On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:49:37 GMT, Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> The java/util/prefs/AddNodeChangeListener.java test fails once in a while in 
> the automated test system.  Previous failures were traced to machine 
> configuration errors, but that does not appear to be the case this time.
> 
> My efforts to reproduce this failure have been unsuccessful.  The only useful 
> information I've gleaned so far from the test failure logs is that the 
> overall duration for running tier1 is longer than usual when the test failure 
> happens.
> 
> I would like to make the following updates to the test, in hopes of learning 
> more if and when this test fails again:
> 
> * fail faster, to report if it is addNode() or removeNode() that is failing
> * make multiple attempts to sleep+check the NodeChangeListener.  (If the test 
> fails after a single sleep, but passes after waiting longer, maybe we just 
> need to sleep for longer to account for the occasional slower tier1 test run).
> * a few indentations fixes
> 
> Thanks,
> -Brent

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 8afdcaee
Author:    Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/8afdcaee
Stats:     56 lines in 1 file changed: 37 ins; 3 del; 16 mod

8255031: Update java/util/prefs/AddNodeChangeListener.java to report more 
failure info

Reviewed-by: bpb

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/773

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