RFR (S) 8215505: Cleanup jvm.cpp obsolete code after JDK-8210094: Better loading of classloader classes

[David Holmes]

Looks good!

Thanks,
David

On 1/02/2019 4:19 am, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
> Summary: remove dead code, also remove function that is not needed after 
> 8210094.
> 
> Because classes are not unloaded until their initiating class is 
> unloaded, the protection domain of the initiating class can not become 
> unreferenced, so the cleanup that was removed is not necessary.
> 
> Tested with tier1,2  and 
> test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Dictionary/ClassForName.java for the case 
> testing why this was added for bug 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8175249.
> 
> open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/2019/8215505.01/webrev
> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215505
> 
> Thanks,
> Coleen