On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:35:25 GMT, Paul Hübner <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Currently, the non-CDS test of 
>> `valhalla/valuetypes/SubstitutabilityTest.java` is disabled. This is because 
>> it uses `-Xshare:off` which is fundamentally incompatible with some AOT 
>> flags that the test is run with.
>> 
>> In this fix, we introduce a new `@requires` property which denotes if the 
>> AOT code cache has been given as a command-line argument. If that is the 
>> case, we skip the test. For context, from the failure:
>>> Option AOTCache cannot be used at the same time with -Xshare:on, 
>>> -Xshare:auto, -Xshare:off, -Xshare:dump, DumpLoadedClassList, 
>>> SharedClassListFile, or SharedArchiveFile
>> 
>> An alternative considered was to use `@requires vm.flagless`. However, there 
>> are many configurations, such as different GCs, that we would lose out on. 
>> Substitutability plays quite a central concept with value classes, 
>> therefore, a new property is perhaps the more suitable approach.
>> 
>> Testing: the Oracle tiers in which we observed failures, and a smoke-test 
>> tier 1 on Linux (x64, AArch64), macOS (x64, AArch64), Windows (x64).
>
> Paul Hübner has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge and don't share.
>  - Revert "Restrain SubstitutabilityTest with -Xshare:off."
>    
>    This reverts commit 0fc69eb72574f32b802fdf0a06ecc46fb0fcf3e2.

Looks good and simpler.

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Marked as reviewed by rriggs (Committer).

PR Review: 
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1995#pullrequestreview-3724439954

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