[9] RFR(XXS): 8036091: compiler/membars/DekkerTest.java fails with -XX:CICompilerCount=1

[Igor Ignatyev]

maybe you should explicitly disable TieredCompilation in the test?

Igor

On 03/03/2014 02:04 PM, Roland Westrelin wrote:
> Hi Albert,
>
>> Problem:
>> JDK-8034775 changed the minimum number of compiler threads for tiered compilation to 2, since each compiler (C1 and C2) requires a separate compiler thread. The test is started with -XX:CICompilerCount=1, which is illegal after JDK-8034775.
>>
>> Solution:
>> Remove -XX:CICompilerCount=1
>
> But then if we run with tiered off, C2 will have more than 1 compiler thread which is not what the test wants for some reason. Maybe if tiered is on CICompilerCount=1 should make the VM silently use 1 thread per compilers?
>
> Roland.
>