RFR 8208399: Metadata methods print_(value_)on_maybe_null() compare 'this' to NULL

[Gerard Ziemski]

Looks good.

In src/hotspot/share/oops/metadata.hpp tiny nitpick - I was once told that instead of:

+    if (m == NULL)

we should be using:

+    if (NULL == m)

but I guess the entire file would have to use that syntax.



cheers

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 12:15 PM, Harold David Seigel <harold.seigel at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please review this JDK-12 fix for bug JDK-8208399.  The fix changes function print_value_on_maybe_null() into a static function to avoid comparisons between 'this' and NULL.  It also deletes unused methods print_maybe_null() and print_on_maybe_null().
> 
> Open Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8208399/webrev/index.html
> 
> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208399
> 
> This fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests and builds on Linux-X64, Windows, Solaris Sparc, and Mac OS X, running tiers 3-5 tests on Linux-x64, and by running JCK-11 Lang and VM tests on Linux-x64.
> 
> Thanks, Harold
>