RFR 8161696 [TESTBUG] runtime/StackGuardPages/testme.sh uses invalid argument -Xss328k

[Gerald Thornbrugh]

Hi Dan,
> On 7/26/16 10:06 AM, Gerald Thornbrugh wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I would like to have the following change reviewed:
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>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161696
>>
>> Webrev:http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gthornbr/8161696/hotspot-webrev.01/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Egthornbr/8161696/hotspot-webrev.01/> 
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> test/runtime/StackGuardPages/exeinvoke.c
>     No comments.
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>> The stack size for this test needs to be increased to 384K for some 
>> platforms.
>> My fix for JDK-8081770 
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8081770 moved the functionality
>> from the testme.sh script to exeinvoke.c so the dependency for a 
>> local compiler could be removed.
>> Because of this the stack size change needs to be applied to 
>> exeinvoke.c file instead of the testme.sh file.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
>
> It took me a little bit to figure out how this failure started happening
> in the first place. My guess is that your fix for JDK-8081770 made it
> so that the test was now runnable on ARM64, where before it wouldn't
> run because of the local compiler dependency. Now that a local compiler
> is not needed, the original -Xss320k is discovered to be insufficient
> on ARM64. Do I have all this right?
>
Yes, you have it right.
>
> Thumbs up pending a reply that shows you have done adequate testing on
> this fix.
>
> Dan
Thanks!

Jerry
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>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jerry
>