RFR 8157239 java/lang/invoke/VarHandles/ tests fail by timeout with -Xcomp with lambda form linkage

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Reviewed.

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov

On 5/19/16 12:47 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review:
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>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8157239-vh-tests-xcomp-timeout/webrev/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8157239-vh-tests-xcomp-timeout/webrev/>
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> A recent change modified the VH tests to test the lambda form linkage route:
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>    -Djava.lang.invoke.VarHandle.VAR_HANDLE_GUARDS=false
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> However this causes test timeouts when the tests are run with -Xcomp. I think this is due to -Xcomp triggering recompilation storms due to lack of caching of linking lambda forms (which will be sorted out later on).
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> The solution for the moment is to remove that test execution mode on iteration-based tests, and the mode will be added back once -Xcomp execution issues have been resolved.
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> Paul.
>