> On 18 Nov 2015, at 03:46, Martin Buchholz <marti...@google.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:26 AM, Paul Sandoz <paul.san...@oracle.com > <mailto:paul.san...@oracle.com>> wrote: > > For the jtregTest updates, if you have any excess energy remaining, you might > want to consider adding the jtreg randomness tag (i cannot recall its exact > name) to the test metadata. > > Most of the jtreg tests deliberately include non-determinism from use of > multiple threads, and there is no @key nondeterminstic tag, and adding > randomness tags to the tests that additionally invoke a prng doesn't really > seem useful. Flakes R Us! >
I am sure Joe, CC’ed will have an opinion on this. IIUC correct the existing randomness tag actually serves a simialr purpose as your proposed nondeterminstic tag. > I support adding @key nondeterministic, and allowing that a tag to apply to > an entire tree (java.util.concurrent). Do we have any tests dependent on the > phase of the moon? Dunno :-) perhaps every one in a while a machine running tests is effected by neutrinos and causes a one off error? Paul.
