RFR(S): 7902351: jtreg evaluates ProblemList with properties of VM running jtreg

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Goetz,

I'll review this and will sponsor the change.

-- Jon

On 12/5/18 12:02 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When evaluating the ProblemList specified with -exclude, jtreg compares the platform specifiers as windows-i586 with the properties of the VM running the jtreg harness. It does not use the properties of the VM specified by -testvm which is the VM to be tested.
>
> Our testrunner is a 64-bit VM, that also tests 32-bit variants. Thus, if we want to exclude a test for the 32-bit VM by specifying windows-i586, it is not excluded. Instead, the ProbelmList is scanned for windows-amd64 excludes.
>
> Basic functionality to ask the testvm for its properties is already implemented and just needs to be used in the proper place.
>
> This change also fixes a copy-and-paste error in OS.java.
>
> Please review. I please need a sponsor.
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/CODETOOLS-7902351
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/wr18/7902351-ProblemList-jtreg/01/
>
> Best regards,
>    Goetz.