Fwd: Re: RFR: 8062536: [TESTBUG] Conflicting GC combinations in jdk tests

[Evgeniya Stepanova]

Hi Katja,

Ok, this seems to be a perfect solution. Thank you. I'll change the diff 
accordingly.


Thanks,
Evgeniya Stepanova
On 06.11.2014 16:56, Yekaterina Kantserova wrote:
> Hi Dima,
>
> On 11/06/2014 11:22 AM, Dmitry Fazunenko wrote:
>> Hi Katja,
>>
>> You are right, there will be no conflict, because test ignores any 
>> external VM flags.
>> So, adding @requires seems unnecessary here, but...
>>
>> Ignoring external options is bad thing, such "selfish" tests are not 
>> applicable for other areas, like GC, compiler, RT.
>
> This particular case is to test the defined flags are shown up as 
> expected.
>
> Evgeniya,
>
> would you mind to change JpsHelper.java instead?
>
> +++ b/test/sun/tools/jps/JpsHelper.java
> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
>      /**
>       * VM arguments to start test application with
>       */
> -    public static final String[] VM_ARGS = {"-Xmx512m", 
> "-XX:+UseParallelGC"};
> +    public static final String[] VM_ARGS = {"-Xmx512m", 
> "-XX:+PrintGCDetails"};
>      /**
>       * VM flag to start test application with
>       */
>
> Best regards,
> Katja
>
>
>
>>
>> @requires  will allow to modify tests to include external vm options 
>> without any risk of bumping into conflict and extend area of test 
>> applicability.
>>
>> But if you still believe, that @requires is not necessary - it's not 
>> a problem, tests could be kept as is.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dima
>>
>>
>> On 06.11.2014 16:27, Yekaterina Kantserova wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Evgeniya,
>>>
>>> As David has pointed out these jps tests are not testing gc. The 
>>> -XX:+UseParallelGC is just an arbitrary chosen test flag. There 
>>> should not be any conflicts either since these tests are running in 
>>> driver mode:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>  * @run driver TestJpsJar
>>> ...
>>>
>>> which means no flags from above are accepted.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Katja
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/06/2014 11:05 AM, Evgeniya Stepanova wrote:
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> tag added because tests contain string
>>>>  cmd.addAll(JpsHelper.getVmArgs());
>>>>
>>>> and JpsHelper defines
>>>> ...
>>>> public static final String[] VM_ARGS = {"-Xmx512m", 
>>>> "-XX:+UseParallelGC"};
>>>> ...
>>>> public static List<String> getVmArgs() throws IOException {
>>>>         if (testVmArgs == null) {
>>>>             testVmArgs = new ArrayList<>();
>>>>             testVmArgs.addAll(Arrays.asList(VM_ARGS));
>>>>             testVmArgs.add("-XX:Flags=" + 
>>>> getVmFlagsFile().getAbsolutePath());
>>>>         }
>>>>         return testVmArgs;
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>> Tests itself wouldn't fail if we use another GC, tag added for 
>>>> cleanup-if we use for example SerialGC we must be sure that tests 
>>>> passed with this GC, not with another one. Now you will assume that 
>>>> concrete test passed with Serial GC, but it run only with Parallel 
>>>> GC. Plus there is no any sense to run test twice in TC (with 
>>>> different GC, since it use only Parallel)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Evgeniya Stepanova
>>>> On 06.11.2014 6:20, David Holmes wrote:
>>>>> Hi Evgeniya,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/11/2014 1:33 AM, Evgeniya Stepanova wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please review changes for 8062536, the OpenJDK/jdk part of the 
>>>>>> JDK-8019361
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8062536
>>>>>> fix: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~eistepan/8062536/webrev.00/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem: Some tests explicitly set GC and fail when another GC is 
>>>>>> set
>>>>>> outside
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't see why you have done this for the
>>>>>
>>>>> test/sun/tools/jps/TestJps*.java
>>>>>
>>>>> tests. They don't set any GC flags.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Solution: Such tests marked with the jtreg tag "requires" to skip 
>>>>>> test
>>>>>> if there is a conflict
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering: Does a skipped test get a .jtr file showing it was 
>>>>> skipped; or does it only appear in the higher-level jtreg log?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tested locally with different GC flags (-XX:+UseG1GC,
>>>>>> -XX:+UseParallelGC, -XX:+UseSerialGC, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweep and 
>>>>>> without
>>>>>> any GC flag). Tests are being excluded as expected. No tests failed
>>>>>> because of the conflict.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Evgeniya Stepanova
>>>>>>
>>>>>> //
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> /Evgeniya Stepanova/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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/Evgeniya Stepanova/
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