testcase failure java/util/Locale/Bug6989440.java

[David Holmes]

On 6/10/2011 2:58 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> Chris Hegarty wrote:
>> Alan, Naoto, David
>>
>> I filed CR 7098100: java/util/Locale/Bug6989440.java fails
>> intermittently.
>>
>> If you're ok with it please review the patch (below) and I can push it
>> to the tl repo. Job done!
> I assume there is also some underlying issue in the Locale code and this
> might get hidden if we fix the test (I"ve no objection to fixing the
> test of course, just thinking that we should study the Locale code to
> try to identify the deadlock or hang or whatever it is that is causing
> the threads in this test not to terminate).

Fixing the test should not impact the ConcurrentModificationException issue.

The fix is ok - thanks Chris.

The original CR should have been reassigned to the correct category 
rather than being closed when filed in the wrong (JPRT) category :(

I'll try to take a few minutes and look at the locale code.

David