--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/metadata.cpp Mon Aug 06 13:57:26 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/metadata.cpp Mon Aug 06 14:20:58 2018 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
char* Metadata::print_value_string() const {
char buf[256];
stringStream st(buf, sizeof(buf));
- if (this == NULL) {
- st.print("NULL");
- } else {
- print_value_on(&st);
- }
+ print_value_on(&st);
return st.as_string();
}