aqa-tests: AIX/HS/JDK11 MiniMix failing on weakCompareAndSet() operation on POWER9

Describe the bug On the MiniMix_5m_1 test in the system category (although it has also been seen on ConcurrentLoadTest_5m_1)we are getting this failure periodically. I’m doing various tests to figure out when it’s occurring but so far I’ve only seen it on the only POWER9 system that we have (test-osuosl-aix71-ppc64-1)

 LT  >>> Captured test output >>>
 LT  testStarted : testAPI(net.adoptopenjdk.test.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLongArrayTest)
 LT  testFailure: testAPI(net.adoptopenjdk.test.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLongArrayTest): 27 : weakCompareAndSet() expected:<true> but was:<false>
 LT  junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: 27 : weakCompareAndSet() expected:<true> but was:<false>

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior (or Grinder rerun link): https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7395

Expected behavior Test pass 😃

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here. I’ve queued up various grinders after the initial tests I did yesterday in order to test various options to determine the extent of it. So far I’ve only been testing on JDK11 HotSpot - mostly these are five iteration runs. I’ll add notes as they complete.

• JDK11/HS again: https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7394 (3/5 iterations failed)
• JDK11/HS yet again 😃 https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7395 (5/5 iterations failed)
• JDK11/J9: https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7396 (0/5 iterations failed)
• JDK16/HS: https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7397 (2/5 iterations failed)
• JDK11/HS with -Xint: https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7398 (Passed)
• JDK11/HS with timeLimit=1m instead of 5m: https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7399 (Passed)

I’ve also queued up some more 10 iteration runs on other POWER8 machines just to get some extra validation as to whether it is specific to the POWER9 system:

• test-osuosl-aix72-ppc64-2 - 0/10 iterations failed
• build-osuosl-aix71-ppc64-2 - 0/10 iterations failed
• test-ibm-aix71-ppc64-2 - 0/10 iterations failed
• And https://ci.adoptopenjdk.net/job/Grinder/7403/console on which ever machine it happens to land on 😃 - 0/10 iterations failed

FYI @lumpfish as we were discussing this