[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8071507: (ref) Clear phantom reference as soft and weak references do [v2]

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 16:37:50 GMT, Andrew John Hughes <andrew at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Is there a reason for backporting two changes in one PR? I see this was done in 8u42 as well. It makes it harder to review than necessary, notably where the two change the same code in `referenceProcessor.cpp`.

It could be done in two separate PRs.  I agree it would be easier to review if they are two separate PRs.   8143847 mainly removed the cleaner related code.  As I was familiar with the code, I didn't ask to do two separate PRs.  Will bear that in mind in the future.

-------------

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/94