RFR 8173715 (rev2): Remove Flat Profiler

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Looks good.

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov

On 8/19/17 12:00 AM, Gerard Ziemski wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> The FlatProfiler (i.e. -Xprof) has been deprecated in jdk9, and now it’s the time to remove the code and obsolete the -Xprof flag.
> 
> Changes from rev1 to address David’s feedback:
> 
> - obsoleted the flag (it’s still accepted, but ignored)
> - fixed copyright year in "src/os_cpu/linux_s390/vm/thread_linux_s390.hpp”
> - improved comment about the signal based suspend/resume mechanism in "os_*.cpp” files
> - removed entire comment from "src/os/solaris/vm/osThread_solaris.hpp"
> 
> issue:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173715
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gziemski/8173715_rev2_hotspot
>