This bug applies to the Kestrel reference release for Solaris
(and probably the Linux releases).

The JRE creates threads to buffer the stdout and stderr streams from
child processes created by Runtime.exec().

A sime test program:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

public class CP {

    static void main(String[] args) {

try {
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cat /dev/zero");
// pretend we are very busy.
Thread.sleep(1000000000);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
    }
}

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# /files3/jdk1.3U/bin/java CP
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
        <<no stack trace available>>
^C