RFR 8194085: Obsolete the deprecated SafepointSynchronize flags and remove related code

[Daniel D. Daugherty]

Harold,

Do we have any tests that refer to any of these options?

Dan


On 2/21/18 1:31 PM, harold seigel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this JDK-11 change to obsolete the 
> SafepointSpinBeforeYield, DeferThrSuspendLoopCount, and 
> DeferPollingPageLoopCount options and related code.  With this change, 
> these options are still accepted on the command line but have no 
> affect other than to generate these warning messages:
>
>    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option
>    SafepointSpinBeforeYield; support was removed in 11.0
>    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option
>    DeferThrSuspendLoopCount; support was removed in 11.0
>    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option
>    DeferPollingPageLoopCount; support was removed in 11.0
>
> Open Webrev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8194085/webrev/index.html
>
> JBS Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8194085
>
> The change was tested with Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 on all Mach5 platforms 
> and tiers 3-5 in Linux-X64.
>
> Thanks, Harold