RFR (S) 8215505: Cleanup jvm.cpp obsolete code after JDK-8210094: Better loading of classloader classes

[coleen.phillimore at oracle.com]

Thanks, David!
Coleen

On 2/1/19 12:00 AM, David Holmes wrote:
> Looks good!
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On 1/02/2019 4:19 am, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
>> Summary: remove dead code, also remove function that is not needed 
>> after 8210094.
>>
>> Because classes are not unloaded until their initiating class is 
>> unloaded, the protection domain of the initiating class can not 
>> become unreferenced, so the cleanup that was removed is not necessary.
>>
>> Tested with tier1,2  and 
>> test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Dictionary/ClassForName.java for the case 
>> testing why this was added for bug 
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8175249.
>>
>> open webrev at 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/2019/8215505.01/webrev
>> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215505
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Coleen