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+/**
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+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.util;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Clock;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+
+public class TestCgroupsLCEResourcesHandler {
+
+  static class MockClock implements Clock {
+    long time;
+    @Override
+    public long getTime() {
+      return time;
+    }
+  }
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteCgroup() throws Exception {
+    final MockClock clock = new MockClock();
+    clock.time = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    CgroupsLCEResourcesHandler handler = new CgroupsLCEResourcesHandler();
+    handler.setConf(new YarnConfiguration());
+    handler.initConfig();
+    handler.clock = clock;
+    
+    //file exists
+    File file = new File("target", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+    new FileOutputStream(file).close();
+    Assert.assertTrue(handler.deleteCgroup(file.getPath()));
+
+    //file does not exists, timing out
+    final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    new Thread() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        latch.countDown();
+        try {
+          Thread.sleep(200);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+          //NOP
+        }
+        clock.time += YarnConfiguration.
+            DEFAULT_NM_LINUX_CONTAINER_CGROUPS_DELETE_TIMEOUT;
+      }
+    }.start();
+    latch.await();
+    file = new File("target", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+    Assert.assertFalse(handler.deleteCgroup(file.getPath()));
+  }
+
+}