[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8299481: Remove metaprogramming/removePointer.hpp [v2]

[George Adams]

> prerequisite to bumping googletest to 1.13.0
> 
> Applies cleanly other than the deleted file (`src/hotspot/share/metaprogramming/removePointer.hpp`) containing some extra commits

George Adams has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into removePointer
 - Backport d53cac379419b7b74df045bb119df6d5f9e91878
 - Backport 8afd665bf911ed9dc5d7c1f61f488ebe2f7b3cae

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2674/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2674/files/8a39f936..b256cec2

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2674&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2674&range=00-01

  Stats: 2602 lines in 130 files changed: 252 ins; 1879 del; 471 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2674.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/2674/head:pull/2674

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2674