Summary: Fix cast.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, jprovino
Contributed-by: timo.kinnunen@gmail.com

Summary: Changes to successfully compile class oop within oops/oopsHierarchy.hpp for PPC build (with gcc 4.1.2).
Reviewed-by: dholmes, hseigel

8041623: Solaris Studio 12.4 C++ 5.13, CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS use of class oop's copy constructor definitions causing error level diagnostic.
Summary: Fix several minor compilation issues with volatile oops for CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS support.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel

Reviewed-by: coleenp, eosterlund, mchung, ahgross, rhalade

8156137: SIGSEGV in ReceiverTypeData::clean_weak_klass_links
8057570: RedefineClasses() tests fail assert(((Metadata*)obj)->is_valid()) failed: obj is valid
Reviewed-by: coleenp

Reviewed-by: acorn, ahgross, jwilhelm, rhalade
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: jrose, coleenp, ahgross, acorn, vlivanov

Reviewed-by: coleenp, kevinw
Contributed-by: rachel.protacio@oracle.com

Summary: We need to check ConstMethod::method() for NULL before dereferencing.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev

Reviewed-by: coleenp, mschoene
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Summary: Re-application of the change in JDK-8152271.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Re-application of the change in JDK-8152271.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Use Patching_lock to synchronize access between set_code() and clear_code().
Reviewed-by: kvn, dlong

Summary: Fix method searches to handle static, private instance and overpass
Reviewed-by: acorn

Reviewed-by: kevinw, vlivanov

Reviewed-by: kevinw, vlivanov

Summary: Backport change to correct interface initialization.
Reviewed-by: gtriantafill, sspitsyn, dholmes

Summary: Method::deallocate_contents() should clear 'this' from list of Methods in JNIMethodBlock, when class is unloaded.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

Summary: Track initialized final field updates; disable constant folding if an update is detected.
Reviewed-by: vlivanov, dnsimon, forax, never, kvn, coleenp

Summary: Method::deallocate_contents() should clear 'this' from list of Methods in JNIMethodBlock, when class is unloaded.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

Reviewed-by: iklam, acorn, mschoene

Reviewed-by: iklam, acorn, mschoene

Reviewed-by: acorn, hseigel, mschoene

Reviewed-by: coleenp

Reviewed-by: coleenp

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose, kevinw, ahgross

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose, kevinw, ahgross

Reviewed-by: coleenp, roland

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, vlivanov

Summary: Improve the nmethod unloading times by optimizing the search for an itable stub in VtableStubs array
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, tschatzl

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Optimize the method pointer adjustments for prev klass versions and MNT
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Summary: Removed the Solaris specific conditionalization for casting to void * within calls to HS_DTRACE_PROBE* to enable successful compilation with gcc Red Hat 4.4.6-4.
Reviewed-by: hseigel, stefank

8046246: the constantPoolCacheOopDesc::adjust_method_entries() used in RedefineClasses does not scale
Summary: optimize the adjust_method_entries functions by using the orig_method_idnum() function
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

Summary: Relax the guaranty for deleted methods
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Summary: use method cpref and klass version to provide meaningful methods name in stacktraces
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

Summary: Added better debug-printing support and enhanced LogCompilation tool
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland, dholmes

Reviewed-by: hseigel, lfoltan, coleenp, ahgross

Reviewed-by: jrose, acorn, vlivanov

Reviewed-by: jrose, acorn, vlivanov