RFR: JDK-8230067: Add optional automatic retry when running jtreg tests

[Erik Joelsson]

The issue with jtreg has now been fixed in b16. Here is an updated webrev:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8230067/webrev.02/index.html

/Erik

On 2019-08-23 14:10, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> There seems to be a bug in the new jtreg version, so need to hold off 
> on this.
>
> /Erik
>
> On 2019-08-22 14:22, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> For some notoriously unstable client tests, we need the ability to 
>> automatically retry them a few times. This can be achieved with a 
>> simple loop around running jtreg from RunTest.gmk and by using the 
>> -status:error,fail parameter on the retry runs. This parameter was 
>> fixed to actually work in this way in jtreg 4.2 b15.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8230067
>>
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8230067/webrev.01/index.html
>>
>> /Erik
>>