RFR/RFC 8231503: [TESTBUG] compiler/{jvmci, aot} tests should not run with GCs that do not support JVMCI/AOT

[Aleksey Shipilev]

Replying with proper "To:". Friday, eh.

On 9/27/19 5:23 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> Testbug:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231503
> 
> Candidate fix:
>   https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8231503/webrev.01/
> 
> I am actually not sure it should be fixed this way. The alternative is to add the @requires lines to
> every affected test (there are about a hundred of them), like this:
>   @requires (vm.gc == "null" || vm.gc == "G1" || vm.gc = "Serial" || vm.gc = "Parallel")
> 
> ...but that seems too intrusive. Or maybe not? Open for opinions from those who maintain JVMCI/AOT.
> 
> Testing: compiler/aot, compiler/jvmci {serial, parallel, g1, shenandoah, zgc}; tier1