RFR (S) 8215505: Cleanup jvm.cpp obsolete code after JDK-8210094: Better loading of classloader classes
Lois Foltan
lois.foltan at oracle.com
Thu Jan 31 18:23:32 UTC 2019
Looks good!
Lois
On 1/31/2019 1:19 PM, 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
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