On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:20:56 GMT, Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Certain specific types of tests involving GC and reference processing need to > account for the delay between a GC completing (during which the GC clears a > Reference), and the Reference being added to its associated queue. At > present, ad hoc mechanisms (with delays/timeout) are used, but can lead to > intermittent test failures > ([JDK-8298783](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8298783) is a recent > example). > > A better mechanism already exists in the private > `Reference.waitForReferenceProcessing()` method. This PR makes > `waitForReferenceProcessing()` available to tests via the `WhiteBox` and > `ForceGC` test libraries. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: d8f012ea Author: Brent Christian <bchri...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/d8f012ea2a0514020434d5db6047e36941e9349b Stats: 51 lines in 1 file changed: 51 ins; 0 del; 0 mod 8305186: Reference.waitForReferenceProcessing should be more accessible to tests Reviewed-by: kbarrett ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527
