RFR (XS): 8193067: gc/g1/TestVerifyGCType.java still unstable

[Stefan Johansson]

Hi Thomas,

On 2018-03-26 11:41, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    can I have reviews for this small change to the TestVerifyGCType test
> to make it stable? The problem has been that due to different number of
> threads used, different amount of heap waste has been "produced", only
> randomly triggering the expected mixed gcs.
>
> By fixing the number of threads used and decreasing G1HeapWastePercent
> the mixed gcs can be forced reproducably.
>
> CR:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8193067
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tschatzl/8193067/webrev/
Looks good, thanks for fixing this Thomas!

Thanks,
Stefan
>
> Testing:
> failing test passing multiple times in CI
>
> Thanks,
>    Thomas
>