request for review: 6436034: Instance filter doesn't filter event if it occurs in native method

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Wed Dec 15 13:01:54 PST 2010


Keith McGuigan wrote:
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> In order to test this, we need to have JDI events generated from a 
> non-static native frame.  It's not really possible to add native code 
> to a jtreg regression test, is it?  Maybe i can find some existing 
> library native code that can generate an event.  Any suggestions?
Choosing a native method in the JDK seems a good idea. I would suggest 
picking something in lang, io, or net as they are relatively stable. If 
the code does change then it just means that the test will need to be 
updated but better that not having any test coverage in the jtreg suite.

-Alan


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