RFR: 8293182: Improve testing of CDS archive heap [v7]

Calvin Cheung ccheung at openjdk.org
Wed Sep 7 19:48:42 UTC 2022


On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 23:26:39 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Currently, the CDS archive heap supports a fixed set of built-in classes, specified by hard-coded lists in heapShared.cpp:
>> 
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/372fc58e897d25713db0dfe289ed25c40d9a3985/src/hotspot/share/cds/heapShared.cpp#L104-L107
>> 
>> As we plan to improve the archive heap, it becomes critical to be able to write specific test cases for different scenarios.
>> 
>> For example, supporting LambdaForms in the CDS archive heap would require archiving enums of the type [sun.invoke.util.Wrapper](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/607612899678234c093dc644d3a40cb831c7e43b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/Wrapper.java), which doesn't work yet (see [JDK-8293187](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8293187)). This RFE makes it possible to develop support for sun.invoke.util.Wrapper separately, without implementing the full support of LambdaForms in a single colossal step.
>> 
>> - Added `-XX:ArchiveHeapTestClass` to inject extra classes into the archive heap. See the test case ArchiveHeapTestClass.java for examples. For paranoia, This flag is available only in debug builds.
>> - I also tighten the requirement for the type of classes that can be stored into the archive heap. E.g., we no longer allow classes outside of the `java.base` module.
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains eight commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8293182-improve-archive-heap-testing
>  - @coleenp comments
>  - fixed minimal build
>  - Use help message suggedted by @calvinccheung
>  - clarified assert message
>  - @calvinccheung comments
>  - fixed build (gcc spurious warning)
>  - 8293182: Improve testing of CDS archive heap

Updates look good. Just one nit.

test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/cds/appcds/test-classes/pkg/ClassInPackage.java line 1:

> 1: package pkg;

Does this simple test class require a copyright header?

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Marked as reviewed by ccheung (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10110


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