Github user bjlovegithub commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2629
The case may happen when all elements have arrived. For this case,
`StreamTask` will go to close all operators, which will reach
`AsyncCollectorBuffer.waitEmpty`. In this function, `Emitter Thread` will be
waken up.
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