[16] RFR(S): 8251456: [TESTBUG] compiler/vectorization/TestVectorsNotSavedAtSafepoint.java failed OutOfMemoryError

[Christian Hagedorn]

Hi Tobias

Looks good to me.

Best regards,
Christian

On 12.08.20 10:57, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> please review the following patch:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251456
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8251456/webrev.00/
> 
> The test is supposed to fill up the heap to trigger GC which will then corrupt vector registers if
> they are not saved at safepoints. It sometimes fails with OOME because there is not enough heap
> space to allocate such large arrays.
> 
> Adding a System.gc() call to the GarbageProducerThread triggers GCs more often without the need to
> allocate large garbage arrays and running for many (warmup) iterations. I've also strengthened
> verification of the array contents and used the exact same command line flags that Roland proposed
> in his fix for JDK-8193518 [1].
> 
> I've verified that the test still reproduces JDK-8249608 and JDK-8193518. It's now much more
> reliable and reproduces the issues in every run.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tobias
> 
> [1]
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~roland/8193518/webrev.01/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/vectorization/TestVectorsNotSavedAtSafepoint.java.html
>