RFR: 8062537: [TESTBUG] Conflicting GC combinations in hotspot tests
Bengt Rutisson
bengt.rutisson at oracle.com
Fri Nov 14 11:47:58 UTC 2014
On 2014-11-14 11:02, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
> Hi Bengt,
>
> On 14.11.2014 13:16, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>
>> On 2014-11-13 14:57, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>
>>> On 13.11.2014 17:59, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2014-11-13 13:56, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13.11.2014 17:42, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2014-11-13 13:49, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13.11.2014 17:32, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Evgeniya,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2014-11-12 17:28, Evgeniya Stepanova wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dmitry,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You are right - I've forgotten about copyrights
>>>>>>>>> Copyrights and other issues you mentioned fixed. New webrev:
>>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eistepan/8062537/webrev.02/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For /test/gc/arguments/TestG1HeapRegionSize.java I think it
>>>>>>>> would be good to add -XX:+UseG1GC to the @run tags and then
>>>>>>>> use @requires vm.gc=="G1" | vm.gc == null.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The change to test/gc/defnew/HeapChangeLogging.java is
>>>>>>>> unrelated to the conflicting GC combinations. Should that
>>>>>>>> really be part of this changeset?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The TestShrinkAuxiliaryDataXX tests are run in driver mode. Do
>>>>>>>> we really need @requires for them?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, we do.
>>>>>>> These tests use TestShrinkAuxiliaryData class which implements
>>>>>>> its own mechanism to analyze VM options an skip if not
>>>>>>> applicable collector is given. @requires - allows to rely on jtreg.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Driver mode is a kind of indicator, that the test will spawn its
>>>>>>> own java process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought the point of @driver was that no external vmoptions
>>>>>> were passed to such a test. Is that not the case?
>>>>>
>>>>> In the driver mode VM is started without external VM flags. Those
>>>>> flags are passed to the tests via system property.
>>>>> The driver mode is a sort of shell to start something else.
>>>>
>>>> Right. So, why would you need @requires on the
>>>> TestShrinkAuxiliaryDataXX tests because the utility
>>>> TestShrinkAuxiliaryData picks up the vm flags through
>>>> Utils.getTestJavaOpts(). What's the point in running this in a
>>>> driver mode when they anyway pick up the vm flags?
>>>
>>> TestShrinkAuxiliaryData implemented a workaround awaiting for
>>> @requires to appear in jtreg.
>>>
>>> Frankly speaking, the driver mode doesn't bring a lot of value, it's
>>> rather confusing and obligate developers to be more careful. If a
>>> class just spawns another java process with a real test, it's a big
>>> deal to run this class with or without external options. But there
>>> is no guarantee, that people will not start run real tests in driver
>>> mode...
>>
>> Ok. So, do we want to keep "driver" for this test or not?
>
> I believe yes:
> TestShrinkAuxiliaryData - is a real test
> TestShrinkAuxiliaryDataXX - are drivers that run
> TestShrinkAuxiliaryData with various options
>
> So, this is a good example of usage the 'driver' concept.
Ok. Sounds good.
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm asking because adding @requires to these tests means that we
>>>> will run them less often than we do now. So, I'm a bit worried that
>>>> we reduce the amount of testing we do.
>>>
>>> Don't worry about it.
>>> We want to run more tests, believe me.
>>
>> Sure, but adding @requires means that we run the test less often. The
>> TestShrinkAuxiliaryData tests were for example run every week in PIT
>> testing but with the @requires tag they will only be run every 4th
>> week since PIT testing is rotating which GC it runs tests with.
> We don't specify GC for PIT testing, so it will be executed every week.
> In promotion testing we specify two GC, so the test will be executed
> every 2nd week.
> In nightly testing it will be executed every day.
Good. Thanks for clarifying. I obviously had PIT and promotion testing
mixed up.
In that case I think you can consider this change reviewed from my side.
Thanks for putting up with all the questions!
Bengt
>
> Thanks,
> Dima
>
>>
>> Bengt
>>
>>>
>>> -- Dima
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bengt
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Dima
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bengt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Dima
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Otherwise it look ok to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bengt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> Evgeniya Stepanova
>>>>>>>>> On 12.11.2014 18:23, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Evgeniya,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The fix looks good to me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I noticed the following minor things:
>>>>>>>>>> - copyrights need to include the year of last change
>>>>>>>>>> - test/gc/defnew/HeapChangeLogging.java - is listed among
>>>>>>>>>> updated files, but doesn't contain any changes
>>>>>>>>>> - test/gc/g1/TestShrinkAuxiliaryData.java - contain unsed
>>>>>>>>>> variable 'prohibitedVmOptions'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Dima
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12.11.2014 18:49, Evgeniya Stepanova wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Since the decision was made to change only tests that fail
>>>>>>>>>>> because of conflict for now (skip "selfish" tests), I post
>>>>>>>>>>> new webrev for hotspot part of the JDK-8019361
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8019361>:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~avstepan/eistepan/8062537/webrev.01/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Evgeniya Stepanova
>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.11.2014 15:32, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nice plan! Please feel free to send me any
>>>>>>>>>>>> feedback/questions regarding @requires
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dima
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.11.2014 11:40, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dima,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the answers. I think the currently proposed
>>>>>>>>>>>>> patch is a good start. We will have to evolve the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires tag in the future, but let's have that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> discussion separate from this review. And we can start
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that discussion later when we have more experience with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the current version of @requires.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for doing this!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bengt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/3/14 10:12 PM, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bengt,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's great that we have very closed visions!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The general comment: currently, jtreg doesn't support any
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sort of plugins, so you can't provide a VM specific
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> handler of the @requires or another tag. This is very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> annoying limitation and we have to live with it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A few more comments inline.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 03.11.2014 16:31, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Dima,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Answers inline.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/31/14 1:56 PM, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bengt,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for your detailed feedback, we appreciate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it very much!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See comments inline.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 31.10.2014 1:09, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Evgeniya,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/30/14 3:05 PM, Evgeniya Stepanova wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please review changes for 8062537, the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OpenJDK/hotspot part of the JDK-8019361
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8019361>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062537
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fix:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eistepan/8062537/webrev.00/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Problem: Some tests explicitly set GC and fail when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jtreg set another GC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Solution: Such tests marked with the jtreg tag
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "requires" to skip test if there is a conflict
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for fixing this! It is really great that we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finally start sorting this out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First a general comment. The @requires tag has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> developed without much cooperation with the GC team.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We did have a lot of feedback when it was first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> presented a year ago, but it does not seem like this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> feedback was incorporated into the @requires that was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eventually built.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We tried to implement as much developer's wishes as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible. But not everything is possible, sorry for that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I'm sure you have done your best. It's just that we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have been requesting this feature for 3 years and I was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expecting us to be able to influence the feature much
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more than was the case now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My personal hope: @requires will address ~90% of existing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issues.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think this change that gets proposed now is a big
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> step forward and I won't object to it. But I am pretty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> convinced that we will soon run in to the limitations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the current @requires implementation and we will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to redo this work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some of the points I don't really like about the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires tag are:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - the "vm.gc" abstraction is more limiting than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> helping. It would have been better to just "require"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any command line flag.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "vm.gc" is an alias to a very popular flag. It's also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible to use:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vm.opt.UseG1GC == true instead.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The table with all vars available in jtreg:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://jre.us.oracle.com/java/re/jtreg/4.1/promoted/latest/binaries/jtreg/doc/jtreg/tag-spec.html#requires_names
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The problem with having this matching built in to JTreg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is that it makes it very hard to change. When we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discussed this a year ago I think we said that JTreg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should only provide a means to test against the command
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line and a hook for running some java code in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires tag. That way we could put logic like this in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a test library that is under our control. This would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make it easy for us to change and also enables us to use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different logic for different versions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would be glad to have own harness...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - the requirement should be per @run tag. Right now we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to do what you did in this change and use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vm.gc=null even when some tests could actually have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been run when a GC was specified.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it would be great, but it will unlikely happen in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jtreg, as well as test case support.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what do you mean with test case support? Hi Evgeniya,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Under test case support I mean ability to treat each @run
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as a separate test. Now
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @test
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @run -XX:g1RegSize=1m MyTest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @run -XX:g1RegSize=2m MyTest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @run -XX:g1RegSize=4m MyTest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> class MyTest {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is always a single test. You can't exclude, or re-run a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> part of it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - there are many tests that require more than just a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specific GC. Often there are other flags that can't be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changed either for the test to work properly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes. conflicting GC is just the most popular problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> caused by conflicting options.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If we address this issue and we are satisfied with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solution, we could move further.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I agree that taking one step at the time is good.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personally I would have preferred that the first step
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was a "just run the command line as specified in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @run tag" step.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe this is not the right place to discuss the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current implementation of the @requires tag. I just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to say that I'm not too happy about how the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires tag turned out. But assuming we have to use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it the way it is now I guess the proposed changeset
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looks good.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes, this thread is about change made by Evgeniya, not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about jtreg :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And thanks for reviewing it!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Agreed. And as I said, I think the patch looks ok. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have not looked at all tests. But if they now pass with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the combinations that we test with I guess they should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be ok.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excellent! Thanks a lot!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tested locally with different GC flags (-XX:+UseG1GC,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -XX:+UseParallelGC, -XX:+UseSerialGC,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -XX:+UseConcMarkSweep and without any GC flag). Tests
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are being excluded as expected. No tests failed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because of the conflict.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have you tested with -Xconcgc too? It's an alias for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> '-Xconcgc' is not supported yet. (bug in jtreg, I will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> submit)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think some of the test, like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test/gc/startup_warnings/TestDefNewCMS.java, will fail
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if you run with -XX:+UseParNewGC. Others, like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test/gc/startup_warnings/TestParNewCMS.java, will fail
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if you run with -XX:-UseParNewGC. Could you test these
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two cases too?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These two tests ignore vm flags.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Add @requires here is not necessary, but it will allow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not execute the tests when not needed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, if we run HS tests with 4 GC, we don't need to run
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these tests 4 times, 1 should be enough.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do we really want to use the @requires functionality for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this purpose? It seems like a way of misusing @requires.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If we just want the tests to be run once I think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leonid's approach with tests lists seems more suitable.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, it's not a purpose of course, it's just side effect :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But are you sure that this is the reason for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires in this case? TestDefNewCMS does sound like a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test that is DefNew specific. I don't see a reason to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> run it with ParNew. If it doesn't fail today it should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably be changed so that it does fail if it is run
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the wrong GC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires - is not the silver bullet, but it's quite easy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way to solve a lot of issues.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I hope, @requires will allow to reduce the number of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "selfish" tests, which produce a new java process to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ignore vm flags coming from outside. No @requires, no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other mechanism could 100% protect a test from running
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with conflicting options, but this is not the goal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If one runs tests with an exotic option, like a new G2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collector, there shouldn't mass failures caused by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> options conflicts. But a few failures could be handled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> manually.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Similarly it looks to me like there are tests that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will fail if you run them with -XX:-UseParallelOldGC
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or -XX:+UseParallelOldGC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just a heads up. These two tests will soon be removed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm about to push a changeset that removes them:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test/gc/startup_warnings/TestCMSIncrementalMode.java
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test/gc/startup_warnings/TestCMSNoIncrementalMode.java
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> okay, thank for letting us know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there some way of making sure that all tests are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> run at one time or another. With this change there is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a risk that some tests are never run and always
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skipped. Will we somehow be tracking what gets skipped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and make sure that all tests are at least run once
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the correct GC so that it is not skipped all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a very good question!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jtreg now doesn't report skipped tests, hopefully it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will do soon, after getting fix of:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/CODETOOLS-7900934
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And yes, tracking tests which are not run is important
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @requires - is not the only to exclude test from execution.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other examples:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *@ignore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *@test
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /*@bug 4445555
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *@test
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Such tests will never be run, because jtreg treats as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> test only files with @test on the first place...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, making sure that tests do not disappear is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> important SQE task, we know about that, we're thinking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on solution (may be very actively). But this subject
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for another discussion, not within RFR :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right. Glad to hear that you are actively working on this!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was going to say "not very actively", but never mind,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we know about this problem. With introducing @requires
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mechanism it will become more important!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your comments!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Dima
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bengt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dima
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bengt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Evgeniya Stepanova
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> /Evgeniya Stepanova/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> /Evgeniya Stepanova/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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