On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:20:55 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Can I please get a review of this test-only change which addresses the 
>> failure reported in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8394341?
>> 
>> This test launches processes as part of its test execution. It was recently 
>> refactored to use the commonly used JDK internal 
>> `jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools` test library. After this refactoring, 
>> if/when this test gets launched on a virtual thread (through the 
>> `-testThreadFactory:Virtual`), then the `testWithClassPathSetViaProperty()` 
>> test method fails because it launches a `java` processes with a 
>> custom/controlled classpath.
>> 
>> Given the way `ProcessTools` library is implemented, when launching a `java` 
>> process in the presence of `-testThreadFactory:Virtual`, the launched 
>> process is expected to contain the `jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools` class 
>> in its classpath. Given that `testWithClassPathSetViaProperty()`, configures 
>> a classpath of its own, the test thus fails due to the missing 
>> `jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools`.
>> 
>> In practice, this test shouldn't be run when launching jtreg with 
>> `-testThreadFactory:Virtual`, neither should the child processes be passed 
>> any additional arguments than what the test method itself configures. The 
>> commit in this PR sets up the relevant `@requires` in the test definition to 
>> prevent such executions. The test methods themselves has been updated to use 
>> `ProcessTools.executeCommand(...)` to make it clear that the child 
>> processes' arguments shouldn't be affected by how jtreg is launched (for 
>> example, by passing `-javaoptions:...`)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>
> I'm looking for a review of this test-only change please. I've verified in 
> our CI that this test now gets skipped when launched through a virtual thread 
> and passes as expected when launched with a platform thread.

@jaikiran - When y'all are finished sorting out the plan for how to fix this 
issue,
please make sure to UnProblemList the test.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/33345#issuecomment-6477043873

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