RFR (S): 8140091: remove VMStructs cast_uint64_t workaround for GCC 4.1.1 bug

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Hotspot changes looks fine. I was surprise that code was added long ago.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 10/22/15 3:46 AM, Christian Thalinger wrote:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8140091
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8140091/webrev/
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> There is a bit more context in JIRA but the bottom line is that we shouldn’t be building the JDK with GCC 4.1.1.  We have a workaround in just one place but that doesn’t mean the bug doesn’t show up in other places (especially new code).
>
> I’m suggesting to remove the workaround and blacklist this particular GCC version.
>