RFR: 8320907: Shenandoah: Remove ShenandoahSelfFixing flag
    Zhengyu Gu 
    zgu at openjdk.org
       
    Tue Nov 28 16:50:09 UTC 2023
    
    
  
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:40:24 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:
> We added `ShenandoahSelfFixing` flag during LRB work to exercise LRB mid-paths better during stress tests. Today, we do not need the flag. Actually, if we ever call LRB for the side-effect of updating the location (e.g. somewhere in roots), then disabling this flag would introduce more bugs. Therefore, we need to remove the flag and make self-fixing unconditional. 
> 
> Additional testing:
>  - [x] MacOS AArch64 server fastdebug, `hotspot_gc_shenandoah`
LGTM
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Marked as reviewed by zgu (Reviewer).
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16855#pullrequestreview-1753394728
    
    
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