[PING] Re: About time for b21?

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 12:27 Tue 18 Jan     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> On 1/11/2011 1:03 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > On 11:36 Tue 11 Jan     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >> On 1/11/2011 10:19 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >>> On 09:43 Tue 11 Jan     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>>> Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>>>> On 1/10/2011 12:24 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >>>>>> On 11:26 Mon 10 Jan     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> snip...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hello.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Since you haven't run into any issues with having 7002666 in IcedTea6
> >>>>>>> 1.9, I'm satisfied to have it this build of OpenJDK 6, which should
> >>>>>>> bring b21 to a close!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -Joe
> >>>>>> I've pushed 7002666:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/hotspot/rev/499d2ae376ee
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> along with two PNG backports that were approved for Deepak Bhole some
> >>>>>> time
> >>>>>> ago but were never done:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/0e72e58a762d
> >>>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/c267a33e76b0
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (copyright headers updated appropriately).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Let's get b21 out the door! :-)
> >>>>> Agreed!  Later this week, I'll go through my pre-promotion build and
> >>>>> test cycle.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Joe
> >>>> When running the HotSpot regression tests, I see two failures:
> >>>>
> >>>> Compilation failed: Compilation failed
> >>>>
> >>>>       * gc/6581734/Test6581734.java : CMS Old Gen's collection usage is
> >>>> zero after GC which is incorrect
> >>>>
> >>>> Execution failed: exit code 127
> >>>>
> >>>>       * runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh : Stack guard pages should be
> >>>> removed when thread is detached
> >>>>
> >>>> The first is due to a typo in the test case; I approve the backport of
> >>>> 6980392 "TEST_BUG: gc/6581734/Test6581734.java has typo"
> >>>>       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl/hotspot/rev/21c29458b334
> >>>> to fix this.
> >>>>
> >>>> The second test seems to make platform assumptions that aren't always
> >>>> true, but after some looking around I don't see an existing fix in the
> >>>> HotSpot repos.
> >>>>
> >>>> At least the first should be fixed before b21 promotes.
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, both of these issues are fixed in IcedTea6, the first with the 6980392
> >>> that I've now pushed to OpenJDK6.
> >> Thanks for doing the push.
> >>
> >>> I recall there was some discussion of a fix for the second with upstream, but
> >>> I can't find it right now and Pavel (who found the bug and fixed it) is on
> >>> vacation.
> >>>
> >> One Oracle bug for this test failure seems to be,
> >>
> >>       6945460 TEST_BUG: runtime/6929067/Test6929067.sh
> >>
> >> but it is not marked as fixed in any release.
> >>
> >> There was some discussion on IcedTea:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2010-November/011057.html
> >>
> >> and at least some on HotSpot:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2010-November/010959.html
> >>
> >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2010-December/011329.html
> >>
> >> but I don't see a resolution.
> >>
> > Yes, these are all on the IcedTea mailing list.  I recall some discussion
> > on the HotSpot mailing lists but I can't find any.
> >
> > The patch is in IcedTea6 as patches/jtreg-6929067-fix.patch.  As I said, Pavel will
> > know more but isn't around to comment at the moment.
> >
> 
> I'll take a took at the patch; I'd prefer b21 to have a clean HotSpot 
> regression test run and a fix for that issue will be necessary for that 
> to happen (I'll other HotSpot regression tests pass).
> 
> -joe
> 

Ok I'll ping Pavel directly tomorrow.

Let's not delay b21 much longer, it's already over six months since a release.
There are unreleased javac fixes dating back to last June.
-- 
Andrew :)

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