RFR: JDK-8279956: Useless method Scheduling::ComputeLocalLatenciesForward() [v3]

[Jie Fu]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:25:06 GMT, SUN Guoyun <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> Method `Scheduling::ComputeLocalLatenciesForward()` be used for compute the latency of all the instructions and write the result to `_node_latency`. But I found that `_node_latency` was never used. So I think method `Scheduling::ComputeLocalLatenciesForward()` can be deleted, which is also an enhancement to the efficiency of compilation threads.
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>   8279956: Useless method Scheduling::ComputeLocalLatenciesForward( )

This change looks reasonable to me.
But I would suggest testing with -XX:+OptoScheduling before integration.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7062