Openj9: Question: can VM-Proxy support be removed?

[JasonFengJ9]

Some JVM_ methods are implemented within j9vm/j[7|8|9]vmi.c, and some are in sunvmi/sunvmi.c which are invoked via g_VMI->JVM_xxx in j9vm/vmi.c.

It appears those JVM_ metheds implemented in sunvmi/sunvmi.c are for VM-Proxy service support, and sunvmi has its own module.xml file.

If VM-Proxy support is not required, sunvmi can be merged into j9vm to remove sunvmi module, in addition also avoid building extra sunvmi library to support incompatible API changes such as those introduced by Java 11.
Note: j9vm for Java 11 will be built instead similar with j9vm for b148/b150/b156.

@DanHeidinga @pshipton please provide guidance.

[DanHeidinga]

Most of the VM-Proxy support has already been removed from the code base. I'm OK with merging sunvmi and j9vm if the only reason they were separated was VM-Proxy.

[DanHeidinga]

I'm going to close this as the answer has been provided. Please reopen if further discussion is required.

[JasonFengJ9]

Thanks Dan.