RFR(L): 10: JDK-8177728 - [TESTBUG] Improve CDS test utils

[mikhailo]

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On 03/28/2017 03:09 PM, mikhailo wrote:
> Please review this enhancement to CDS tests (RFE)
>
>     JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8177728
>    Webrevs:
>         http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mseledtsov/8177728.00.hotspot/
>         http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mseledtsov/8177728.00.top/
>
>
> Here is a brief summary of the improvements:
>  - create/use CDS utility methods for common patterns in CDS related 
> tests:
>      - creating an testlist
>      - creating an archive, checking result
>      - executing JVM with the archive
>      - checking results and common error patterns
>
>  - use -Xshare:on when executing CDS tests, and use test utilities
>    to filter out failures due to inability to map shared archive.
>    This is a more deterministic way to execute CDS tests.
>
>  - additional improvements came up as part of this work,
>    such as jdk.test.lib.Utils:getTestName()
>
> This work also lays ground for future improvements in this area.
>
>
> Testing:
>     1. Locally: executed affected tests on Linux-x64
>        (hotspot/test/runtime/SharedArchiveFile)
>        PASS
>
>     2. Automated multi-platform testing
>        Running the affected tests on a set of supported platforms.
>        IN Progress...
>
> Thank you,
> Misha
>