RFR: JDK-8148951: Remove unused method Generation::performs_in_place_marking()
Bengt Rutisson
bengt.rutisson at oracle.com
Wed Feb 3 15:12:04 UTC 2016
On 2016-02-03 15:32, Jesper Wilhelmsson wrote:
> Looks good!
Thanks, Jesper!
Bengt
>
> /Jesper
>
> Den 3/2/16 kl. 13:47, skrev Bengt Rutisson:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Could I have a couple of reviews for this small cleanup?
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~brutisso/8148951/webrev.00/
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8148951
>>
>> The methods Generation::performs_in_place_marking() is documented as
>> that it
>> should be used by biased locking. But it is currently unused and a
>> "hg grep
>> performs_in_place_marking" does not indicate that it was ever used.
>>
>> Currently it is only used in two asserts, but these operate on a
>> young or an old
>> generation instance, where performs_in_place_marking() adds no value
>> since it
>> returns true for old generations and false for young.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bengt
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