[9] RFR(S): 8066433: Copy Whitebox testlibrary to top level repository

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi,

I just noticed that if we want to access the Whitebox API in the top level
repository we also have to adapt the native lookup code in
src/share/vm/prims/nativeLookup.cpp because it depends on the package name.

I therefore suggest to move the Whitebox API completely and adapt all tests in
the hotspot repository. Here are the corresponding webrevs:

Top level repo:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8066433/webrev.02/

Hotspot repo:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8066433_hotspot/webrev.00/

Tested on JPRT.

Thanks,
Tobias

On 09.12.2014 11:00, Staffan Larsen wrote:
> +1
> 
>> On 9 dec 2014, at 10:56, Stefan Sarne <stefan.sarne at oracle.com
>> <mailto:stefan.sarne at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2014-12-09 10:51, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> thanks for the feedback.
>>>
>>> On 08.12.2014 20:46, Staffan Larsen wrote:
>>>>> On 8 dec 2014, at 20:18, mark.reinhold at oracle.com
>>>>> <mailto:mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014/12/8 2:19 -0800, stefan.sarne at oracle.com <mailto:stefan.sarne at oracle.com>:
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This would also be a good place to discuss the structure of the test
>>>>>> library.
>>>>> Yes.  The various "testlibrary" directories in different repos are, at
>>>>> the moment, a bit of a mess and in some cases appear to be redundant.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the present root-repo proposal:
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Why is it named test/testlibrary rather than test/lib, which is
>>>>>    what's used in the jdk repo?
>>>> Probably because it’s called test/testlibrary in the hotspot repo :-)
>>> Yes, do you prefer 'test/lib'?
>>
>> Now sounds like a good time to align.   :)
>> We can update testlibrary in hotspot to the same as well I think (as a second
>> step).
>> Let's go with test/lib.
>>
>>>
>>>>>  - Why does the white-box library get its own directory?  Shouldn't
>>>>>    all test-library classes have the same package root?
>>>> +1
>>> I agree. I'll remove the whitebox directory.
>>
>> Sounds good, the same package root is better.
>>
>>>
>>>>>  - The package name "sun.hotspot" is archaic.  We should figure out a
>>>>>    proper naming scheme for test-library packages, preferably starting
>>>>>    with "jdk.”.
>>>> So jdk.testlibrary.whitebox.* for these? Or jdk.testlib.whitebox?
>>> Whatever you prefer.
>>
>> If we go with test/lib - I think jdk.testlib make sense.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stefan
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tobias
>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Based on the discussion around microbenchmarks, it may make sense to
>>>>>> break out the test folder to a separate repo if it starts growing.
>>>>>> But again, perhaps this is something we can wait for and handle in the
>>>>>> RFE. The test folder already exists in the top repo.
>>>>> The jdk/test/lib directory has been around for many years now and only
>>>>> contains 28 files.  It seems unlikely that the root-repo equivalent will
>>>>> ever be much larger than that, so a separate repo would be overkill.
>>>> The corresponding directory in hotspot has 56 files and has expanded quite a
>>>> bit recently. I expect some growth to continue. Many of these overlap with
>>>> the files in the jdk directory, however.
>>>>
>>>> /Staffan
>