<div dir="ltr">I've got an Erlang/Elixir application that's being invoked via child_process in Node.js.  Outside of Node.js, it's fine.  Inside, the node crashes on startup with a badarg from disksup -- this is because the application requires that os_mon be started.<div><br></div><div>A trivial reproducer is the following:</div><div><br></div><div>var child_process = require('child_process');</div><div>child_process.spawn(path_to_app_executable, ['foreground'], </div><div> { stdio: ignore, </div><div>   detached: true });</div><div><br></div><div>Included is the crash:</div><div><pre style="word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap">2017-11-23 21:26:04 =ERROR REPORT====
** Generic server disksup terminating
** Last message in was timeout
** When Server state == [{data,[{"OS",{unix,linux}},{"Timeout",1800000},{"Threshold",80},{"D
iskData",[]}]}]
** Reason for termination ==
** {badarg,[{erlang,port_close,[#Port<0.2000>],[]},{disksup,terminate,2,[{file,"disksup.erl"
},{line,169}]},{gen_server,try_terminate,3,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,629}]},{gen_server
,terminate,7,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,795}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_
lib.erl"},{line,247}]}]}
2017-11-23 21:26:04 =CRASH REPORT====
  crasher:
    initial call: disksup:init/1
    pid: <0.913.0>
    registered_name: disksup
    exception exit: {{badarg,[{erlang,port_close,[#Port<0.2000>],[]},{disksup,terminate,2,[{
file,"disksup.erl"},{line,169}]},{gen_server,try_terminate,3,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,
629}]},{gen_server,terminate,7,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,795}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_app
ly,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,247}]}]},[{gen_server,terminate,7,[{file,"gen_server.erl"}
,{line,800}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,247}]}]}
    ancestors: [os_mon_sup,<0.911.0>]
    messages: []
    links: [<0.912.0>]
    dictionary: []
    trap_exit: true
    status: running
    heap_size: 610
    stack_size: 27
    reductions: 368
  neighbours:
2017-11-23 21:26:04 =SUPERVISOR REPORT====
     Supervisor: {local,os_mon_sup}
     Context:    child_terminated
     Reason:     {badarg,[{erlang,port_close,[#Port<0.2000>],[]},{disksup,terminate,2,[{file
,"disksup.erl"},{line,169}]},{gen_server,try_terminate,3,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,629}
]},{gen_server,terminate,7,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,795}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3
,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,247}]}]}
     Offender:   [{pid,<0.913.0>},{id,disksup},{mfargs,{disksup,start_link,[]}},{restart_typ
e,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]</pre></div></div>