Integrated: 8256181: Remove Allocation of old generation on alternate memory devices functionality

[Thomas Schatzl]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:11:25 GMT, Thomas Schatzl <tschatzl at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>   can I get reviews for this change that removes the "Allocation of old generation of Java heap on alternate memory devices" functionality introduced with JDK 12 with [JDK-8202286](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202286) due to being
> 
> - not used by anyone
> - not maintained by anyone, i.e. several bugs open for a long time and bit rotting
> - requiring some workarounds for new feature development wrt to heap management
> 
> All flags covered by this feature were experimental flags, so there are no additional procedural issues to take.
> 
> I tried to remove all but a few minor cleanups that I thought useful, but of course this is very subjective.
> 
> Testing: hs-tier1-5

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: bd8693a0
Author:    Thomas Schatzl <tschatzl at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/bd8693a0
Stats:     2315 lines in 50 files changed: 4 ins; 2183 del; 128 mod

8256181: Remove Allocation of old generation on alternate memory devices functionality

Reviewed-by: ayang, iignatyev, iklam

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1162