RFR [8038982]: java/lang/ref/EarlyTimeout.java failed again

[Mandy Chung]

On 4/14/2014 6:21 AM, Ivan Gerasimov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The test EarlyTimeout.java failed again, now with message "elapsed 
> time 981 is less than timeout 1000."
>
> The root cause seems to be non-accurate time measurement in Windows:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724397(v=vs.85).aspx 
>
>
> There might be two ways to address the issue:
> - add a tolerance > 15 ms, or
> - use System.nanoTime() for the measurement.
>
> I did both.
>
> Would you please help review the test fix?
>
> BUGURL: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8038982
> WEBREV: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~igerasim/8038982/0/webrev/
>

Thanks for putting time in getting this test more reliable.   Have you 
thought about keep zero tolerance (or much smaller value) when the test 
is running on *nix platforms?

Mandy