RFR: 8371988: Typo in JTREG_TMIEOUT_FACTOR and TMIEOUT_FACTOR should be corrected

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:34:09 GMT, Ramesh Bhagavatam Gangadhar <rgangadhar at openjdk.org> wrote:

> There are two typos in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/doc/testing.md
> 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/doc/testing.md?plain=1#L292
> 
> Wrong: JTREG_TMIEOUT_FACTOR
> Correct: JTREG_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
> 
> 
> Wrong: JTREG="TMIEOUT_FACTOR...
> Correct: JTREG="TIMEOUT_FACTOR...

Hello Ramesh, that is actually an intentional typo.

> but using the keyword format
means that the `JTREG` variable is parsed and verified for correctness, so
`JTREG="TMIEOUT_FACTOR=8"` would give an error, while `JTREG_TMIEOUT_FACTOR=8`
would just pass unnoticed.

What it's trying to explain there is that the usage of `JTREG=` style will catch and report such typos whereas using `JTREG_` will not catch that typo.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28351#issuecomment-3542518147