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

[Jiangli Zhou]

Hi Misha,

Looks good. TransformRelatedClasses.java was not changed to use the utility methods. Was that on purpose?

Thanks,
Jiangli

> On Mar 28, 2017, at 3:09 PM, mikhailo <mikhailo.seledtsov at oracle.com> 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
>