[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8079564: aarch64: Use FP register as proper frame pointer

[Edward Nevill]

On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 16:33 +0200, Zoltán Majó wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> 
> 
> this change looks good to me (I'm not a *R*eviewer).
> 
> I was wondering, though, which is the langtools test that passes with 
> -XX:-PreserveFramePointer disabled and fails with 
> -XX:+PreserveFramePointer. I would like to see if the same problem 
> appears on x86. Could you maybe also send me the error message that you get?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> 
> Best regards,
> 

The test in question is

> Error:  tools/javac/failover/CheckAttributedTree.java

Its a timeout. From the .jtr

test result: Error. Program `/home/ed/images/jdk-release-r29/bin/java' timed out!

I have put the .jtr @

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~enevill/8079564/CheckAttributedTree.jtr

Rerunning the test in isolation passes with both -XX:+/-PreserveFramePointer

All the best,
Ed.