[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8299972: Remove metaprogramming/removeReference.hpp [v3]

[George Adams]

> prerequisite to bumping googletest to 1.13.0
> 
> Applies cleanly other than the deleted file (`src/hotspot/share/metaprogramming/removeReference.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 removeRef
 - remove missing file
 - Backport f52f6e65fba0360d3cf114e19fea402ab0d65eba

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2678/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2678/files/d9b06aee..cef3a1a1

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2678&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=2678&range=01-02

  Stats: 2689 lines in 131 files changed: 252 ins; 1940 del; 497 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2678.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/2678/head:pull/2678

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2678