Some questions about the jdk-submit process

[Thomas Stüfe]

Thanks, Jesper!

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:31 PM, <jesper.wilhelmsson at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> The tier definitions can be found in the TEST.groups files that are in the
> different test directories. Do a grep for tier1 and you will find where to
> start looking. It will give some hint of what is run but unfortunately it
> won't help you figure out what test that actually failed in your run.
> /Jesper
>
> > On 13 Feb 2018, at 09:35, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > The jdk-submit tests are potentially quite useful but I am still confused
> > about a lot of things:
> >
> > - Last week I pushed twice and received seven result mails. Is that
> normal
> > (e.g. do you execute multiple test suites per push)? Or was that just a
> > fluke and I should expect just one test result mail per push?
> >
> > - Is there any way to tie a result mail to a push? If not, would it be
> > possible to add the changeset id of the branch head to the mail?
> >
> > - As background information, on what platforms do you build and test, and
> > what are the jvm build configurations?
> >
> > - Also, which tests are executed? Is they related to the "tierxxx" tests
> I
> > read about on the lists, and if yes, is that internal Oracle lingo or
> does
> > exist documentation somewhere what these tests are?
> >
> > - Related to that, were I to add new jtreg of gtest tests to my branch,
> > would they be executed?
> >
> > - Finally, what do I do with the errors in my tests? Is there a way to
> get
> > information, more test output or similar? Because right now all I see is
> is
> > information like that:
> >
> > "tier1-comp-jdk_open_test_hotspot_jtreg_hotspot_tier1_
> compiler_2-linux-x64-debug-28
> > Results: total: 243, passed: 242; failed: 1"
> >
> > I assume you keep the result mail sparse due to security considerations.
> > But unfortunately I can very little do to fix these tests without knowing
> > more.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Kind Regards, Thomas
>
>