RFR: 8349620: Add VMProps for static JDK [v3]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:29:10 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this change that adds the `jdk.static` VMProps. It can be used to skip tests not for running on static JDK.
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>> This also adds a new WhiteBox native method, `jdk.test.whitebox.WhiteBox.isStatic()`, which is used by VMProps to determine if it's static at runtime. 
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>> `@requires !jdk.static` is added in `test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/modules/ModulesSymLink.java` to skip running the test on static JDK. This test uses `bin/jlink`, which is not provided on static JDK. There are other tests that require tools in `bin/`. Those are not modified by the current PR to skip running on static JDK. Those can be done after the current change is fully discussed and reviewed/approved.
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> Jiangli Zhou has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase.

On a more general note, is it a goal to have the static JDK build run against all these tests that are part of the JDK repo? Would that mean that a lot of these will have to start using `@requires` to accomodate this?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23528#issuecomment-2667664308