// we want to see all top-level thread groups
        ThreadGroup tg = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
        while (tg.getParent() == null) {
            tg = tg.getParent();
        }

        ThreadGroup[] tgList = new ThreadGroup[tg.activeGroupCount()];
        tg.enumerate(tgList);

        boolean seen = false;

        for (ThreadGroup aTgList : tgList) {

            bigThreadConstructor.newInstance(
                (ThreadGroup) null, finalizer, threadName, defaultStackSize, inheritThreadLocals);
      } catch (Throwable t) {
        logger.log(
            Level.INFO, "Failed to create a thread without inherited thread-local values", t);
      }
    }
    if (thread == null) {
      thread = new Thread((ThreadGroup) null, finalizer, threadName);
    }
    thread.setDaemon(true);