RFR: 8252473: [TESTBUG] compiler tests fail with minimal VM: Unrecognized VM option

[Emanuel Peter]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:23:49 GMT, Zdenek Zambersky <zzambers at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @zzambers
>> Generally we want to get away from `@requires vm.compiler2.enabled`, because it means tests are only run on C2 and not other compilers. For example if C2 is disabled and we only have C1. Or only interpreter. Or Graal ...
>> 
>> Why not just add the compile flag `-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions`? That could be a good alternative for most cases, I think.
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>> Why not just add the compile flag `-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions`? That could be a good alternative for most cases, I think.
> 
> I saw that approach sometimes used as well. (My little, probably unfounded concern, would be, that typos in args could then be silently ignored.)
> 
> I can change my PR to use `-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions` instead, if that approach is preferable.

@zzambers Are you still working on this?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24262#issuecomment-2839535834