On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 22:15:07 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Florian Kirmaier has updated the pull request incrementally with one
>> additional commit since the last revision:
>>
>> JDK-8236259
>> readded unit-test without any dependency
>
> tests/system/src/test/java/test/javafx/scene/control/ProgressIndicatorLeakTest.java
> line 95:
>
>> 94: }
>> 95: public static void createGarbage() {
>> 96: LinkedList list = new LinkedList<Integer>();
>
> I think this is fine, but I'm curious as to whether you've actually found
> this (creating garbage) to be necessary.
Usually, it doesn't make a difference, but it's necessary to make the tests
stable.
If nothing happens in the JVM then even System.gc won't do anything anymore.
Creating garbage stimulates the JVM enough to make GC-based tests stable.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/71
