RFR (XS): JDK-8061449: G1: FreeRegionList_test() fails with G1 after the JDK-8058534 fix to HeapRegion::orig_end()

[Mikael Gerdin]

Bengt,

On 2014-11-05 09:59, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Can I have a couple for reviews of a fix for this internal VM test?
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~brutisso/8061449/webrev.00/

Looks good, thanks for fixing this.
/Mikael

>
> Bug link:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8061449
>
> Background:
>
> When this fix was pushed:
>
> Remove HeapRegion::_orig_end
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8058534
>
> The heap region constructor actually examines the MemRegion that is
> passed to it. In the internal VM tests there was a test,
> FreeRegionList_test(), that passed a random MemRegion to the heap region
> constructor. This worked before, but now stopped working. The original
> fix, JDK-8058534, is correct so the fix for the failing test is to set
> up proper memory regions and pass those to the heap region constructors.
>
> Before my suggested patch this fails:
>
> $ java -XX:+ExecuteInternalVMTests -XX:+UseG1GC -version
>
> The test fails on this assert in HeapRegion::hr_clear():
>
> assert(_end == orig_end(),
>
> With my suggested patch all tests pass with the above command line.
>
> Thanks,
> Bengt