8383631: Test vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/kill/kill003/kill003.java failed - possible NullPointerException

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The test sees the following output and is supposed to detect the "main[1]" prompt to indicate it is done with the "locals" command that was issued, and then issue a "cont" command:

[9:13:15.40] Sending command: locals
[9:13:15.560] reply[0]: Method arguments:
[9:13:15.561] reply[1]: args = instance of java.lang.String[3] (id=669)
[9:13:15.561] reply[2]: Local variables:
[9:13:15.561] reply[3]: main[1]
[9:13:15.561] Sending command: cont

However, the output instead looks like this:

[21:15:18.114] Sending command: locals
[21:15:18.515] reply[0]: Method arguments:
[21:15:18.515] reply[1]: args = instance of java.lang.String[3] (id=686)
[21:15:18.515] reply[2]: Local variables:
[21:15:18.515] Sending command: cont
[21:15:18.716] reply[0]: main[1] >

The JdbTest.findPrompt() code looks for a pattern of characters, followed by '[', then a number, then ']'. Unfortunately it matches the String[3] text you see in the output. Because of that the test thought the "locals" command had completed, and issued the "cont" command too soon, which gets the test out of sync.

Apparently some tests have had this same issue before and a solution was already available. You just need to set compoundPromptIdent to the prompt that the test expects (sans the square brackets part).

I also fixed a couple of comment typos I noticed in JdbTest while debugging this.

Tested by running kill003 a couple hundred times on the failing platform and with the failing JVM args.

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• JDK-8383631: Test vmTestbase/nsk/jdb/kill/kill003/kill003.java failed - possible NullPointerException (Bug - P4)

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