RFR: 8297864: Dead code elimination [v2]

[Robbin Ehn]

On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 03:06:27 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hmm I think this warrants closer inspection to ensure there isn't a bug because something is unused (e.g. `is_in_asgct()` code in forte.cpp).

Maybe this flag was read by solaris studio or so, way back. No readers today.

> Also IIRC Loom knowingly integrated a lot of code that will only come in to play in future previews and so it may not be appropriate to cull it now. Perhaps @pchilano can comment?

The code is still in loom/fibers, when they merge with mainline they can choice to keep it in loom/fiber.
When they have new code using it, it will part of integrating that.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11439