RFR (L, tedious again, sorry) 8189610: Reconcile jvm.h and all jvm_md.h between java.base and hotspot

[coleen.phillimore at oracle.com]

On 10/26/17 2:47 PM, mandy chung wrote:
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> On 10/26/17 2:57 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> A third option is to remove the support for link-time-opt entirely, 
>> if it's not really used.
>>
>> * src/java.base/unix/native/include/jvm_md.h and 
>> src/java.base/windows/native/include/jvm_md.h:
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>> These files define a public API, and contain non-trivial changes. I 
>> suspect you should file a CSR request. (Even though I realize you're 
>> only matching the header file with the reality.)
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> jvm.h and jvm_md.h are not public API and they are not copied to the 
> $JAVA_HOME/includes directly.  This does raise the question that 
> jvm*.h may belong to other location than 
> src/java.base/{share,$OS}/native/include.

I'm not sure where else it would go honestly, but it could be moved 
outside this changeset.  The good thing about where it is, is that the 
-I directives in the makefiles find both jni.h and jvm.h.
thanks,
Coleen
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> Mandy