RFR: 8355452: GHA: Test jtreg tier1 on linux-x64 static-jdk

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Thu, 1 May 2025 22:46:00 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this PR that adds a `test-linux-x64-static` job, which runs tier1 tests on the static-jdk 'release' binary created from the `linux-x64-static` build job in GHA. Following are the details on the changes:
> 
> .github/actions/get-bundles/action.yml.
> - Add `static-suffix` parameter. `static-suffix` is added to the bundle name. 
> - Add `static-jdk-path` output.
> - Unpack static bundles in bundles/static-jdk.
> 
> .github/actions/upload-bundles/action.yml
> - Add `static-suffix` parameter. The `static-suffix` is added to the bundle name. The `linux-x64-static` build job sets the parameter as "-static". In other jobs, `static-suffix` not set.
> 
> .github/workflows/build-linux.yml
> - Pass `${{ inputs.static-suffix }}` to upload-bundles action, with the `static-suffix` parameter.
> 
> .github/workflows/main.yml
> - Build `product-bundles test-bundles static-jdk-bundles` for `linux-x64-static` job.
> - Add `test-linux-x64-static` job. It currently tests on `release` binary and not `debug` binary, since there are build issue with `debug` due to GHA resource/space limit.
> - Set `debug-suffix` for the existing non-static test jobs, which test on `debug` binaries.
> 
> .github/workflows/test.yml
> - Add `debug-suffix` parameter and replace `debug-suffix: -debug` with `debug-suffix: ${{ inputs.debug-suffix }}` in hs/tier1 tests in the test matrix. The existing test jobs (on non-static JDK) set `debug-suffix` to `-debug` to test on `debug` binaries.
> - Add `static-suffix` parameter. Add `${{ inputs.static-suffix }}` to the test result artifact name.
> - Add `run-tests-static`.
> - Add step for notifying test failures on static JDK.
> 
> @shipilev Could you please help review this change? Thanks!

.github/workflows/main.yml line 234:

> 232:     with:
> 233:       platform: linux-x64
> 234:       make-target: 'product-bundles test-bundles static-jdk-bundles'

This will make us build the tests and the normal JDK twice, once here and once for the normal build-linux-x64 target. That seems like a useless waste of time and computing resources. There must be a better way of doing this.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24992#discussion_r2073609867