Summary: remove old private plugin interface, simplify, rework old plugin to use unchanged Gnu sources
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Summary: Use CVTDQ2PS and CVTDQ2PD for integer values conversions to float and double values on new AMD cpu.
Reviewed-by: sgoldman, never

Summary: Remove -XX:+CacheTimeMillis option and associated functionality
Reviewed-by: acorn, never

Summary: Current EA code has several problems which have to be fixed.
Reviewed-by: jrose, sgoldman

Summary: Use instanceKlass::method_with_idnum() instead of slot() to work with RedefineClasses().
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn

Summary: (for Serguei) Clean up use of No_Safepoint_Verifier in JVM TI
Reviewed-by: dcubed

Summary: Mangling the unused space is having an adverse affect on testing with fastdebug builds so turn it off by default.
Reviewed-by: ysr, tonyp

Summary: Deoptimization code for reallocation and relocking scalar replaced objects has to be fixed.
Reviewed-by: rasbold, never

Summary: Enqueue VM_EnableBiasedLocking operation asynchronously
Reviewed-by: never, xlu, kbr, acorn

Summary: Default values set by cms ergonomics are set with FLAG_SET_DEFAULT so down stream the values look like the default values and affect how later parameters are set.  Set these values with FLAG_SET_ERGO instead and adjust how later parameters are interpreted.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, apetrusenko, pbk, ysr

Summary: AdapterHandlerLibrary::get_create_adapter_index() returns incorrect value (-2) when CodeCache is full.
Reviewed-by: sgoldman

Summary: Use the same default number of GC threads as used by ParNewGC and ConcMarkSweepGC (i.e., the 5/8th rule).
Reviewed-by: ysr, tonyp

Summary: Make SerializePage lock as raw lock and add name for mutex locks
Reviewed-by: never, dice, dholmes

Summary: Changed memory allocation method for exception method
Reviewed-by: ysr, never

Reviewed-by: sbohne, xlu

Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Reviewed-by: jcoomes