[13] RFR (T) 8226394: [TESTBUG] vmTestbase/metaspace/flags/maxMetaspaceSize/TestDescription.java fails with java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

[David Holmes]

On 21/06/2019 5:37 am, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
> Summary: don't use printStackTrace to verify OOM type.

Can you update the bug to show that you decided to workaround the issue 
in the test rather than forcing pre-initialization of the class library 
code please.

> This avoids StackTraceElement needing to load HashedModules type when 
> out of metaspace OOM.  Tested 100x without failure with config that 
> averages 30% failure rate.
> 
> open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/2019/8226394.01/webrev
> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8226394

Fix seems quite reasonable - unsure why it was thought the complete 
stack was needed in the first place ...

Thanks,
David

> Thanks,
> Coleen