On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:52:40 GMT, Christian Hagedorn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> # Issue >> >> Several Valhalla compiler specific tests are slow and this affects the >> overall execution time of lower tiers. >> [JDK-8369437](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369437) has already >> improved the situation by splitting multiple @run statements in compiler >> tests into separate @test blocks for several tests. There are nevertheless >> still a handful of tests that take up to a dozen minutes to finish. >> >> # Cause >> >> Most tests affected are using multiple IR-Framework scenarios to start tests >> with different flags. The tests are started sequentially, adding the >> execution time of each test. The problem is similar to >> [JDK-8369437](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369437) but at >> IR-Framework level. >> >> # Fix >> >> We can parallelize the execution of scenarios similar to what has been done >> in the [fix](https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/pull/1681/files) for >> [JDK-8369437](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369437). Unfortunately >> the IR-Framework doesn't allow tests to be run on different machines and >> there is no simple way to make it interact with JTReg in that way. So, as a >> provisional and minimalistic solution, scenarios are added and started one >> by one and run by individual JTReg `@test` entries. >> >> # Testing >> >> Tier 1-3 >> Worst-time compiler/valhalla JTReg tests went from 16min to <2min > > That's an impressive improvement! Thanks for having a closer look at what we > could do. Have you also played around with using Java threads instead (i.e. a > `TestFramework` instance per thread that adds the scenario flags)? Thanks @chhagedorn @mhaessig @TobiHartmann for your reviews! ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1708#issuecomment-3461184391
