RFR: 8359437: Make users and test suite not able to set LockingMode flag [v6]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:26:22 GMT, Anton Artemov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR contains changes for the 1st phase of the `LockingMode` flag obsoletion. 
>> 
>> The work is done by @fbredber, I have taken it over and am finishing it while he's on vacation. 
>> 
>> In the 1st phase one keeps the `LockingMode` variable in all places, but makes it non-settable from the command line. All the C1 and C2 code related to legacy locking will still be in place (but as dead code) and removed later (phase 2).
>> 
>> Lightweight locking is the default locking from now on.
>> 
>> Tested in tiers 1 - 7.
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> Anton Artemov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   8359437: Removed vmRTMCPU from VMProps.java

Looks good!

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Marked as reviewed by coleenp (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25847#pullrequestreview-2957771841