[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR (XS): 8221529: [TESTBUG] Docker tests use old/deprecated image on AArch64

[Nick Gasson]

Thanks Andrew, Misha, and Severin for your reviews!

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/40658cb7f47a

Nick


On 04/04/2019 18:41, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 4/4/19 10:59 AM, Nick Gasson wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>>   >
>>   > Nick will have to explain what it's supposed to do, and why.
>>   >
>>
>> By default on all non-x86 Linux platforms the Docker tests are supposed
>> to use the official Ubuntu "latest" (=18.04) image from Docker Hub. But
>> for AArch64 the image used is "aarch64/ubuntu" which according to [1] is
>> deprecated in favour of "arm64v8/ubuntu" and hasn't been updated since
>> 16.04:
>>
>> "The aarch64 organization is deprecated in favor of the more-specific
>> arm64v8 organization, as per
>> https://github.com/docker-library/official-images#architectures-other-than-amd64.
>> Please adjust your usages accordingly."
>>
>> Practically, this causes problems if your JDK image is linked against a
>> recent glibc: the Docker tests will fail with symbol resolution errors
>> when these binaries are run in the Ubuntu 16.04 container.
>>
>> [1] https://hub.docker.com/r/aarch64/ubuntu
> 
> The patch is OK.
>