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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8057777

Cleanup of old and unused VM interfaces

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • P3
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 9
    • 9
    • hotspot
    • b37
    • generic
    • generic
    • Not verified

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      Description

        The HotSpot VM still supports a number of VM Interfaces that are not used anymore by the JDK.
        ```
        JVM_OnExit
        JVM_Exit
        JVM_TraceInstructions
        JVM_TraceMethodCalls
        JVM_IsNaN
        JVM_InitializeCompiler
        JVM_IsSilentCompiler
        JVM_CompileClass
        JVM_CompileClasses
        JVM_CompilerCommand
        JVM_EnableCompiler
        JVM_DisableCompiler
        JVM_AllocateNewObject
        JVM_AllocateNewArray
        JVM_LoadClass0
        JVM_ResolveClass
        JVM_GetFieldAnnotations
        JVM_GetMethodAnnotations
        JVM_GetMethodDefaultAnnotationValue
        JVM_GetMethodParameterAnnotations
        JVM_CX8Field
        JVM_GetLastErrorString
        JVM_Open
        JVM_Close
        JVM_Read
        JVM_Write
        JVM_Available
        JVM_Lseek
        JVM_SetLength
        JVM_Sync
        JVM_InitializeSocketLibrary
        JVM_Socket
        JVM_SocketClose
        JVM_SocketShutdown
        JVM_Recv
        JVM_Send
        JVM_Timeout
        JVM_Listen
        JVM_Connect
        JVM_Bind
        JVM_Accept
        JVM_RecvFrom
        JVM_GetSockName
        JVM_GetSockOpt
        JVM_SetSockOpt
        JVM_GetHostName
        JVM_GetThreadStateValues
        JVM_GetThreadStateNames
        ```
        It might be time to remove them from our code base

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            Backport - A issue that is required to port a Bug or Feature into another product release. This issue type is generally associated with the main Bug/Feature to represent each individual release of the port. JDK-8083419 Cleanup of old and unused VM interfaces

            • P3 - Major loss of function.
            • Resolved
            duplicates

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JDK-8035764 Remove use of JVM_Open/JVM_Close functions

            • P3 - Major loss of function.
            • Resolved
            relates to

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JDK-8189776 Remove dead code in jvm.cpp: force_verify_field_access

            • P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
            • Resolved

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JDK-8061618 Removed unused networking functions from os class

            • P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
            • Closed

            Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JDK-8200243 System error message is decoded as invalid encoding in Windows.

            • P3 - Major loss of function.
            • Closed

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