RFR: 8241478: vmTestbase/gc/gctests/Steal/steal001/steal001.java fails with OOME

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi,

On 26.03.20 18:46, Leonid Mesnik wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Could you please review following fix which removes 
> vmTestbase/gc/gctests/Steal tests from the repo.
> 
> These tests might fail provoking OutOfMemoryError throwing it in 
> unexpected place. The logic and intention of these tests are very 
> unclear from their description and code.
> 
> Test allocate objects till OOME. Than test removes some references ans 
> start allocate objects provoking OOME and corresponding GC. It doesn't 
> clear how it should stress taskqueue work-stealing in GC better than any 
> other test causing a lot of GC.
> 
> This test however mentioned in a couple of bugs where crashes were 
> caused by OOME in Heap.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180627
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8130344

Please close these out as duplicates.

> 
> Assuming that we already have enough tests stressing OOME and tests 
> stressing GC. I think it makes sense just to remove these two tests.

Some analysis of work stealing statistics shows that other existing 
tests stress work stealing more than these two.

> 
> I verified that they are not in any jtreg group.
> 
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lmesnik/8241478/webrev.00/
> 
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241478
> 

   looks good. Thanks.

Thomas