RFR(s): 8169206: TemplateInterpreter::_continuation_entry is never referenced

[Coleen Phillimore]

Looks great!   It can be the first cleanup of jdk10!
Coleen

On 12/1/16 3:21 PM, Max Ockner wrote:
> I have removed the 
> TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_continuation_for() methods for 
> each platform.
> New webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mockner/8169206.02/
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>
> On 11/30/2016 10:09 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>>
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> You didn't remove the platform specific 
>> TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_continuation_for() methods.
>>
>> I think from ancient history, these used to be used for reexecuting 
>> the bytecode after rewriting to the fast version from within 
>> InterpreterRuntime.  That code's been long dead!
>>
>> Thanks - this will be a good cleanup for jdk10.
>> Coleen
>>
>> On 11/30/16 2:57 PM, Max Ockner wrote:
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> Please review this small fix which removes some dead code from the 
>>> interpreter. TemplateInterpreter::_continuation_entry table and its 
>>> accessor are never called from anywhere else.
>>>
>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8169206
>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mockner/8169206.01/
>>>
>>> Tested with java -version.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Max
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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