RFR: JDK-8314426: runtime/os/TestTrimNative.java is failing on slow machines

[Martin Doerr]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:28:38 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

> SAP reported errors on slow machines. Patch hardens the test against that.
> 
> - remove the grep for "Native Trimmer Stop" message, since that message is raced by the VM death and may not appear on slow machines
> - for the low-interval test, made the number of trims to happen dependent on the runtime of the test. On slow machines, we could run longer than 3 seconds and therefore see more trim messages

Thanks for improving it!

test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/os/TestTrimNative.java line 305:

> 303:                 long ms2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
> 304:                 long runtime_ms = ms2 - ms1;
> 305:                 long maxTrimsExpected = runtime_ms;

Maybe add a comment explaining why you assign this.

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Marked as reviewed by mdoerr (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15309#pullrequestreview-1589430685
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15309#discussion_r1301638911