RFR: 8260555: Change the default TIMEOUT_FACTOR from 4 to 1 [v4]

Leo Korinth lkorinth at openjdk.org
Wed Aug 20 16:27:39 UTC 2025


On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:17:02 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Leo Korinth has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   after suggestion from Daniel
>
> doc/testing.md line 385:
> 
>> 383: (`-timeoutFactor`). Also, some test cases that programmatically wait a
>> 384: certain amount of time will apply this factor. If we run in
>> 385: forced compilation mode (`-Xcomp`), [RunTest.gmk](../make/RunTests.gmk)
> 
> I don't think there is any point linking to the build source code. 
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
> certain amount of time will apply this factor. If you run in
> forced compilation mode (`-Xcomp`) using `make test`, it
> will automatically adjust this factor to compensate for the
> interpreter not being as fast as JITed code. Defaults to 1.

I will remove the link, and I will update my bad text still talking about the interpreter (sorry for that mistake).

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26749#discussion_r2288683592


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