RFR: 8289126: Cleanup unnecessary null comparison before instanceof check in jdk.hotspot.agent

Fri Jun 24 18:41:53 UTC 2022

On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:15:26 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

>I noticed you have 3 tier1 JDI tests timing out on all platforms. I don't see this in another PR I just reviewed. I know you didn't change JDI, but am wondering why this is happening in your PR.

See  [JDK-8289129](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8289129): [JDK-8287281](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8287281) is the cause.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9272