trouble passing JVM startup options using JTREG

[Jenny Zhang]

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 <mailto: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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