RFR: JDK-8310510: Remove WordsPerLong

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:21:21 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Trivial patch.
>> 
>> We have WordsPerLong defined as this:
>> 
>> 
>> const int WordsPerLong = 2; // Number of stack entries for longs
>> 
>> 
>> which is wrong for 64-bit platforms. Historically used only for ppc/s390.
>> 
>> Patch removes the unnecessary align (BasicLock is always 2 words, no need to align to 2) and removes WordsPerLong, since it is not needed anymore.
>
> Maybe the title should better just say "Remove WordsPerLong"?

Thanks @TheRealMDoerr  :-)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14580#issuecomment-1604047329