> 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.
Brent Christian has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision: - Make *the method* static, also - Make Method static ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527/files/58191e86..e47caf5a Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24527&range=05 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24527&range=04-05 Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24527/head:pull/24527 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527
