RFR: 8026047: [TESTBUG] add regression test for DisableExplicitGC flag

[Bengt Rutisson]

Hi Michail,

On 11/02/15 13:55, Michail Chernov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Still hoping for review!

Sorry for being so late in looking at this.

A couple of questions:

Why does the test only test the parallel GC? DisableExplicitGC is valid 
for all GCs.

What do you think about writing this test similar to other tests that 
validate the output from the GC logging? Here's an example:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-gc/hotspot/file/566574421b40/test/gc/g1/TestGCLogMessages.java

Thanks,
Bengt

>
> Thanks,
> Michail
>
> On 05.02.2015 21:05, Michail Chernov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Still waiting for reviews!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michail
>>
>> On 03.02.2015 20:12, Michail Chernov wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can someone take a look on these changes, please?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michail
>>>
>>> On 30.01.2015 18:33, Michail Chernov wrote:
>>>> Hi Leonid,
>>>>
>>>> Issues were fixed:
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eistepan/~mchernov/8026047/webrev.01/
>>>>
>>>> Now all testcases are executed  from the same VM.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Michail
>>>>
>>>> On 28.01.2015 18:28, Leonid Mesnik wrote:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is it needed to start VM twice for each test. It is very 
>>>>> expensive especially for low-end devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to have driver which starts VM several times with 
>>>>> different combinations of options and check it output/exit code 
>>>>> etc? Also it would be much easier to read such test.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Leonid
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27.01.2015 18:35, Michail Chernov wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please review the fix with new test for DisableExplicitGC VM flag.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Webrev: 
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eistepan/~mchernov/8026047/webrev.00/
>>>>>> Enhancement: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026047
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is one scenario with 6 parameters combinations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1,2,3 scenarios test default value for DisableExplicitGC, 
>>>>>> DisableExplicitGC=true and DisableExplicitGC=false
>>>>>> 4,5,6 scenarios check how VM works when VM changes 
>>>>>> DisableExplicitGC flag using WhiteBox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Test tries to call System.gc() and check that VM puts message to 
>>>>>> stdout. After (in case of 4,5,6 scenarios) test tries to change 
>>>>>> DisableExplicitGC value and calls System.gc() twice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Test was executed locally on linux-i586 with all available GC and 
>>>>>> several GC-related flags. Also it was executed using Aurora on 
>>>>>> other platforms.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Michail
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