RFR(T): 8224034: [TESTBUG] runtime/ErrorHandlerTest/ErrorHandler fails intermittently for case 13 on Windows

[Thomas Stüfe]

Since I see no objections I push this under the trivial rule.

Thanks, Thomas

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 8:21 AM Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> may I have reviews please for this trivial test fix:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224034
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8224034-errorhandlertest-13-fails-intermittently/webrev.00/webrev/
>
> -XX:ErrorHandlerTest=13 may sometimes fail to trigger the expected crash.
> We see this on Windows. Where one would expect a ACCESS_VIOLATION, the VM
> just quits immediately.
>
> The test jumps to an invalid function pointer. We may see here some sort
> of intrusion prevention.
>
> All these tests invoke undefined behavior but the other tests behave in
> the expected fashion.
>
> I propose to exclude this case from the test since analyzing why exactly
> it quits immediately on Windows could be done but IMHO is not worth the
> effort.
>
> Thank you!
> Thomas
>
>