[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 6622468: TEST_BUG: Time to retire the @debuggeeVMOptions mechanism used in the com.sun.jdi infrastructure

[Kazuhisa Takakuri]

On Tue, 7 May 2024 12:29:04 GMT, Kazuhisa Takakuri <ktakakuri at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to backport this patch to improve test maintainability.
> Currently, hotspot tests require jtreg 4.2 b13 or newer. Therefore, even if TEST.ROOT of the jdk test does not specify a required minimum jtreg version, it is unlikely that jdk tests will be run with a version of jtreg which does not support -vmoption.
> Given this, the @debuggeeVMOptions mechanism can be safely removed.
> The patch is almost clean. Only difference is that DoubleAgentTest.java is skipped because the fix is alreaday in another patch.
> 
> There is a related patch JDK-8048892, and I have proposed a separate backport for it. #493 
> Additionally, when JDK-8054066 was backported, a @debuggeeVMOptions file was added to the original patch. I plan to propose an issue regarding the modification of that test once this fix is approved.
> 
> Testing: All tests under jdk/test/com/sun/jdi
> 
> Thank you.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/492#issuecomment-2572562032