RFR (XXS) 8213760: os::obsolete_option is obsolete and should be removed

[David Holmes]

On 13/11/2018 3:42 pm, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
> This looks fine. Also, the bug title is oddly pleasing.

I thought so too :)

Thanks for the review Thomas!

David

> ..Thomas
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 2:34 AM David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8213760
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8213760/webrev/
>>
>> We've been flagging a small set of non-existent -X options as obsolete
>> for the past 16 years on Solaris only. That's probably enough time for
>> people to update their scripts.
>>
>> More info in bug report but the flags are:
>>
>> -Xt
>> -Xmt
>> -Xverifyheap
>>
>> and -Xmaxjitcodesize was also listed but not actually being treated as
>> obsolete.
>>
>> The mechanism for per-OS obsoletion of -X flags is not needed and is
>> removed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David