8184289: Obsolete -XX:+UnsyncloadClass and -XX:+MustCallLoadClassInternal options
authorhseigel
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:18:52 -0500
changeset 49037 dc68aeea4840
parent 49036 bc92debe57e4
child 49038 ebdbf7f90199
8184289: Obsolete -XX:+UnsyncloadClass and -XX:+MustCallLoadClassInternal options Summary: Add comments, fix a small issue with the boot loader, and add an assert. Reviewed-by: coleenp, alanb, acorn, dholmes
src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp
src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.hpp
src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp
src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.hpp
src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp
src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp
src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.hpp
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/VMDeprecatedOptions.java
test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Metaspace/DefineClass.java
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.cpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@
 PerfCounter*    ClassLoader::_sync_JVMDefineClassLockFreeCounter = NULL;
 PerfCounter*    ClassLoader::_sync_JNIDefineClassLockFreeCounter = NULL;
 PerfCounter*    ClassLoader::_unsafe_defineClassCallCounter = NULL;
-PerfCounter*    ClassLoader::_isUnsyncloadClass = NULL;
 PerfCounter*    ClassLoader::_load_instance_class_failCounter = NULL;
 
 GrowableArray<ModuleClassPathList*>* ClassLoader::_patch_mod_entries = NULL;
@@ -1642,9 +1641,6 @@
     // of the bug fix of 6365597. They are mainly focused on finding out
     // the behavior of system & user-defined classloader lock, whether
     // ClassLoader.loadClass/findClass is being called synchronized or not.
-    // Also two additional counters are created to see whether 'UnsyncloadClass'
-    // flag is being set or not and how many times load_instance_class call
-    // fails with linkageError etc.
     NEWPERFEVENTCOUNTER(_sync_systemLoaderLockContentionRate, SUN_CLS,
                         "systemLoaderLockContentionRate");
     NEWPERFEVENTCOUNTER(_sync_nonSystemLoaderLockContentionRate, SUN_CLS,
@@ -1660,14 +1656,8 @@
     NEWPERFEVENTCOUNTER(_unsafe_defineClassCallCounter, SUN_CLS,
                         "unsafeDefineClassCalls");
 
-    NEWPERFEVENTCOUNTER(_isUnsyncloadClass, SUN_CLS, "isUnsyncloadClassSet");
     NEWPERFEVENTCOUNTER(_load_instance_class_failCounter, SUN_CLS,
                         "loadInstanceClassFailRate");
-
-    // increment the isUnsyncloadClass counter if UnsyncloadClass is set.
-    if (UnsyncloadClass) {
-      _isUnsyncloadClass->inc();
-    }
   }
 
   // lookup zip library entry points
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.hpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/classLoader.hpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
   static PerfCounter* _sync_JNIDefineClassLockFreeCounter;
 
   static PerfCounter* _unsafe_defineClassCallCounter;
-  static PerfCounter* _isUnsyncloadClass;
   static PerfCounter* _load_instance_class_failCounter;
 
   // The boot class path consists of 3 ordered pieces:
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 oop         SystemDictionary::_java_system_loader         =  NULL;
 oop         SystemDictionary::_java_platform_loader       =  NULL;
 
-bool        SystemDictionary::_has_loadClassInternal      =  false;
 bool        SystemDictionary::_has_checkPackageAccess     =  false;
 
 // lazily initialized klass variables
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@
 // Parallel class loading check
 
 bool SystemDictionary::is_parallelCapable(Handle class_loader) {
-  if (UnsyncloadClass || class_loader.is_null()) return true;
+  if (class_loader.is_null()) return true;
   if (AlwaysLockClassLoader) return false;
   return java_lang_ClassLoader::parallelCapable(class_loader());
 }
@@ -503,8 +502,7 @@
 //
 // We only get here if
 //  1) custom classLoader, i.e. not bootstrap classloader
-//  2) UnsyncloadClass not set
-//  3) custom classLoader has broken the class loader objectLock
+//  2) custom classLoader has broken the class loader objectLock
 //     so another thread got here in parallel
 //
 // lockObject must be held.
@@ -594,7 +592,6 @@
     } else {
       placeholder = placeholders()->get_entry(p_index, p_hash, name, loader_data);
       if (placeholder && placeholder->super_load_in_progress() ){
-        // Before UnsyncloadClass:
         // We only get here if the application has released the
         // classloader lock when another thread was in the middle of loading a
         // superclass/superinterface for this class, and now
@@ -687,9 +684,9 @@
   // defining the class in parallel by accident.
   // This lock must be acquired here so the waiter will find
   // any successful result in the SystemDictionary and not attempt
-  // the define
-  // ParallelCapable Classloaders and the bootstrap classloader,
-  // or all classloaders with UnsyncloadClass do not acquire lock here
+  // the define.
+  // ParallelCapable Classloaders and the bootstrap classloader
+  // do not acquire lock here.
   bool DoObjectLock = true;
   if (is_parallelCapable(class_loader)) {
     DoObjectLock = false;
@@ -765,14 +762,11 @@
     //    and that lock is still held when calling classloader's loadClass.
     //    For these classloaders, we ensure that the first requestor
     //    completes the load and other requestors wait for completion.
-    // case 3. UnsyncloadClass - don't use objectLocker
-    //    With this flag, we allow parallel classloading of a
-    //    class/classloader pair
-    // case4. Bootstrap classloader - don't own objectLocker
+    // case 3. Bootstrap classloader - don't own objectLocker
     //    This classloader supports parallelism at the classloader level,
     //    but only allows a single load of a class/classloader pair.
     //    No performance benefit and no deadlock issues.
-    // case 5. parallelCapable user level classloaders - without objectLocker
+    // case 4. parallelCapable user level classloaders - without objectLocker
     //    Allow parallel classloading of a class/classloader pair
 
     {
@@ -788,7 +782,7 @@
             // case 1: traditional: should never see load_in_progress.
             while (!class_has_been_loaded && oldprobe && oldprobe->instance_load_in_progress()) {
 
-              // case 4: bootstrap classloader: prevent futile classloading,
+              // case 3: bootstrap classloader: prevent futile classloading,
               // wait on first requestor
               if (class_loader.is_null()) {
                 SystemDictionary_lock->wait();
@@ -811,7 +805,7 @@
         }
       }
       // All cases: add LOAD_INSTANCE holding SystemDictionary_lock
-      // case 3: UnsyncloadClass || case 5: parallelCapable: allow competing threads to try
+      // case 4: parallelCapable: allow competing threads to try
       // LOAD_INSTANCE in parallel
 
       if (!throw_circularity_error && !class_has_been_loaded) {
@@ -844,28 +838,6 @@
       // Do actual loading
       k = load_instance_class(name, class_loader, THREAD);
 
-      // For UnsyncloadClass only
-      // If they got a linkageError, check if a parallel class load succeeded.
-      // If it did, then for bytecode resolution the specification requires
-      // that we return the same result we did for the other thread, i.e. the
-      // successfully loaded InstanceKlass
-      // Should not get here for classloaders that support parallelism
-      // with the new cleaner mechanism, even with AllowParallelDefineClass
-      // Bootstrap goes through here to allow for an extra guarantee check
-      if (UnsyncloadClass || (class_loader.is_null())) {
-        if (k == NULL && HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION
-          && PENDING_EXCEPTION->is_a(SystemDictionary::LinkageError_klass())) {
-          MutexLocker mu(SystemDictionary_lock, THREAD);
-          InstanceKlass* check = find_class(d_hash, name, dictionary);
-          if (check != NULL) {
-            // Klass is already loaded, so just use it
-            k = check;
-            CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-            guarantee((!class_loader.is_null()), "dup definition for bootstrap loader?");
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
       // If everything was OK (no exceptions, no null return value), and
       // class_loader is NOT the defining loader, do a little more bookkeeping.
       if (!HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION && k != NULL &&
@@ -1097,7 +1069,7 @@
   HandleMark hm(THREAD);
 
   // Classloaders that support parallelism, e.g. bootstrap classloader,
-  // or all classloaders with UnsyncloadClass do not acquire lock here
+  // do not acquire lock here
   bool DoObjectLock = true;
   if (is_parallelCapable(class_loader)) {
     DoObjectLock = false;
@@ -1556,40 +1528,17 @@
 
     InstanceKlass* spec_klass = SystemDictionary::ClassLoader_klass();
 
-    // Call public unsynchronized loadClass(String) directly for all class loaders
-    // for parallelCapable class loaders. JDK >=7, loadClass(String, boolean) will
+    // Call public unsynchronized loadClass(String) directly for all class loaders.
+    // For parallelCapable class loaders, JDK >=7, loadClass(String, boolean) will
     // acquire a class-name based lock rather than the class loader object lock.
-    // JDK < 7 already acquire the class loader lock in loadClass(String, boolean),
-    // so the call to loadClassInternal() was not required.
-    //
-    // UnsyncloadClass flag means both call loadClass(String) and do
-    // not acquire the class loader lock even for class loaders that are
-    // not parallelCapable. This was a risky transitional
-    // flag for diagnostic purposes only. It is risky to call
-    // custom class loaders without synchronization.
-    // WARNING If a custom class loader does NOT synchronizer findClass, or callers of
-    // findClass, the UnsyncloadClass flag risks unexpected timing bugs in the field.
-    // Do NOT assume this will be supported in future releases.
-    //
-    // Added MustCallLoadClassInternal in case we discover in the field
-    // a customer that counts on this call
-    if (MustCallLoadClassInternal && has_loadClassInternal()) {
-      JavaCalls::call_special(&result,
-                              class_loader,
-                              spec_klass,
-                              vmSymbols::loadClassInternal_name(),
-                              vmSymbols::string_class_signature(),
-                              string,
-                              CHECK_NULL);
-    } else {
-      JavaCalls::call_virtual(&result,
-                              class_loader,
-                              spec_klass,
-                              vmSymbols::loadClass_name(),
-                              vmSymbols::string_class_signature(),
-                              string,
-                              CHECK_NULL);
-    }
+    // JDK < 7 already acquire the class loader lock in loadClass(String, boolean).
+    JavaCalls::call_virtual(&result,
+                            class_loader,
+                            spec_klass,
+                            vmSymbols::loadClass_name(),
+                            vmSymbols::string_class_signature(),
+                            string,
+                            CHECK_NULL);
 
     assert(result.get_type() == T_OBJECT, "just checking");
     oop obj = (oop) result.get_jobject();
@@ -1718,7 +1667,7 @@
   {
     MutexLocker mu(SystemDictionary_lock, THREAD);
     // First check if class already defined
-    if (UnsyncloadClass || (is_parallelDefine(class_loader))) {
+    if (is_parallelDefine(class_loader)) {
       InstanceKlass* check = find_class(d_hash, name_h, dictionary);
       if (check != NULL) {
         return check;
@@ -1737,7 +1686,7 @@
     // Only special cases allow parallel defines and can use other thread's results
     // Other cases fall through, and may run into duplicate defines
     // caught by finding an entry in the SystemDictionary
-    if ((UnsyncloadClass || is_parallelDefine(class_loader)) && (probe->instance_klass() != NULL)) {
+    if (is_parallelDefine(class_loader) && (probe->instance_klass() != NULL)) {
         placeholders()->find_and_remove(p_index, p_hash, name_h, loader_data, PlaceholderTable::DEFINE_CLASS, THREAD);
         SystemDictionary_lock->notify_all();
 #ifdef ASSERT
@@ -2174,10 +2123,6 @@
   //_box_klasses[T_OBJECT]  = WK_KLASS(object_klass);
   //_box_klasses[T_ARRAY]   = WK_KLASS(object_klass);
 
-  { // Compute whether we should use loadClass or loadClassInternal when loading classes.
-    Method* method = InstanceKlass::cast(ClassLoader_klass())->find_method(vmSymbols::loadClassInternal_name(), vmSymbols::string_class_signature());
-    _has_loadClassInternal = (method != NULL);
-  }
   { // Compute whether we should use checkPackageAccess or NOT
     Method* method = InstanceKlass::cast(ClassLoader_klass())->find_method(vmSymbols::checkPackageAccess_name(), vmSymbols::class_protectiondomain_signature());
     _has_checkPackageAccess = (method != NULL);
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.hpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.hpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -467,9 +467,6 @@
   static void load_abstract_ownable_synchronizer_klass(TRAPS);
 
 protected:
-  // Tells whether ClassLoader.loadClassInternal is present
-  static bool has_loadClassInternal()       { return _has_loadClassInternal; }
-
   // Returns the class loader data to be used when looking up/updating the
   // system dictionary.
   static ClassLoaderData *class_loader_data(Handle class_loader) {
@@ -746,7 +743,6 @@
   static oop  _java_system_loader;
   static oop  _java_platform_loader;
 
-  static bool _has_loadClassInternal;
   static bool _has_checkPackageAccess;
 };
 
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@
   template(run_finalizers_on_exit_name,               "runFinalizersOnExit")                      \
   template(dispatchUncaughtException_name,            "dispatchUncaughtException")                \
   template(loadClass_name,                            "loadClass")                                \
-  template(loadClassInternal_name,                    "loadClassInternal")                        \
   template(get_name,                                  "get")                                      \
   template(put_name,                                  "put")                                      \
   template(type_name,                                 "type")                                     \
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@
       }
     } else if (last_caller != NULL &&
                last_caller->method_holder()->name() ==
-               vmSymbols::java_lang_ClassLoader() &&
-               (last_caller->name() == vmSymbols::loadClassInternal_name() ||
-                last_caller->name() == vmSymbols::loadClass_name())) {
+                 vmSymbols::java_lang_ClassLoader() &&
+               last_caller->name() == vmSymbols::loadClass_name()) {
       found_it = true;
     } else if (!vfst.at_end()) {
       if (vfst.method()->is_native()) {
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@
   // --- Deprecated alias flags (see also aliased_jvm_flags) - sorted by obsolete_in then expired_in:
   { "DefaultMaxRAMFraction",        JDK_Version::jdk(8),  JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::undefined() },
   { "CreateMinidumpOnCrash",        JDK_Version::jdk(9),  JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::undefined() },
-  { "MustCallLoadClassInternal",    JDK_Version::jdk(10), JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::undefined() },
-  { "UnsyncloadClass",              JDK_Version::jdk(10), JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::undefined() },
+  { "MustCallLoadClassInternal",    JDK_Version::jdk(10), JDK_Version::jdk(11), JDK_Version::jdk(12) },
+  { "UnsyncloadClass",              JDK_Version::jdk(10), JDK_Version::jdk(11), JDK_Version::jdk(12) },
 
   // -------------- Obsolete Flags - sorted by expired_in --------------
   { "ConvertSleepToYield",           JDK_Version::jdk(9),      JDK_Version::jdk(10), JDK_Version::jdk(11) },
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1142,11 +1142,6 @@
   diagnostic(bool, DynamicallyResizeSystemDictionaries, true,               \
           "Dynamically resize system dictionaries as needed")               \
                                                                             \
-  diagnostic(bool, UnsyncloadClass, false,                                  \
-          "Unstable: VM calls loadClass unsynchronized. Custom "            \
-          "class loader must call VM synchronized for findClass "           \
-          "and defineClass.")                                               \
-                                                                            \
   product(bool, AlwaysLockClassLoader, false,                               \
           "Require the VM to acquire the class loader lock before calling " \
           "loadClass() even for class loaders registering "                 \
@@ -1156,9 +1151,6 @@
           "Allow parallel defineClass requests for class loaders "          \
           "registering as parallel capable")                                \
                                                                             \
-  product(bool, MustCallLoadClassInternal, false,                           \
-          "Call loadClassInternal() rather than loadClass()")               \
-                                                                            \
   product_pd(bool, DontYieldALot,                                           \
           "Throw away obvious excess yield calls")                          \
                                                                             \
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.hpp	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/synchronizer.hpp	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 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
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@
 // have to pass through, and we must also be able to deal with
 // asynchronous exceptions. The caller is responsible for checking
 // the threads pending exception if needed.
-// doLock was added to support classloading with UnsyncloadClass which
-// requires flag based choice of locking the classloader lock.
 class ObjectLocker : public StackObj {
  private:
   Thread*   _thread;
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ClassLoader.java	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
@@ -650,21 +650,6 @@
         return lock;
     }
 
-    // This method is invoked by the virtual machine to load a class.
-    private Class<?> loadClassInternal(String name)
-        throws ClassNotFoundException
-    {
-        // For backward compatibility, explicitly lock on 'this' when
-        // the current class loader is not parallel capable.
-        if (parallelLockMap == null) {
-            synchronized (this) {
-                 return loadClass(name);
-            }
-        } else {
-            return loadClass(name);
-        }
-    }
-
     // Invoked by the VM after loading class with this loader.
     private void checkPackageAccess(Class<?> cls, ProtectionDomain pd) {
         final SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/VMDeprecatedOptions.java	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/VMDeprecatedOptions.java	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     public static final String[][] DEPRECATED_OPTIONS = {
         // deprecated non-alias flags:
         {"MaxGCMinorPauseMillis",     "1032"},
-        {"MustCallLoadClassInternal", "false"},
         {"MaxRAMFraction",            "8"},
         {"MinRAMFraction",            "2"},
         {"InitialRAMFraction",        "64"},
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
         testDeprecated(DEPRECATED_OPTIONS);  // Make sure that each deprecated option is mentioned in the output.
-        testDeprecatedDiagnostic("UnsyncloadClass", "false");
         testDeprecatedDiagnostic("IgnoreUnverifiableClassesDuringDump", "false");
     }
 }
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Metaspace/DefineClass.java	Thu Feb 15 23:45:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Metaspace/DefineClass.java	Wed Feb 21 11:18:52 2018 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2017 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -29,17 +30,9 @@
  * @library /test/lib
  * @run main/othervm test.DefineClass defineClass
  * @run main/othervm test.DefineClass defineSystemClass
- * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-                     -XX:+UnsyncloadClass -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass
-                     test.DefineClass defineClassParallel
- * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-                     -XX:+UnsyncloadClass -XX:-AllowParallelDefineClass
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass
                      test.DefineClass defineClassParallel
- * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-                     -XX:-UnsyncloadClass -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass
-                     test.DefineClass defineClassParallel
- * @run main/othervm -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-                     -XX:-UnsyncloadClass -XX:-AllowParallelDefineClass
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:-AllowParallelDefineClass
                      test.DefineClass defineClassParallel
  * @run main/othervm -Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf test.DefineClass redefineClass
  * @run main/othervm -Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf test.DefineClass redefineClassWithError
@@ -126,7 +119,7 @@
             }
             catch (LinkageError jle) {
                 // Expected with a parallel capable class loader and
-                // -XX:+UnsyncloadClass or -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass
+                // -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass
                 pcl.incrementLinkageErrors();
             }
 
@@ -320,7 +313,7 @@
             }
             System.out.print("Counted " + pcl.getLinkageErrors() + " LinkageErrors ");
             System.out.println(pcl.getLinkageErrors() == 0 ?
-                    "" : "(use -XX:+UnsyncloadClass and/or -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass to avoid this)");
+                    "" : "(use -XX:+AllowParallelDefineClass to avoid this)");
             System.gc();
             System.out.println("System.gc()");
             // After System.gc() we expect to remain with two instances: one is the initial version which is