RFR: 8061748: Remove check_ct_logs_at_safepoint()

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

Looks good to me.
Removed code is the best kind of code :)
/Jesper

Kim Barrett skrev 24/10/14 00:15:
> I would like reviews of this patch to remove the unused function
> G1CollectedHeap::check_ct_logs_at_safepoint(). It appears to have
> never had any callers since it was added as part of the initial G1
> integration:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6711316
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-gc/hotspot/rev/37f87013dfd8
>
> The purpose of this function is to perform a consistency check between
> the card table and the dirty card logs. If something along those lines
> is needed for some future debugging task, it's easy enough to write a
> bespoke test when that time comes.
>
> Removal of this function also renders the helper class
> ClearLoggedCardTableEntryClosure unused, allowing it to be removed as
> well.
>
> The underlying purpose of the removal is to eliminate one of the two
> callers of CardTableModRefBS::non_clean_card_iterate_serial(), with
> the intent of later eliminating the other call and allow that function
> to be removed, thereby eliminating one of several different
> implementations of iteration over card tables.
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kbarrett/8061748/webrev/
>
> Bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8061748
>
> Testing:
> local jtreg for hotspot/test/{gc,runtime} hotspot/test/closed{gc,runtime}
> jprt -testset hotspot
>