code review request: 7092627: use agentvm mode instead of samevm in regtests

[Weijun Wang]

Hi Dmitry

Webrev updated at

   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/7092627/webrev.01/

Also, a new variable CONCURRENCY is added so that you can run tests in 
multiple VMs. The value can be a number or "auto" which uses 
Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() as the value.

No change for MangleStepTest.java and ParentLoggersTest.java in this 
version.

Thanks
Max


On 09/21/2011 05:34 PM, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Weijun,
>
> test/Makefile
> 362 #JTREG_SAMEVM_OPTION = -samevm
>
> it's better to remove this line. Otherwise looks fine for me.
>
> -Dmitry
>
>
> On 2011-09-21 12:51, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> Here is the webrev:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/7092627/webrev.00/
>>
>> The major reason for this change is that in samevm mode, sometimes a
>> test leaves garbage here or there and jtreg cannot do a successfull
>> cleanup and every test following it in the same testsuite fails. By
>> using agentvm, jtreg can create a new VM for these tests and let the
>> test go on.
>>
>> We do notice some issues in switching from samevm to agentvm. One of
>> them is com/sun/jdi/sde/MangleStepTest.java, which fails on all
>> platforms once agentvm is turned on.
>> java/util/logging/ParentLoggersTest.java fails on all solaris 64 bit
>> platforms (solaris-x64 and solaris-sparcv9) . They are moved to othervm
>> mode and bugs are created to track the problem. There are other formerly
>> unstable tests that become more unstable, and anyway they need to be
>> fixed.
>>
>> The agentvm mode accepts a concurrency option that allows multiple
>> testing VMs running at the same time. The current value is set to 1.
>> Since JPRT already runs multiple tests on the same client, it's probably
>> not a good idea to run even more. The major purpose of this code change
>> is to enhance stability but not performance.
>>
>> Also, setting the concurrency number higher seems to make agentvm mode
>> unstable. In our experiments, 80% of the tests see a 20% time saving
>> when the number is changed from 1 to 2. But the other 20% consumes much
>> more time, some hang for ever.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> *Change Request ID*: 7092627
>> *Synopsis*: use agentvm mode instead of samevm in regtests
>>
>> Product: java
>> Category: java
>> Subcategory: test
>>
>> === *Description*
>> ============================================================
>> agentvm mode is an enhanced samevm mode that allows automatic new VM
>> creation when there is any unrecoverable error during test execution. It
>> also allows tests running in multiple VMs simultaneously.
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