RFR: 8344159: Add lint warnings for unnecessary warning suppression [v5]

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:24:52 GMT, Archie Cobbs <acobbs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR adds a new compiler warning for `@SuppressWarnings` annotations that don't actually suppress any warnings.
>> 
>> Summary of code changes:
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>> * Add new warning and associated lint category `"suppression"`
>> * Update `LintMapper` to keep track of which `@SuppressWarnings` suppressions have been validated ¹
>> * Update `Log.warning()` so it validates any current suppression of the warning's lint category in effect.
>> * Add a new `validate` parameter to `Lint.isEnabled()` and `Lint.isSuppressed()` that specifies whether to also validate any current suppression.
>> * Add `Lint.isActive()` to check whether a category is enabled _or_ suppression of the category is being tracked - in other words, whether the warning calculation needs to be performed. Used for non-trivial warning calculations.
>> * Add `-Xlint:-suppression` flags to `*.gmk` build files so the build doesn't break
>> 
>> ¹ The suppression of a lint category is "validated" as soon as it suppresses some warning in that category
>
> Archie Cobbs has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 135 commits:
> 
>  - Suppress new unnecessary suppresion warnings created by recent commits.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8344159
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8344159 to fix conflict.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8344159 to fix conflict.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8344159 to fix conflicts.
>  - Add clarifying comment.
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8344159
>  - Change inner class name to avoid shadowing superclass name.
>  - Add a couple of code clarification comments.
>  - Refactor test to avoid requiring changes to TestRunner.
>  - ... and 125 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/43afce54...aaf029e8

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25167#issuecomment-3707541329