## Using the run-test framework

This new way of running tests is developer-centric. It assumes that you have built a JDK locally and want to test it. Running common test targets is simple, and more complex ad-hoc combination of tests is possible. The user interface is forgiving, and clearly report errors it cannot resolve.

The main target “run-test” uses the jdk-image as the tested product. There is also an alternate target “exploded-run-test” that uses the exploded image instead. Not all tests will run successfully on the exploded image, but using this target can greatly improve rebuild times for certain workflows.

Some example command-lines:

    $ make run-test-tier1
    $ make run-test-jdk_lang JTREG="JOBS=8"
    $ make run-test TEST=jdk_lang
    $ make run-test-only TEST="gtest:LogTagSet gtest:LogTagSetDescriptions" GTEST="REPEAT=-1"
    $ make run-test TEST="hotspot:hotspot_gc" JTREG="JOBS=1;TIMEOUT=8;VM_OPTIONS=-XshowSettings -Xlog:gc+ref=debug"
    $ make run-test TEST="jtreg:test/hotspot:hotspot_gc test/hotspot/jtreg/native_sanity/JniVersion.java"
    $ make exploded-run-test TEST=tier2

### Configuration

To be able to run JTReg tests, `configure` needs to know where to find the JTReg test framework. If it is not picked up automatically by configure, use the `--with-jtreg=<path to jtreg home>` option to point to the JTReg framework. Note that this option should point to the JTReg home, i.e. the top directory, containing `lib/jtreg.jar` etc. (An alternative is to set the `JT_HOME` environment variable to point to the JTReg home before running `configure`.)

## Test selection

All functionality is available using the run-test make target. In this use case, the test or tests to be executed is controlled using the `TEST` variable. To speed up subsequent test runs with no source code changes, run-test-only can be used instead, which do not depend on the source and test image build.

For some common top-level tests, direct make targets have been generated. This includes all JTReg test groups, the hotspot gtest, and custom tests (if present). This means that `make run-test-tier1` is equivalent to `make run-test TEST="tier1"`, but the latter is more tab-completion friendly. For more complex test runs, the `run-test TEST="x"` solution needs to be used.

The test specifications given in `TEST` is parsed into fully qualified test descriptors, which clearly and unambigously show which tests will be run. As an example, `:tier1` will expand to `jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/hotspot/jtreg:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/jdk:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/langtools:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/nashorn:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/jaxp:tier1`. You can always submit a list of fully qualified test descriptors in the `TEST` variable if you want to shortcut the parser.

### Common Test Groups

Ideally, all tests are run for every change but this may not be practical due to the limited testing resources, the scope of the change, etc.

The source tree currently defines a few common test groups in the relevant `TEST.groups` files. There are test groups that cover a specific component, for example `hotspot_gc`. It is a good idea to look into `TEST.groups` files to get a sense what tests are relevant to a particular JDK component.

Component-specific tests may miss some unintended consequences of a change, so other tests should also be run. Again, it might be impractical to run all tests, and therefore tiered test groups exist. Tiered test groups are not component-specific, but rather cover the significant parts of the entire JDK.

Multiple tiers allow balancing test coverage and testing costs. Lower test tiers are supposed to contain the simpler, quicker and more stable tests. Higher tiers are supposed to contain progressively more thorough, slower, and sometimes less stable tests, or the tests that require special configuration.

Contributors are expected to run the tests for the areas that are changed, and the first N tiers they can afford to run, but at least tier1.

A brief description of the tiered test groups:

- `tier1`: This is the lowest test tier. Multiple developers run these tests every day. Because of the widespread use, the tests in `tier1` are carefully selected and optimized to run fast, and to run in the most stable manner. The test failures in `tier1` are usually followed up on quickly, either with fixes, or adding relevant tests to problem list. GitHub Actions workflows, if enabled, run `tier1` tests.

- `tier2`: This test group covers even more ground. These contain, among other things, tests that either run for too long to be at `tier1`, or may require special configuration, or tests that are less stable, or cover the broader range of non-core JVM and JDK features/components (for example, XML).

- `tier3`: This test group includes more stressful tests, the tests for corner cases not covered by previous tiers, plus the tests that require GUIs. As such, this suite should either be run with low concurrency (`TEST_JOBS=1`), or without headful tests (`JTREG_KEYWORDS=\!headful`), or both.

- `tier4`: This test group includes every other test not covered by previous tiers. It includes, for example, `vmTestbase` suites for Hotspot, which run for many hours even on large machines. It also runs GUI tests, so the same `TEST_JOBS` and `JTREG_KEYWORDS` caveats apply.

### JTReg

JTReg tests can be selected either by picking a JTReg test group, or a selection of files or directories containing JTReg tests.

JTReg test groups can be specified either without a test root, e.g. `:tier1` (or `tier1`, the initial colon is optional), or with, e.g. `hotspot:tier1`, `test/jdk:jdk_util` or `$(TOPDIR)/test/hotspot/jtreg:hotspot_all`. The test root can be specified either as an absolute path, or a path relative to the JDK top directory, or the `test` directory. For simplicity, the hotspot JTReg test root, which really is `hotspot/jtreg` can be abbreviated as just `hotspot`.

When specified without a test root, all matching groups from all test roots will be added. Otherwise, only the group from the specified test root will be added.

Individual JTReg tests or directories containing JTReg tests can also be specified, like `test/hotspot/jtreg/native_sanity/JniVersion.java` or `hotspot/jtreg/native_sanity`. Just like for test root selection, you can either specify an absolute path (which can even point to JTReg tests outside the source tree), or a path relative to either the JDK top directory or the `test` directory. `hotspot` can be used as an alias for `hotspot/jtreg` here as well.

As long as the test groups or test paths can be uniquely resolved, you do not need to enter the `jtreg:` prefix. If this is not possible, or if you want to use a fully qualified test descriptor, add `jtreg:`, e.g. `jtreg:test/hotspot/jtreg/native_sanity`.

### Gtest

Since the Hotspot Gtest suite is so quick, the default is to run all tests. This is specified by just `gtest`, or as a fully qualified test descriptor `gtest:all`.

If you want, you can single out an individual test or a group of tests, for instance `gtest:LogDecorations` or `gtest:LogDecorations.level_test_vm`. This can be particularly useful if you want to run a shaky test repeatedly.

For Gtest, there is a separate test suite for each JVM variant. The JVM variant is defined by adding `/<variant>` to the test descriptor, e.g. `gtest:Log/client`. If you specify no variant, gtest will run once for each JVM variant present (e.g. server, client). So if you only have the server JVM present, then `gtest:all` will be equivalent to `gtest:all/server`.

## Test results and summary

At the end of the test run, a summary of all tests run will be presented. This will have a consistent look, regardless of what test suites were used. This is a sample summary:

    ==============================
    Test summary
    ==============================
       TEST                                          TOTAL  PASS  FAIL ERROR
    >> jtreg:jdk/test:tier1                           1867  1865     2     0 <<
       jtreg:langtools/test:tier1                     4711  4711     0     0
       jtreg:nashorn/test:tier1                        133   133     0     0
    ==============================
    TEST FAILURE

Tests where the number of TOTAL tests does not equal the number of PASSed tests will be considered a test failure. These are marked with the `>> ... <<` marker for easy identification.

The classification of non-passed tests differs a bit between test suites. In the summary, ERROR is used as a catch-all for tests that neither passed nor are classified as failed by the framework. This might indicate test framework error, timeout or other problems.

In case of test failures, `make run-test` will exit with a non-zero exit value.

All tests have their result stored in `build/$BUILD/test-results/$TEST_ID`, where TEST_ID is a path-safe conversion from the fully qualified test descriptor, e.g. for `jtreg:jdk/test:tier1` the TEST_ID is `jtreg_jdk_test_tier1`. This path is also printed in the log at the end of the test run.

Additional work data is stored in `build/$BUILD/test-support/$TEST_ID`. For some frameworks, this directory might contain information that is useful in determining the cause of a failed test.

## Test suite control

It is possible to control various aspects of the test suites using make control variables.

These variables use a keyword=value approach to allow multiple values to be set. So, for instance, `JTREG="JOBS=1;TIMEOUT=8"` will set the JTReg concurrency level to 1 and the timeout factor to 8. This is equivalent to setting `JTREG_JOBS=1 JTREG_TIMEOUT=8`, but using the keyword format means that the `JTREG` variable is parsed and verified for correctness, so `JTREG="TMIEOUT=8"` would give an error, while `JTREG_TMIEOUT=8` would just pass unnoticed.

To separate multiple keyword=value pairs, use `;` (semicolon). Since the shell normally eats `;`, the recommended usage is to write the assignment inside qoutes, e.g. `JTREG="...;..."`. This will also make sure spaces are preserved, as in `JTREG="VM_OPTIONS=-XshowSettings -Xlog:gc+ref=debug"`.

(Other ways are possible, e.g. using backslash: `JTREG=JOBS=1\;TIMEOUT=8`. Also, as a special technique, the string `%20` will be replaced with space for certain options, e.g. `JTREG=VM_OPTIONS=-XshowSettings%20-Xlog:gc+ref=debug`. This can be useful if you have layers of scripts and have trouble getting proper quoting of command line arguments through.)

As far as possible, the names of the keywords have been standardized between test suites.

### General keywords (TEST_OPTS)

Some keywords are valid across different test suites. If you want to run tests from multiple test suites, or just don’t want to care which test suite specific control variable to use, then you can use the general TEST_OPTS control variable.

There are also some keywords that applies globally to the test runner system, not to any specific test suites. These are also available as TEST_OPTS keywords.

#### JOBS

Currently only applies to JTReg.

#### TIMEOUT_FACTOR

Currently only applies to JTReg.

#### VM_OPTIONS

Applies to JTReg, GTest and Micro.

#### JAVA_OPTIONS

Applies to JTReg, GTest and Micro.

#### AOT_MODULES

Applies to JTReg and GTest.

### JTReg keywords

#### JOBS

The test concurrency (`-concurrency`).

Defaults to TEST_JOBS (if set by `--with-test-jobs=`), otherwise it defaults to JOBS, except for Hotspot, where the default is number of CPU cores/2, but never more than 12.

#### TIMEOUT_FACTOR

The timeout factor (`-timeoutFactor`).

Defaults to 4.

#### TEST_MODE

The test mode (`-agentvm`, `-samevm` or `-othervm`).

Defaults to `-agentvm`.

#### ASSERT

Enable asserts (`-ea -esa`, or none).

Set to `true` or `false`. If true, adds `-ea -esa`. Defaults to true, except for hotspot.

#### VERBOSE

The verbosity level (`-verbose`).

Defaults to `fail,error,summary`.

#### RETAIN

What test data to retain (`-retain`).

Defaults to `fail,error`.

#### MAX_MEM

Limit memory consumption (`-Xmx` and `-vmoption:-Xmx`, or none).

Limit memory consumption for JTReg test framework and VM under test. Set to 0 to disable the limits.

Defaults to 512m, except for hotspot, where it defaults to 0 (no limit).

#### KEYWORDS

JTReg kewords sent to JTReg using `-k`. Please be careful in making sure that spaces and special characters (like `!`) are properly quoted. To avoid some issues, the special value `%20` can be used instead of space.

#### EXTRA_PROBLEM_LISTS

Use additional problem lists file or files, in addition to the default ProblemList.txt located at the JTReg test roots.

If multiple file names are specified, they should be separated by space (or, to help avoid quoting issues, the special value `%20`).

The file names should be either absolute, or relative to the JTReg test root of the tests to be run.

#### OPTIONS

Additional options to the JTReg test framework.

Use `JTREG="OPTIONS=--help all"` to see all available JTReg options.

#### JAVA_OPTIONS

Additional Java options to JTReg (`-javaoption`).

#### VM_OPTIONS

Additional VM options to JTReg (`-vmoption`).

#### AOT_MODULES

Generate AOT modules before testing for the specified module, or set of modules. If multiple modules are specified, they should be separated by space (or, to help avoid quoting issues, the special value `%20`).

#### RETRY_COUNT

Retry failed tests up to a set number of times, until they pass. This allows to pass the tests with intermittent failures. Defaults to 0.

#### REPEAT_COUNT

Repeat the tests up to a set number of times, stopping at first failure. This helps to reproduce intermittent test failures. Defaults to 0.

### Gtest keywords

#### REPEAT

The number of times to repeat the tests (`--gtest_repeat`).

Default is 1. Set to -1 to repeat indefinitely. This can be especially useful combined with `OPTIONS=--gtest_break_on_failure` to reproduce an intermittent problem.

#### OPTIONS

Additional options to the Gtest test framework.

Use `GTEST="OPTIONS=--help"` to see all available Gtest options.

#### AOT_MODULES

Generate AOT modules before testing for the specified module, or set of modules. If multiple modules are specified, they should be separated by space (or, to help avoid quoting issues, the special value `%20`).

## Notes for Specific Tests

### Docker Tests

Docker tests with default parameters may fail on systems with glibc versions not compatible with the one used in the default docker image (e.g., Oracle Linux 7.6 for x86). For example, they pass on Ubuntu 16.04 but fail on Ubuntu 18.04 if run like this on x86:

    $ make run-test TEST="jtreg:test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker"

To run these tests correctly, additional parameters for the correct docker image are required on Ubuntu 18.04 by using `JAVA_OPTIONS`.

    $ make run-test TEST="jtreg:test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker" JTREG="JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djdk.test.docker.image.name=ubuntu -Djdk.test.docker.image.version=latest"

### Client UI Tests

Some Client UI tests use key sequences which may be reserved by the operating system. Usually that causes the test failure. So it is highly recommended to disable system key shortcuts prior testing. The steps to access and disable system key shortcuts for various platforms are provided below.

#### MacOS

Choose Apple menu; System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Shortcuts; select or deselect desired shortcut.

For example, test/jdk/javax/swing/TooltipManager/JMenuItemToolTipKeyBindingsTest/JMenuItemToolTipKeyBindingsTest.java fails on MacOS because it uses `CTRL + F1` key sequence to show or hide tooltip message but the key combination is reserved by the operating system. To run the test correctly the default global key shortcut should be disabled using the steps described above, and then deselect “Turn keyboard access on or off” option which is responsible for `CTRL + F1` combination.

#### Linux

Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings; Choose Settings, click Devices, then click Keyboard; set or override desired shortcut.

#### Windows

Type `gpedit` in the Search and then click Edit group policy; navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> File Explorer; in the right-side pane look for “Turn off Windows key hotkeys” and double click on it; enable or disable hotkeys.

Note: restart is required to make the settings take effect.