RFR: 8358129: compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java runs into out of memory on Windows after JDK-8347406

[Tobias Hartmann]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:57:22 GMT, Damon Fenacci <dfenacci at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The test `compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java` starts **200 VMs in a loop** , this can lead to resource shortages on some (Windows) machines.
> 
> There is no real need to run those VMs concurrently (their run is short and basically check that the VM doesn't crash giving limited code cache).
> 
> Running them **sequentially** should be OK and should avoid running out of memory.
> 
> Testing: Tier1-3+

Looks good to me.

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Marked as reviewed by thartmann (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25582#pullrequestreview-2890727368