RFR(S): 8179243 - [TESTBUG] CDS tests should be excluded from running with -UseCompressedOops

[David Holmes]

Looks good.

Thanks,
David

On 26/04/2017 9:43 AM, mikhailo wrote:
> Please review this simple change that adds "@requires" statements
> to prevent CDS tests from execution with CompressedOops off,
> since CDS is only available with compressed oops on.
> Also, a small correction to SharedArchiveFile.java to instruct
> Java Process Builder to pass the VM Test flags to the child VMs processes.
>
>
> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179243
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mseledtsov/8179243.00/
> Testing:
>   Local:
>     Linux-x64
>     Ran CDS tests (hotspot/test/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/):
>       - default run w/o any additional flags
>       - with -XX:-UseCompressedOops, -XX:+UseCompressedOops
>       - multi-flag combo run, exercising major CL VM flags
>         UseG1GC, UseParallelGC, UseSerialGC, CMS, Xcomp
>       All PASS
>
>   Automated multi-platform testing:
>       hotspot_cds with default VM options
>       hotspot_cds with -XX:-UseCompressedOops
>       hotspot_cds with -XX:+UseCompressedOops
>       hotspot_cds with -XX:+UseSerialGC
>       In progress...
>
>
> Thank you,
> Misha
>