--- a/hotspot/src/os/bsd/vm/attachListener_bsd.cpp	Wed Jul 10 15:49:15 2013 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/bsd/vm/attachListener_bsd.cpp	Fri Jul 12 18:43:27 2013 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -437,6 +437,30 @@
   return op;
 }
 
+
+// Performs initialization at vm startup
+// For BSD we remove any stale .java_pid file which could cause
+// an attaching process to think we are ready to receive on the
+// domain socket before we are properly initialized
+
+void AttachListener::vm_start() {
+  char fn[UNIX_PATH_MAX];
+  struct stat64 st;
+  int ret;
+
+  int n = snprintf(fn, UNIX_PATH_MAX, "%s/.java_pid%d",
+           os::get_temp_directory(), os::current_process_id());
+  assert(n < (int)UNIX_PATH_MAX, "java_pid file name buffer overflow");
+
+  RESTARTABLE(::stat64(fn, &st), ret);
+  if (ret == 0) {
+    ret = ::unlink(fn);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+      debug_only(warning("failed to remove stale attach pid file at %s", fn));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 int AttachListener::pd_init() {
   JavaThread* thread = JavaThread::current();
   ThreadBlockInVM tbivm(thread);