RFR(XS): 8050825: Support running regression tests using jtreg_tests+TESTDIRS from top level

[Mike Duigou]

This looks like a nice improvement and provides a good way to execute specific sub-sets that are smaller than the TEST.groups definitions.

I'd like to hook it up to the top level make as an alternative to the current recipe.

make test TEST="jdk_core"

Perhaps adjust the top level make test target so that it invokes the test makefile with both the contents of TEST and TESTDIRS as two separate executions?

Mike

On Jul 15 2014, at 19:51 , Mikael Vidstedt <mikael.vidstedt at oracle.com> wrote:

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> I suppose a webrev helps:
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mikael/webrevs/8050825/webrev.00/webrev/
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> Sorry 'bout that.
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> Cheers,
> Mikael
> 
> On 2014-07-15 19:48, Mikael Vidstedt wrote:
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>> Please review the below change which adds support for running jtreg tests from the top level test/ directory using the 'make TESTDIRS=<path> jtreg_tests' syntax. The TESTDIRS syntax is already used in files like hotspot/test/Makefile and jdk/test/Makefile and allows for selecting which jtreg tests to run by providing a directory/path filter. The change enables doing the same type of invocation from the top level; something like this:
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>> cd test && make TESTDIRS=../hotspot/test/runtime jtreg_tests
>> cd test && make TESTDIRS=../jdk/test/javax jtreg_tests
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>> The implementation logic simply extracts the component (hotspot, jdk etc.) from the value of TESTDIRS and delegates to the respective component's test/Makefile, removing the ../<component>/test from TESTDIRS in the process.
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>> Thanks,
>> Mikael
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