RFR(M): 8172970: TESTBUG: need test coverage for the JVMTI functions allowed in the start phase

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

On 4/28/17 00:47, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thank you for looking at the test!
>
>
> On 4/27/17 23:11, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Serguei,
>>
>> On 28/04/2017 3:14 PM, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
>>> Please, review the jdk 10 fix for the test enhancement:
>>>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172970
>>>
>>>
>>> Webrev:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sspitsyn/webrevs/2017/hotspot/8172970-start-phase.1/ 
>>>
>>
>> Sorry but I can't quite figure out exactly what this test is doing. 
>> What is the overall call structure here? 
>
> This is to make sure the functions allowed in the start and live 
> phases work Ok.

To be more clear: "during the start or live phase".

Thanks,
Serguei


> As the list of functions is pretty big the test does sanity checks 
> that the functions do not crash nor return errors.
>