--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: Test creation and deletion of trace instances
+
+if [ ! -d instances ] ; then
+ echo "no instance directory with this kernel"
+ exit_unsupported;
+fi
+
+fail() { # mesg
+ rmdir x y z 2>/dev/null
+ echo $1
+ set -e
+ exit $FAIL
+}
+
+cd instances
+
+# we don't want to fail on error
+set +e
+
+mkdir x
+rmdir x
+result=$?
+
+if [ $result -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "instance rmdir not supported"
+ exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+instance_slam() {
+ while :; do
+ mkdir x
+ mkdir y
+ mkdir z
+ rmdir x
+ rmdir y
+ rmdir z
+ done 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+instance_slam &
+x=`jobs -l`
+p1=`echo $x | cut -d' ' -f2`
+echo $p1
+
+instance_slam &
+x=`jobs -l | tail -1`
+p2=`echo $x | cut -d' ' -f2`
+echo $p2
+
+instance_slam &
+x=`jobs -l | tail -1`
+p3=`echo $x | cut -d' ' -f2`
+echo $p3
+
+instance_slam &
+x=`jobs -l | tail -1`
+p4=`echo $x | cut -d' ' -f2`
+echo $p4
+
+instance_slam &
+x=`jobs -l | tail -1`
+p5=`echo $x | cut -d' ' -f2`
+echo $p5
+
+ls -lR >/dev/null
+sleep 1
+
+kill -1 $p1
+kill -1 $p2
+kill -1 $p3
+kill -1 $p4
+kill -1 $p5
+
+echo "Wait for processes to finish"
+wait $p1 $p2 $p3 $p4 $p5
+echo "all processes finished, wait for cleanup"
+
+mkdir x y z
+ls x y z
+rmdir x y z
+for d in x y z; do
+ if [ -d $d ]; then
+ fail "instance $d still exists"
+ fi
+done
+
+set -e
+
+exit 0