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Unnecessary liveness computation with JVMTI

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        JIT compilers use ciMethod::liveness_at_bci to determine which local values are live at a certain bci. This function triggers computation of liveness information if not yet available. Then it retrieves the information from the existing data structures.

        When at least one of the JVMTI capabilities "can_access_local_variables" or "can_pop_frame" are enabled, this retrieved information gets completely overwritten to keep all local values alive. So the previous steps were completely unnecessary.

        This change disables this unneccessary computation and thus improves C2 performance.

              mdoerr Martin Doerr
              mdoerr Martin Doerr
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