RFR: 8254855: Clean up and remove unused code in vmIntrinsics

Fri Oct 16 02:16:14 UTC 2020

On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:51:35 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> LGMT. I try to find the last time for_boxing() and verify_method()  were used, and they weren't even used in JDK7! So
>> we have been carrying around this junk for quite a while.
>
> vmIntrinsics::verify_method() become unused after next change:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/75596850f863

for_boxing() and for_unboxing() were added for JSR 292 reference implementation:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/aa62b9388fce

and then removed when JSR 292 was rewritten:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/1d7922586cf6?revcount=480

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/688