RFR(XS) : 8186095 : upgrade to jtreg 4.2 b08

[David Holmes]

On 11/08/2017 2:31 PM, Igor Ignatyev wrote:
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>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 9:22 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Igor,
>>
>> On 11/08/2017 2:02 PM, Igor Ignatyev wrote:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iignatyev//8186095/webrev.00/index.html
>>>> 14 lines changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 13 mod;
>>> Hi all,
>>> could you please review this small patch which bumps up jtreg version?
>>> besides updating jib profiles and all TEST.ROOT files,
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>> That all looks fine (though deploy should not be in there).
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>>> the fix updates
>>> hotspot/test/runtime/Metaspace/FragmentMetaspaceSimple.java test not to
>>> rely on having "library" test.Empty class in 'test.classes' and put
>>> test.Empty class in the workdir instead.
>>
>> Sorry I'm not following this part. You made two changes:
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>> 1. Added @library /test/lib
> /test/lib is needed for ClassFileInstaller.

Okay.

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>> What is this doing? (For that matter what is the existing "classes" entry supposed to mean ??? how is "classes" a library?)
> existing 'classes' is the directory in hotspot/test/runtime/Metaspace/ which contains source of test.Empty.

Okay.

>>
>> 2. Instead of the test reading from test.classes you are using the ClassfileInstaller to copy the class to the working directory.
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>> How does this make a difference to anything? If the test wouldn't find the class in test.classes, doesn't that mean ClassfileInstaller will also fail to find it?
> test.classes points to the directory w/ classes from a test, but not from test libraries. directories w/ all needed classes (either from a test or from libraries) are added to classpath and 'test.class.path'. ClassFileInstaller uses class loader to get resources, test.Empty will be in CP, so ClassFileInstaller will have access to it.

Sorry still don't understand the change. Where does:

@build test.Empty

place Empty.class? If not in test.classes then how has this test ever 
passed? I'm assuming the change is needed because it no longer passes 
with the updated jtreg.

Thanks,
David

>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
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>>> testing: :hotspot_all, {jdk,langtools,nashorn,jaxp}/test/:tier[1-3]
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Igor
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