I have built hotspot with and without this patch, and used the build comparison script (compare.sh) to verify that it has not changed.
Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8190418WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8190418-stop-generating-unneeded-jvmti-files/webrev.01
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