On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:31:16 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. > > 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 requested by kbarrett (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24527#pullrequestreview-2763075157
