--- old/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java	2014-02-11 18:26:14.000000000 +0100
+++ new/test/runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java	2014-02-11 18:26:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -34,13 +34,10 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
 
 import com.sun.jdi.Bootstrap;
 import com.sun.jdi.Field;
@@ -70,16 +67,9 @@
 
   public static void main(String[] args)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-
-    for (int i=0; i < args.length; i++) {
-        sb.append(' ');
-        sb.append(args[i]);
-    }
-    //VirtualMachine vm = launchTarget(sb.toString());
+    
     VirtualMachine vm = launchTarget(CLASS_NAME);
-
+    
     System.out.println("Vm launched");
     // set watch field on already loaded classes
     List<ReferenceType> referenceTypes = vm
@@ -100,7 +90,9 @@
     // Copy target's output and error to our output and error.
     Thread outThread = new StreamRedirectThread("out reader", process.getInputStream());
     Thread errThread = new StreamRedirectThread("error reader", process.getErrorStream());
-
+    
+    PrintWriter vmPrinter = null;
+    
     errThread.start();
     outThread.start();
 
@@ -121,6 +113,13 @@
           ReferenceType refType = classPrepEvent
               .referenceType();
           addFieldWatch(vm, refType);
+          
+          // inform TestPostFieldModification that it can exit. // JDK-8007710
+          if (vmPrinter == null) {
+              vmPrinter = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
+              vmPrinter.println("");
+              vmPrinter.flush();
+          }        
         } else if (event instanceof ModificationWatchpointEvent) {
           System.out.println("sleep for 500 ms");
           Thread.sleep(500);
--- old/test/runtime/7158988/TestPostFieldModification.java	2014-02-11 18:26:15.000000000 +0100
+++ new/test/runtime/7158988/TestPostFieldModification.java	2014-02-11 18:26:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@
         for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
           test.value += new String("_test");
         }
+
+        // JDK-8007710
+        System.out.println("---TestPostFieldModification-run waiting to exit ...");
+        try {
+            System.in.read();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println("---TestPostFieldModification-run impossible? "+e);
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+         
+        System.out.println("---TestPostFieldModification-run bye!");
       }
     }.start();