RFR: JDK-8177956 Add TEST_VM_OPTS as convenience for run-test arguments

[Tim Bell]

Magnus:

Looks good to me as well.

/Tim

On 11/27/17 15:44, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Looks good.
>
> /Erik
>
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> On 2017-11-27 15:11, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> From the bug report:
>>
>> A common scenario is adding vm arguments when running tests. While
>> this can be accomplished by JTREG="VM_OPTIONS=-Xfoo", this is a lot to
>> type for a common case. In the future, when gtest accepts vm arguments
>> as well, a separate, similar but yet different
>> GTEST="VM_OPTIONS=-Xfoo" would be needed.
>>
>> A new "global" TEST_VM_OPTS=X should behave as if VM_OPTIONS=X were
>> present on all applicable test framework option control variables.
>>
>> My solution also adds a new "global" TEST_OPTS, where
>> TEST_VM_OPTS=-Xfoo behaves identical to TEST_OPTS="VM_OPTIONS=-Xfoo",
>> but which also allows other global settings. It also adds support for
>> VM_OPTIONS to gtest, and it improves error resilience in gtest result
>> parsing.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8177956
>> WebRev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8177956-add-TEST_OPTS/webrev.01
>>
>> /Magnus
>>
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