RFR: JDK-8191933 Use failure handler in run-test

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2017-11-28 23:03, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> Every jtreg run would like to have the most helpful failure handling 
> possible.  Should some/all of this be pushed into jtreg itself instead 
> of the makefiles?
As I understand things, jtreg has a kind of plugin structure. This is a 
separate, specific plugin that leverages this functionality, and does 
some kind of JVM-specific analysis in case of failure. I don't think 
that would fit properly inside jtreg itself.

/Magnus
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie 
> <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com <mailto:magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     The jtreg failure handler needs to be used when running tests
>     using the run-test framework.
>
>     Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191933
>     <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191933>
>     WebRev:
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8191933-use-failure-handler-in-run-test/webrev.01
>     <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eihse/JDK-8191933-use-failure-handler-in-run-test/webrev.01>
>
>     /Magnus
>
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