RFR: 8350982: -server|-client causes fatal exception on static JDK [v2]

[Alan Bateman]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 07:03:53 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java line 43:
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>>> 41:     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>>> 42:         ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createLimitedTestJavaProcessBuilder(
>>> 43:             "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
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>> This test was created specifically as a regression test because `-server` didn't work. I'm not sure it serves any purpose now. @iklam?
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> I think the test still serves as a functional test: if an archive is specified, then -Xshare:auto is used by default.

Would it be better to use @requires !jdk.static for now so this test isn't selected when testing static builds? There is work further down the line to figure out a story for static builds + AOT as the ultimate goal is to run jlink and produce a single executable so there wouldn't be a separate AOT cache/archive on the file system. It's much further down the road, not clear that it's worth trying to test intermediate tests with -Xshare:auto at this time.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23881#discussion_r1982845616