[SUREFIRE-780] Success claimed when jvm fails to launch

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.9
• Fix Version/s: 2.11
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin

Environment

$ uname -a
Linux hpa-linux-joelb 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode)

• Assignee: Kristian Rosenvold
• Reporter: Joel Barry
• Created: 21/Oct/11 10:00
• Updated: 16/Nov/11 14:27
• Resolved: 16/Nov/11 14:27

Description

$ svn diff
Index: pom.xml
===================================================================
--- pom.xml	(revision 27018)
+++ pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1G</argLine>
+                    <argLine>-Xmx1.5G</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>

Before this change, surefire runs but a test runs out of heap space.
The test fails, surefire signals failure, and the mvn build gets BUILD
FAILURE.

After the change:

...
[INFO] [surefire:test {execution: default-test}]
[INFO] Surefire report directory: /home/joelb/views/rse-trunk/common/target/surefire-reports

-------------------------------------------------------
 T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
Invalid maximum heap size: -Xmx1.5G
Could not create the Java virtual machine.

Results :

Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 10 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Oct 21 10:50:54 EDT 2011
[INFO] Final Memory: 77M/680M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Looks like I needed -Xmx1500m to satisfy this jvm, but shouldn't my
typo provoke surefire to signal failure to maven so that the build
fails?