diff --git a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
index c796da6..9647865 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/dexopt.cpp
@@ -74,10 +74,19 @@
 using android::base::ReadFully;
 using android::base::StringPrintf;
 using android::base::WriteFully;
+using android::base::borrowed_fd;
 using android::base::unique_fd;
 
 namespace {
 
+// Timeout for short operations, such as merging profiles.
+constexpr int kShortTimeoutMs = 60000; // 1 minute.
+
+// Timeout for long operations, such as compilation. This should be smaller than the Package Manager
+// watchdog (PackageManagerService.WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, 10 minutes), so that the operation will be
+// aborted before that watchdog would take down the system server.
+constexpr int kLongTimeoutMs = 570000; // 9.5 minutes.
+
 class DexOptStatus {
  public:
     // Check if dexopt is cancelled and fork if it is not cancelled.
@@ -486,6 +495,25 @@
     }
 }
 
+// Cleans up an output file specified by a file descriptor. This function should be called whenever
+// a subprocess that modifies a system-managed file crashes.
+// If the subprocess crashes while it's writing to the file, the file is likely corrupted, so we
+// should remove it.
+// If the subprocess times out and is killed while it's acquiring a flock on the file, there is
+// probably a deadlock, so it's also good to remove the file so that later operations won't
+// encounter the same problem. It's safe to do so because the process that is holding the flock will
+// still have access to the file until the file descriptor is closed.
+// Note that we can't do `clear_reference_profile` here even if the fd points to a reference profile
+// because that also requires a flock and is therefore likely to be stuck in the second case.
+static bool cleanup_output_fd(int fd) {
+    std::string path;
+    bool ret = remove_file_at_fd(fd, &path);
+    if (ret) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "Removed file at path " << path;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static constexpr int PROFMAN_BIN_RETURN_CODE_SUCCESS = 0;
 static constexpr int PROFMAN_BIN_RETURN_CODE_COMPILE = 1;
 static constexpr int PROFMAN_BIN_RETURN_CODE_SKIP_COMPILATION_NOT_ENOUGH_DELTA = 2;
@@ -497,13 +525,14 @@
 
 class RunProfman : public ExecVHelper {
   public:
-   void SetupArgs(const std::vector<unique_fd>& profile_fds,
-                  const unique_fd& reference_profile_fd,
-                  const std::vector<unique_fd>& apk_fds,
-                  const std::vector<std::string>& dex_locations,
-                  bool copy_and_update,
-                  bool for_snapshot,
-                  bool for_boot_image) {
+    template <typename T, typename U>
+    void SetupArgs(const std::vector<T>& profile_fds,
+                   const unique_fd& reference_profile_fd,
+                   const std::vector<U>& apk_fds,
+                   const std::vector<std::string>& dex_locations,
+                   bool copy_and_update,
+                   bool for_snapshot,
+                   bool for_boot_image) {
 
         // TODO(calin): Assume for now we run in the bg compile job (which is in
         // most of the invocation). With the current data flow, is not very easy or
@@ -519,11 +548,11 @@
             AddArg("--reference-profile-file-fd=" + std::to_string(reference_profile_fd.get()));
         }
 
-        for (const unique_fd& fd : profile_fds) {
+        for (const T& fd : profile_fds) {
             AddArg("--profile-file-fd=" + std::to_string(fd.get()));
         }
 
-        for (const unique_fd& fd : apk_fds) {
+        for (const U& fd : apk_fds) {
             AddArg("--apk-fd=" + std::to_string(fd.get()));
         }
 
@@ -582,20 +611,14 @@
                   for_boot_image);
     }
 
-    void SetupCopyAndUpdate(unique_fd&& profile_fd,
-                            unique_fd&& reference_profile_fd,
-                            unique_fd&& apk_fd,
+    void SetupCopyAndUpdate(const unique_fd& profile_fd,
+                            const unique_fd& reference_profile_fd,
+                            const unique_fd& apk_fd,
                             const std::string& dex_location) {
-        // The fds need to stay open longer than the scope of the function, so put them into a local
-        // variable vector.
-        profiles_fd_.push_back(std::move(profile_fd));
-        apk_fds_.push_back(std::move(apk_fd));
-        reference_profile_fd_ = std::move(reference_profile_fd);
-        std::vector<std::string> dex_locations = {dex_location};
-        SetupArgs(profiles_fd_,
-                  reference_profile_fd_,
-                  apk_fds_,
-                  dex_locations,
+        SetupArgs(std::vector<borrowed_fd>{profile_fd},
+                  reference_profile_fd,
+                  std::vector<borrowed_fd>{apk_fd},
+                  {dex_location},
                   /*copy_and_update=*/true,
                   /*for_snapshot*/false,
                   /*for_boot_image*/false);
@@ -621,11 +644,6 @@
     void Exec() {
         ExecVHelper::Exec(DexoptReturnCodes::kProfmanExec);
     }
-
-  private:
-    unique_fd reference_profile_fd_;
-    std::vector<unique_fd> profiles_fd_;
-    std::vector<unique_fd> apk_fds_;
 };
 
 static int analyze_profiles(uid_t uid, const std::string& package_name,
@@ -657,13 +675,14 @@
         profman_merge.Exec();
     }
     /* parent */
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     bool need_to_compile = false;
     bool empty_profiles = false;
     bool should_clear_current_profiles = false;
     bool should_clear_reference_profile = false;
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
         LOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for location " << location << ": " << return_code;
+        cleanup_output_fd(reference_profile_fd.get());
     } else {
         return_code = WEXITSTATUS(return_code);
         switch (return_code) {
@@ -797,10 +816,10 @@
         profman_dump.Exec();
     }
     /* parent */
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
-        LOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for package " << pkgname << ": "
-                << return_code;
+        LOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for package " << pkgname << ": " << return_code;
+        cleanup_output_fd(output_fd.get());
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -871,7 +890,11 @@
         _exit(0);
     }
     /* parent */
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
+    if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
+        cleanup_output_fd(out_fd.get());
+        return false;
+    }
     return return_code == 0;
 }
 
@@ -1521,7 +1544,7 @@
     }
     pipe_read.reset();
 
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Error waiting for child dexoptanalyzer process";
         return false;
@@ -1695,7 +1718,7 @@
     }
 
     /* parent */
-    int result = wait_child(pid);
+    int result = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     cancelled = dexopt_status_->check_if_killed_and_remove_dexopt_pid(pid);
     if (!WIFEXITED(result)) {
         if ((WTERMSIG(result) == SIGKILL) && cancelled) {
@@ -1954,7 +1977,7 @@
 
         runner.Exec(DexoptReturnCodes::kDex2oatExec);
     } else {
-        int res = wait_child(pid);
+        int res = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kLongTimeoutMs);
         bool cancelled = dexopt_status_->check_if_killed_and_remove_dexopt_pid(pid);
         if (res == 0) {
             LOG(VERBOSE) << "DexInv: --- END '" << dex_path << "' (success) ---";
@@ -2143,7 +2166,7 @@
         _exit(result ? kReconcileSecondaryDexCleanedUp : kReconcileSecondaryDexAccessIOError);
     }
 
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
         LOG(WARNING) << "reconcile dex failed for location " << dex_path << ": " << return_code;
     } else {
@@ -2261,7 +2284,7 @@
     if (!ReadFully(pipe_read, out_secondary_dex_hash->data(), out_secondary_dex_hash->size())) {
         out_secondary_dex_hash->clear();
     }
-    return wait_child(pid) == 0;
+    return wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs) == 0;
 }
 
 // Helper for move_ab, so that we can have common failure-case cleanup.
@@ -2591,9 +2614,10 @@
     }
 
     /* parent */
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
         LOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for " << package_name << ":" << profile_name;
+        cleanup_output_fd(snapshot_fd.get());
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -2700,10 +2724,11 @@
         }
 
         /* parent */
-        int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+        int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
 
         if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
             PLOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for " << package_name << ":" << profile_name;
+            cleanup_output_fd(snapshot_fd.get());
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -2774,9 +2799,9 @@
     }
 
     RunProfman args;
-    args.SetupCopyAndUpdate(std::move(dex_metadata_fd),
-                            std::move(ref_profile_fd),
-                            std::move(apk_fd),
+    args.SetupCopyAndUpdate(dex_metadata_fd,
+                            ref_profile_fd,
+                            apk_fd,
                             code_path);
     pid_t pid = fork();
     if (pid == 0) {
@@ -2789,9 +2814,10 @@
     }
 
     /* parent */
-    int return_code = wait_child(pid);
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kShortTimeoutMs);
     if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
         PLOG(WARNING) << "profman failed for " << package_name << ":" << profile_name;
+        cleanup_output_fd(ref_profile_fd.get());
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
index bb36c39..f21a304 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_dexopt_test.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace installd {
 
+constexpr int kTimeoutMs = 60000;
+
 // TODO(calin): try to dedup this code.
 #if defined(__arm__)
 static const std::string kRuntimeIsa = "arm";
@@ -1073,7 +1075,7 @@
             _exit(0);
         }
         /* parent */
-        ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(wait_child(pid)));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kTimeoutMs)));
     }
 
     void mergePackageProfiles(const std::string& package_name,
@@ -1377,7 +1379,7 @@
             _exit(0);
         }
         /* parent */
-        ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(wait_child(pid)));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kTimeoutMs)));
     }
   protected:
     std::string intial_android_profiles_dir;
diff --git a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
index a7a8624..8d1ccdc 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/tests/installd_utils_test.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/scopeguard.h>
@@ -690,5 +692,45 @@
               create_data_misc_supplemental_shared_path(nullptr, false, 10, "com.foo"));
 }
 
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, WaitChild) {
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* child */
+        // Do nothing.
+        _exit(0);
+    }
+    /* parent */
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, /*timeout_ms=*/100);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(return_code));
+    EXPECT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(return_code), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, WaitChildTimeout) {
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* child */
+        sleep(1);
+        _exit(0);
+    }
+    /* parent */
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, /*timeout_ms=*/1);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(WIFEXITED(return_code));
+    EXPECT_EQ(WTERMSIG(return_code), SIGKILL);
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, RemoveFileAtFd) {
+    std::string filename = "/data/local/tmp/tempfile-XXXXXX";
+    int fd = mkstemp(filename.data());
+    ASSERT_GE(fd, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(access(filename.c_str(), F_OK), 0);
+
+    std::string actual_filename;
+    remove_file_at_fd(fd, &actual_filename);
+    EXPECT_NE(access(filename.c_str(), F_OK), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(filename, actual_filename);
+
+    close(fd);
+}
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
index 3ce4b67..6650b76 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/utils.cpp
@@ -19,18 +19,21 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fts.h>
+#include <poll.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/capability.h>
+#include <sys/pidfd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
-#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <cutils/fs.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
@@ -1096,30 +1099,45 @@
     return fs_prepare_dir(path.c_str(), 0750, uid, gid);
 }
 
-int wait_child(pid_t pid)
-{
+static int wait_child(pid_t pid) {
     int status;
-    pid_t got_pid;
+    pid_t got_pid = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(waitpid(pid, &status, /*options=*/0));
 
-    while (1) {
-        got_pid = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-        if (got_pid == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
-            printf("waitpid interrupted, retrying\n");
-        } else {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
     if (got_pid != pid) {
-        ALOGW("waitpid failed: wanted %d, got %d: %s\n",
-            (int) pid, (int) got_pid, strerror(errno));
-        return 1;
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "waitpid failed: wanted " << pid << ", got " << got_pid;
+        return W_EXITCODE(/*exit_code=*/255, /*signal_number=*/0);
     }
 
-    if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
-        return 0;
-    } else {
-        return status;      /* always nonzero */
+    return status;
+}
+
+int wait_child_with_timeout(pid_t pid, int timeout_ms) {
+    int pidfd = pidfd_open(pid, /*flags=*/0);
+    if (pidfd < 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "pidfd_open failed for pid " << pid;
+        kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+        return wait_child(pid);
     }
+
+    struct pollfd pfd;
+    pfd.fd = pidfd;
+    pfd.events = POLLIN;
+    int poll_ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(poll(&pfd, /*nfds=*/1, timeout_ms));
+
+    close(pidfd);
+
+    if (poll_ret < 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "poll failed for pid " << pid;
+        kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+        return wait_child(pid);
+    }
+    if (poll_ret == 0) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "Child process " << pid << " timed out after " << timeout_ms
+                     << "ms. Killing it";
+        kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+        return wait_child(pid);
+    }
+    return wait_child(pid);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1332,5 +1350,27 @@
     }
 }
 
+bool remove_file_at_fd(int fd, /*out*/ std::string* path) {
+    char path_buffer[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    std::string proc_path = android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);
+    ssize_t len = readlink(proc_path.c_str(), path_buffer, PATH_MAX);
+    if (len < 0) {
+        PLOG(WARNING) << "Could not remove file at fd " << fd << ": Failed to get file path";
+        return false;
+    }
+    path_buffer[len] = '\0';
+    if (path != nullptr) {
+        *path = path_buffer;
+    }
+    if (unlink(path_buffer) != 0) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        PLOG(WARNING) << "Could not remove file at path " << path_buffer;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/cmds/installd/utils.h b/cmds/installd/utils.h
index 2db1623..2d00845 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/utils.h
+++ b/cmds/installd/utils.h
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@
 
 int ensure_config_user_dirs(userid_t userid);
 
-int wait_child(pid_t pid);
+// Waits for a child process, or kills it if it times out. Returns the exit code.
+int wait_child_with_timeout(pid_t pid, int timeout_ms);
 
 int prepare_app_cache_dir(const std::string& parent, const char* name, mode_t target_mode,
         uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
@@ -177,6 +178,10 @@
 
 void drop_capabilities(uid_t uid);
 
+// Removes a file specified by a file descriptor. Returns true on success. Reports the file path to
+// `path` if present.
+bool remove_file_at_fd(int fd, /*out*/ std::string* path = nullptr);
+
 }  // namespace installd
 }  // namespace android
 
diff --git a/cmds/installd/view_compiler.cpp b/cmds/installd/view_compiler.cpp
index 60d6492..8c000a1 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/view_compiler.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/view_compiler.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
 namespace android {
 namespace installd {
 
-using base::unique_fd;
+namespace {
+
+using ::android::base::unique_fd;
+
+constexpr int kTimeoutMs = 300000;
+
+} // namespace
 
 bool view_compiler(const char* apk_path, const char* package_name, const char* out_dex_file,
                    int uid) {
@@ -88,7 +94,17 @@
         _exit(1);
     }
 
-    return wait_child(pid) == 0;
+    int return_code = wait_child_with_timeout(pid, kTimeoutMs);
+    if (!WIFEXITED(return_code)) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "viewcompiler failed for " << package_name << ":" << apk_path;
+        if (WTERMSIG(return_code) == SIGKILL) {
+            // If the subprocess is killed while it's writing to the file, the file is likely
+            // corrupted, so we should remove it.
+            remove_file_at_fd(outfd.get());
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    return WEXITSTATUS(return_code) == 0;
 }
 
 } // namespace installd