeSync so numeric
stdout/stderr descriptors are closed only on the main thread, using isMainThread
to distinguish it. In a Worker, handle output closure without closing a
process-wide file descriptor, while preserving the existing custom output
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# java-web

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  does for them (natives, VM upcalls, init order). Do not patch or replace JDK
  classes. When behavior differs from HotSpot, HotSpot is right.

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[project516-review-bot]

This PR implements closing of host stdout/stderr when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback to JvmOptions, wires it through FileDescriptor.close0 and closeFd, and implements it in Node by closing the host fd and replacing it with /dev/null. The child output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB since the deadlock is fixed. A new test CloseStdout.java verifies the behavior.

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The PR implements HotSpot-like behavior when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2: a new closeOutput callback in JvmOptions is wired through FileDescriptor.close0 and closeFd, and the Node backend closes the host stdout/stderr, drains pending writes, and replaces the fd with /dev/null. The child output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KB (Linux pipe size) since the stdout-close deadlock is resolved. All 254 unit tests and 25 OpenJDK tests pass. A known limitation in the fd-replacement loop (may not reliably reclaim the exact fd number) was discussed in earlier reviews and not addressed in this push.

Not approved: 2 earlier points are still open in the threads.

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This PR implements closing the host stdout/stderr when Java closes descriptor 1 or 2, matching HotSpot behavior. It adds a closeOutput callback to JvmOptions, wires it through FileDescriptor.close0 and closeFd, and implements it in the Node backend by closing the host stream after pending writes drain and replacing it with /dev/null. The child-process output buffer is reduced from 16 MB to 64 KiB since the deadlock it mitigated is now resolved. Tests pass including a new CloseStdout.java test and LotsOfOutput.java restored to passing.

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