RFR: SA: JDK-8189798: SA cleanup - part 1

[Jini George]

Adding hotspot-dev too.

Thanks,
Jini.

On 10/24/2017 12:05 PM, Jini George wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As a part of SA next, I am working on writing a test case which compares 
> the fields and the types of the fields of the SA java classes with the 
> corresponding entries in the vmStructs tables. This, to some extent, 
> would help in preventing errors in SA due to the changes in hotspot. As 
> a precursor to this, I am in the process of making some cleanup related 
> changes (mostly in SA). I plan to have the changes done in parts. For 
> this webrev, most of the changes are for:
> 
> 1. Avoiding having some values being redefined in SA. Instead have those 
> exported through vmStructs, and read it in SA. 
> (CompactibleFreeListSpace::_min_chunk_size_in_bytes, 
> CompactibleFreeListSpace::IndexSetSize)
> 
> Redefinition of hotspot values in SA makes SA error prone, when the 
> value gets altered in hotspot and the corresponding modification gets 
> missed out in SA.
> 
> 2. To remove some unused code (JNIid.java).
> 3. Add the missing "CMSBitMap::_bmStartWord" in vmStructs.
> 4. Modify variable names in SA and hotspot to match the counterpart 
> names, so that the comparison of the fields become easier. Most of the 
> changes belong to this group.
> 
> Could I please get reviews done for these precursor changes ?
> 
> JBS Id: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8189798
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jgeorge/8189798/webrev.00/
> 
> Thank you,
> Jini.
>