On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:49:28 GMT, Leonid Mesnik <lmes...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The nsk.share.Log has 3 parameters that might be configured by tests or
>> using command-line:
>> - verbose, traceLevel and timestamp
>>
>> The main purpose of these modes was to minimize output and use command-line
>> arguments to enable them during bug reproducing/debugging for vmTestbase
>> when it was compiled separately.
>>
>> However, such an approach has several disadvantages:
>> -- For intermittent issues, there is no all data in the logs
>> -- The enabling log might affect test behavior
>> -- No easy way to set these command-line options for jtreg tests
>> -- When verbose mode is disabled the messages are saved in some buffer and
>> printed only test complains. The mode causes issues if the test fails
>> without complaining (exception, crash, etc). The messages are just never
>> printed.
>> -- the solution is over-complicated.
>>
>> The fix enabled verbose mode and printing time stamps always, setting the
>> debugging log level.
>>
>> The plan is to remove all these options and simplify logging as much as
>> possible in the future.
>
> Leonid Mesnik has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
> commit since the last revision:
>
> reverted traceLevel
test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/share/Log.java line 226:
> 224: if (!verbose) {
> 225: flushLogBuffer();
> 226: }
flushLogBuffer() is never executed. I think you can remove it.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19613#discussion_r1639168255
