RFR(s): 8042310: TestStringDeduplicationMemoryUsage test failing

Per Liden per.liden at oracle.com
Wed May 28 14:38:52 UTC 2014


Thanks Jesper!

/Per

On 05/28/2014 04:19 PM, Jesper Wilhelmsson wrote:
> Looks good.
> /Jesper
>
> Per Liden skrev 28/5/14 15:30:
>> Could I please have this patch reviewed.
>>
>> Summary: This test is unstable and is failing intermittently in
>> nightly testing.
>> The test relies on getting the heap usage via an MXBean, but since the
>> test
>> doesn't have complete control over what ends up on the heap the heap
>> usage is
>> sometimes slightly higher than the test expects. There are other
>> (stable) tests
>> which already verifies than string deduplication actually happens when
>> it's
>> supposed to, so this test doesn't really add much value. This patch
>> removes the
>> unstable test completely.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042310
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pliden/8042310/webrev.0/
>>
>> Thanks!
>> /Per




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