trouble passing JVM startup options using JTREG

[Ram Krishnan]

Hi Jenny,

I tried what you suggested. Hotspot output indeed shows ​ConcGCThreads as 1.

The problem seems to be interaction with jtreg.

Thanks,
Ramki

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Jenny Zhang <yu.zhang at oracle.com> wrote:

> Ramki,
>
> Can you do the following to be sure that hotspot did not take the
> parameter?
> java -XX:
> ​​
> ConcGCThreads=1 -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal
>
> I am using jdk9b154, the output shows it changed the ConcGCThreads to 1
>
> Thanks
> Jenny
>
> On 4/17/2017 4:33 PM, Ram Krishnan wrote:
>
> Many thanks Jonathan for the immediate reply.
>
> I am copying the hotspot gc team.
>
> Hotspot gc team -- your help would be much appreciated on the topic below.
>
> Thanks,
> Ramki
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Gibbons <
> <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 04/17/2017 02:18 PM, Ram Krishnan wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been able to successfully run all the tests in hotspot/test/gc/g1
>> using jtreg.
>>
>> The only gotcha I am facing is that the JVM startup options specified in
>> process builder does not have any effect. I have confirmed this through
>> prints in the JVM code base.
>>
>> For example,
>> ​/hotspot/test/gc/g1/​ TestEagerReclaimHumongousRegionsClearMarkBits.java
>> modifies the "-XX:ConcGCThreads=1", but inside the JVM code to value of
>> ConcGCThreads is still zero.
>>
>> ​I am new to jtreg and openjdk and probably missing something obvious.
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,​
>> ​Ramki​
>>
>>
>> Ramki,
>>
>> This does not look like an issue with jtreg, since the behavior you are
>> apparently seeing is all within the test code and its libraries.
>>
>> You might want to follow up with the Hotspot team, who would have more
>> familiarity with these tests and the associated libraries.
>>
>> -- Jon
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ramki
>
>
>


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Thanks,
Ramki
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