The "symbol" files in make/hotspot/symbols are a list of exported symbols from libjvm. As such, they are an essential data source for the build system, and they should reside in make/data, not mixed with the hotspot make source code.
------------- Commit messages: - 8258449: Move make/hotspot/symbols to make/data Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1793/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=1793&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8258449 Stats: 6 lines in 7 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 6 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1793.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/1793/head:pull/1793 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1793