[PATCH] Enable jtreg tests to run on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

[Andrew Luo]

Jon,

I’m not sure what exactly you mean that the “test effectively require either Cygwin or WSL”?  I believe it would be possible (ideal actually) to write the tests such that they can run on all platforms (Linux, Cygwin, WSL Windows target) – most tests today run on multiple platforms already, right?

The option needs to be provided only when you use WSL to target Windows.  If you use WSL to target Linux then the option should not be set; the behavior will be the same as Linux.  I don’t think it’s possible for jtreg or the test itself to infer this information, because it depends on whether you called ./configure in OpenJDK to build a Linux JDK on WSL or a Windows JDK on WSL.

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying though…

Thanks,

-Andrew

From: Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 11:25 AM
To: Andrew Luo <andrewluotechnologies at outlook.com>; code-tools-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable jtreg tests to run on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)


Andrew,

One final question ...

You introduce a new jtreg option to sepcify the use of WSL. Given that the test effectively require either Cygwin or WSL, would it be reasonable to try and infer which subsystem is required, perhaps leaving the new option to be used only in the case of uncertainty/ambiguity?

Not everyone runs jtreg tests through the Makefiles, and for those that don't, requiring the new option will mean that they need to specify the new option to use WSL. It would be nice if they didn't have to.

-- Jon