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

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Great, thanks!

Best regards,
  Goetz.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>
> Sent: Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2018 16:55
> To: Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>; jtreg-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: RFR(S): 7902351: jtreg evaluates ProblemList with properties of
> VM running jtreg
> 
> 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.