Potential timeout issues - tests running in the same vm

[Alan Bateman]

On 16/11/2011 16:29, Gary Adams wrote:
>
> The jtreg tests that use othervm along with a timeout argument should be
> fairly reliable in getting a consistent result. The tests that did not 
> specify
> othervm may run into problems, if they are run concurrently with other 
> tests.
>
> Here's a quick sampling of the java/util and java/lang tests that 
> might have issues.
> Would there be any harm in changing these to designate running in 
> othervm mode?
With jtreg then tests don't run concurrently in the same VM. By default 
then each test is run in its own VM, unless you use the -samevm or 
-agentvm options, in which case the tests run sequentially in the same 
(or an agent) VM -- ie: othervm is the default. So I don't think there 
is a problem and we definitely don't want to add /othervm to tests if we 
can avoid it (as it slows down the test execution).

-Alan