RFR: 8338411: Implement JEP 486: Permanently Disable the Security Manager [v3]

[Harshitha Onkar]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:23:26 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @aivanov-jdk 
>> It was missed when -Djava.security.manager=allow was removed. 
>> Out of curiosity: does it have any impact on the performance of CI testing if tests are run in `/othervm` mode when it is not needed?
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>> It was missed when `-Djava.security.manager=allow` was removed.
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> It wasn't intentional then, was it?
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>> Out of curiosity: does it have any impact on the performance of CI testing if tests are run in /othervm mode when it is not needed?
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> I guess it does, `othervm` tests launch a new VM for each test as opposed to re-using an already running VM.
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> Anyway, removing `/othervm` isn't strictly required because `java/beans` are run in `othervm` mode.
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> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/d1540e2a49c7a41eb771fc9896c367187d070dec/test/jdk/TEST.ROOT#L48-L49
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> It caught my attention because `/othervm` is removed from tests in `beans/XMLEncoder/*/`, that is in subfolders, whereas in the `beans/XMLEncoder/` folder these are left.

@aivanov-jdk 
Right, it wasn't intentionally but missed when removing `-Djava.security.manager=allow`.

> Anyway, removing /othervm isn't strictly required because java/beans are run in othervm mode.

Thank you for clarifying. Since `/othervm` doesn't impact the beans tests I'll keep it as-is. Let me know if you still think it is good to remove, I can probably do a replace-all on beans/XMLEncoder/ folder.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21498#discussion_r1815694898