The bulk of JDK tests use jtreg, a regression test framework and test runner built for the JDK's specific needs. Other test frameworks are also used. The different test frameworks can be executed directly, but there is also a set of make targets intended to simplify the interface, and figure out how to run your tests for you.
make testThis is the easiest way to get started. Assuming you've built the JDK locally, execute:
$ make testThis will run a default set of tests against the JDK, and present you
with the results. make test is part of a family of
test-related make targets which simplify running tests, because they
invoke the various test frameworks for you. The "make test framework" is
simple to start with, but more complex ad-hoc combination of tests is
also possible. You can always invoke the test frameworks directly if you
want even more control.
Some example command-lines:
$ make test-tier1
$ make test-jdk_lang JTREG="JOBS=8"
$ make test TEST=jdk_lang
$ make test-only TEST="gtest:LogTagSet gtest:LogTagSetDescriptions" GTEST="REPEAT=-1"
$ make test TEST="hotspot:hotspot_gc" JTREG="JOBS=1;TIMEOUT_FACTOR=8;JAVA_OPTIONS=-XshowSettings -Xlog:gc+ref=debug"
$ make test TEST="jtreg:test/hotspot:hotspot_gc test/hotspot/jtreg/native_sanity/JniVersion.java"
$ make test TEST="micro:java.lang.reflect" MICRO="FORK=1;WARMUP_ITER=2"
$ make exploded-test TEST=tier2"tier1" and "tier2" refer to tiered testing, see further down. "TEST"
is a test selection argument which the make test framework will use to
try to find the tests you want. It iterates over the available test
frameworks, and if the test isn't present in one, it tries the next one.
The main target test uses the jdk-image as the tested
product. There is also an alternate target exploded-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.
Previously, make test was used to invoke an old system
for running tests, and make run-test was used for the new
test framework. For backward compatibility with scripts and muscle
memory, run-test and variants like
exploded-run-test or run-test-tier1 are kept
as aliases.
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.)
To be able to run microbenchmarks, configure needs to
know where to find the JMH dependency. Use
--with-jmh=<path to JMH jars> to point to a directory
containing the core JMH and transitive dependencies. The recommended
dependencies can be retrieved by running
sh make/devkit/createJMHBundle.sh, after which
--with-jmh=build/jmh/jars should work.
When tests fail or timeout, jtreg runs its failure handler to capture
necessary data from the system where the test was run. This data can
then be used to analyze the test failures. Collecting this data involves
running various commands (which are listed in files residing in
test/failure_handler/src/share/conf) and some of these
commands use sudo. If the system's sudoers
file isn't configured to allow running these commands, then it can
result in password being prompted during the failure handler execution.
Typically, when running locally, collecting this additional data isn't
always necessary. To disable running the failure handler, use
--enable-jtreg-failure-handler=no when running
configure. If, however, you want to let the failure handler
to run and don't want to be prompted for sudo password, then you can
configure your sudoers file appropriately. Please read the
necessary documentation of your operating system to see how to do that;
here we only show one possible way of doing that - edit the
/etc/sudoers.d/sudoers file to include the following
line:
johndoe ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/dmesgThis line configures sudo to not prompt for
password for the /sbin/dmesg command (this is one of the
commands that is listed in the files at
test/failure_handler/src/share/conf), for the user
johndoe. Here johndoe is the user account
under which the jtreg tests are run. Replace the username with a
relevant user account of your system.
All functionality is available using the 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, 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 test-tier1
is equivalent to make test TEST="tier1", but the latter is
more tab-completion friendly. For more complex test runs, the
test TEST="x" solution needs to be used.
The test specifications given in TEST is parsed into
fully qualified test descriptors, which clearly and unambiguously show
which tests will be run. As an example, :tier1 will expand
to include all subcomponent test directories that define
tier1, for example:
jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/hotspot/jtreg:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/jdk:tier1 jtreg:$(TOPDIR)/test/langtools:tier1 ....
You can always submit a list of fully qualified test descriptors in the
TEST variable if you want to shortcut the parser.
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 most fundamental test tier.
Roughly speaking, a failure of a test in this tier has the potential to
indicate a problem that would affect many Java programs. Tests in
tier1 include tests of HotSpot, core APIs in the
java.base module, and the javac compiler.
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. As a
guideline, nearly all individual tests in tier1 are
expected to run to completion in ten seconds or less when run on common
configurations used for development. Long-running tests, even of core
functionality, should occur in higher tiers or be covered in other kinds
of testing. 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 tests can be selected either by picking a JTReg test group, or a selection of files or directories containing JTReg tests. Documentation can be found at https://openjdk.org/jtreg/, note especially the extensive FAQ.
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.
Note: To be able to run the Gtest suite, you need to configure your build to be able to find a proper version of the gtest source. For details, see the section "Running Tests" in the build documentation.
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.
Which microbenchmarks to run is selected using a regular expression
following the micro: test descriptor, e.g.,
micro:java.lang.reflect. This delegates the test selection
to JMH, meaning package name, class name and even benchmark method names
can be used to select tests.
Using special characters like | in the regular
expression is possible, but needs to be escaped multiple times:
micro:ArrayCopy\\\\\|reflect.
A handful of odd tests that are not covered by any other testing
framework are accessible using the special: test
descriptor. Currently, this includes failure-handler and
make.
Failure handler testing is run using
special:failure-handler or just
failure-handler as test descriptor.
Tests for the build system, including both makefiles and related
functionality, is run using special:make or just
make as test descriptor. This is equivalent to
special:make:all.
A specific make test can be run by supplying it as argument, e.g.
special:make:idea. As a special syntax, this can also be
expressed as make-idea, which allows for command lines as
make test-make-idea.
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 FAILURETests 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 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.
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_FACTOR=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_FACTOR=8, but using
the keyword format means that the JTREG variable is parsed
and verified for correctness, so JTREG="TMIEOUT_FACTOR=8"
would give an error, while JTREG_TMIEOUT_FACTOR=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 quotes, e.g.
JTREG="...;...". This will also make sure spaces are
preserved, as in
JTREG="JAVA_OPTIONS=-XshowSettings -Xlog:gc+ref=debug".
(Other ways are possible, e.g. using backslash:
JTREG=JOBS=1\;TIMEOUT_FACTOR=8. Also, as a special
technique, the string %20 will be replaced with space for
certain options, e.g.
JTREG=JAVA_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.
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.
Currently only applies to JTReg.
Currently only applies to JTReg.
Applies to JTReg, GTest and Micro.
Applies to JTReg, GTest and Micro.
This keyword applies globally to the test runner system. If set to
true, it enables JCov coverage reporting for all tests run.
To be useful, the JDK under test must be run with a JDK built with JCov
instrumentation
(configure --with-jcov=<path to directory containing lib/jcov.jar>,
make jcov-image).
The simplest way to run tests with JCov coverage report is to use the
special target jcov-test instead of test, e.g.
make jcov-test TEST=jdk_lang. This will make sure the JCov
image is built, and that JCov reporting is enabled.
The JCov report is stored in
build/$BUILD/test-results/jcov-output/report.
Please note that running with JCov reporting can be very memory intensive.
While collecting code coverage with JCov, it is also possible to find coverage for only recently changed code. JCOV_DIFF_CHANGESET specifies a source revision. A textual report will be generated showing coverage of the diff between the specified revision and the repository tip.
The report is stored in
build/$BUILD/test-results/jcov-output/diff_coverage_report
file.
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 memory size in
GB/2.
The timeout factor (-timeoutFactor).
Defaults to 4.
Sets the argument -timeoutHandlerTimeout for JTReg. The
default value is 0. This is only valid if the failure handler is
built.
Sets the -testThreadFactory for JTReg. It should be the
fully qualified classname of a class which implements
java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory. One such implementation
class, named Virtual, is currently part of the JDK build in the
test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/ directory. This class gets
compiled during the test image build. The implementation of the Virtual
class creates a new virtual thread for executing each test class.
The test mode (agentvm or othervm).
Defaults to agentvm.
Enable asserts (-ea -esa, or none).
Set to true or false. If true, adds
-ea -esa. Defaults to true, except for hotspot.
The verbosity level (-verbose).
Defaults to fail,error,summary.
What test data to retain (-retain).
Defaults to fail,error.
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).
Set the property javatest.maxOutputSize for the
launcher, to change the default JTReg log limit.
JTReg keywords 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.
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.
Use the problem lists to select tests instead of excluding them.
Set to true or false. If true,
JTReg will use -match: option, otherwise
-exclude: will be used. Default is false.
Additional options to the JTReg test framework.
Use JTREG="OPTIONS=--help all" to see all available
JTReg options.
Additional Java options for running test classes (sent to JTReg as
-javaoption).
Additional Java options to be used when compiling and running classes
(sent to JTReg as -vmoption).
This option is only needed in special circumstances. To pass Java
options to your test classes, use JAVA_OPTIONS.
Additional Java options that are sent to the java launcher that starts the JTReg harness.
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 the tests up to a set number of times, stopping at first failure. This helps to reproduce intermittent test failures. Defaults to 0.
Use this report style when reporting test results (sent to JTReg as
-report). Defaults to files.
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.
Additional options to the Gtest test framework.
Use GTEST="OPTIONS=--help" to see all available Gtest
options.
Override the number of benchmark forks to spawn. Same as specifying
-f <num>.
Number of measurement iterations per fork. Same as specifying
-i <num>.
Amount of time to spend in each measurement iteration, in seconds.
Same as specifying -r <num>
Number of warmup iterations to run before the measurement phase in
each fork. Same as specifying -wi <num>.
Amount of time to spend in each warmup iteration. Same as specifying
-w <num>.
Specify to have the test run save a log of the values. Accepts the
same values as -rff, i.e., text,
csv, scsv, json, or
latex.
Additional VM arguments to provide to forked off VMs. Same as
-jvmArgs <args>
Additional arguments to send to JMH.
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 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 test TEST="jtreg:test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker" \
JTREG="JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djdk.test.docker.image.name=ubuntu
-Djdk.test.docker.image.version=latest"If your locale is non-US, some tests are likely to fail. To work
around this you can set the locale to US. On Unix platforms simply
setting LANG="en_US" in the environment before running
tests should work. On Windows or macOS, setting
JTREG="VM_OPTIONS=-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US"
helps for most, but not all test cases.
For example:
$ export LANG="en_US" && make test TEST=...
$ make test JTREG="VM_OPTIONS=-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US" TEST=...It is highly recommended to use the latest NSS version when running
PKCS11 tests. Improper NSS version may lead to unexpected failures which
are hard to diagnose. For example,
sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod/AddTrustedCert.java may fail on Ubuntu 18.04
with the default NSS version in the system. To run these tests
correctly, the system property
jdk.test.lib.artifacts.<NAME> is required on Ubuntu
18.04 to specify the alternative NSS lib directory. The
<NAME> component should be replaced with the name
element of the appropriate @Artifact class. (See
test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/PKCS11Test.java)
For example:
$ make test TEST="jtreg:sun/security/pkcs11/Secmod/AddTrustedCert.java" \
JTREG="JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djdk.test.lib.artifacts.nsslib-linux_aarch64=/path/to/NSS-libs"For more notes about the PKCS11 tests, please refer to test/jdk/sun/security/pkcs11/README.
Some security tests use a hardcoded provider for
KeyFactory, Cipher,
KeyPairGenerator, KeyGenerator,
AlgorithmParameterGenerator, KeyAgreement,
Mac, MessageDigest, SecureRandom,
Signature, AlgorithmParameters,
Configuration, Policy, or
SecretKeyFactory objects. Specify the
-Dtest.provider.name=NAME property to use a different
provider for the service(s).
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.
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.
Open the Activities overview and start typing Settings; Choose Settings, click Devices, then click Keyboard; set or override desired shortcut.
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.
Most automated Client UI tests use Robot API to control
the UI. Usually, the default operating system settings need to be
adjusted for Robot to work correctly. The detailed steps how to access
and update these settings for different platforms are provided
below.
Robot is not permitted to control your Mac by default
since macOS 10.15. To allow it, choose Apple menu -> System Settings,
click Privacy & Security; then click Accessibility and ensure the
following apps are allowed to control your computer: Java and
Terminal. If the tests are run from an IDE, the IDE should be
granted this permission too.
On Windows if Cygwin terminal is used to run the tests, there is a
delay in focus transfer. Usually it causes automated UI test failure. To
disable the delay, type regedit in the Search and then
select Registry Editor; navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop; make sure the
ForegroundLockTimeout value is set to 0.
Additional information about Client UI tests configuration for various operating systems can be obtained at Automated client GUI testing system set up requirements
If you want to contribute changes to this document, edit
doc/testing.md and then run
make update-build-docs to generate the same changes in
doc/testing.html.