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+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
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+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+/*
+ * The goal of this test is to cover the Workers' implementation of
+ * Worker.prototype.destroy. Worker.prototype.destroy is called within
+ * the worker's context: once when the worker is still connected to the
+ * master, and another time when it's not connected to it, so that we cover
+ * both code paths.
+ */
+
+require('../common');
+var cluster = require('cluster');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var worker1, worker2, workerExited, workerDisconnected;
+
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+  worker1 = cluster.fork();
+  worker2 = cluster.fork();
+
+  workerExited = 0;
+  workerDisconnected = 0;
+
+  [worker1, worker2].forEach(function(worker) {
+    worker.on('disconnect', ondisconnect);
+    worker.on('exit', onexit);
+  });
+
+  process.on('exit', onProcessExit);
+
+} else {
+  if (cluster.worker.id === 1) {
+    // Call destroy when worker is disconnected
+    cluster.worker.process.on('disconnect', function() {
+      cluster.worker.destroy();
+    });
+
+    cluster.worker.disconnect();
+  } else {
+    // Call destroy when worker is not disconnected yet
+    cluster.worker.destroy();
+  }
+}
+
+function onProcessExit() {
+  assert.equal(workerExited,
+               2,
+               'When master exits, all workers should have exited too');
+  assert.equal(workerDisconnected,
+               2,
+               'When master exits, all workers should have disconnected');
+}
+
+function ondisconnect() {
+  ++workerDisconnected;
+}
+
+function onexit() {
+  ++workerExited;
+}