> Since 8214300, jcmd cannot attach to a Java process in a docker container.
> 
> That change started using a canonicalized File to create the .attach_pidXXX 
> file.  For a target process in a container, it will follow a symlink that is 
> likely not the same as for the target process.  e.g. follow a symlink to a 
> cwd of / which is not the same directory for the container host, as it is 
> within the container.  Containerized VM never sees the file, never creates 
> the socket file, the attach times out and fails.
> 
> To keep the 8214300 change working for non-container situations, we can keep 
> a canonical version of the attach File to use for deleting.
> 
> For containers there will remain the problem 8214300 describes, although it 
> is unlikely: if you start the attach to a containerized VM,  and it then 
> exits, we can't delete the .attach_pidXXX file.  Neither the /proc/PID/cwd or 
> canonical form are any use.
> 
> (Possibly leaving a .attach_pidXXX file if the target dies in that small 
> window is better than the current situation.)
> 
> Here I'm suggesting the same change on AIX, although I can't build/test that. 
>  I'm expecting it has the same problem, as /proc/pid/cwd is still a symlink.

Kevin Walls has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  One less File reference.

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4418/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4418/files/b3d76d54..6c023f6f

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=4418&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=4418&range=00-01

  Stats: 8 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 2 del; 6 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4418.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/4418/head:pull/4418

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4418

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