RFR: 8257820: Remove gc/ergonomics/TestMinHeapSize.java as it is too brittle

[Thomas Schatzl]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 12:41:13 GMT, Kim Barrett <kbarrett at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>>   can I have reviews for this change that removes the gc/ergonomics/TestMinHeapSize.java test?
>> 
>> We found that it is unstable, and with reasonable effort very likely can't be made to work: we have no idea how much (C heap) memory the rest of the VM will use, or will in the future, so there will likely always be a constant need to update it. Even during review there have already some adaptations to make it work, until it "worked", but then it intermittently started failing in CI anyway.
>> 
>> Testing: this is a trivial removal of a complete test/file.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>>   Thomas
>
> Looks good, and trivial.

thanks @kimbarrett , @DamonFool for your reviews.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1664