8027314: Java should recognize Diagnostic options if -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions is not specified and print an informative message
Summary: clarifying the error messages associated with vm options of type diagnostic, experimental, develop, and notproduct
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti, ctornqvi

Summary: Regression tests written for both test cases (.hotspotrc and .hotspot_compiler). Also reviewed by mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: zgu, coleenp

Summary: Corrected the class name
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ctornqvi, hseigel
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Summary: Need to walk array class vtables replacing old methods too if j.l.o redefined
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, ctornqvi

Summary: Changed tests to use platform independent flags
Reviewed-by: collins, hseigel, zgu

Summary: Four tests written for 8006298
Reviewed-by: mgerdin, coleenp

Summary: Add tests for the Native Memory Tracking feature, includes regression tests for 8005936 and 8004802
Reviewed-by: zgu, coleenp

Summary: In Ideal() method of String intrinsics nodes look for TypeAryPtr::CHARS memory slice if memory is MergeMem. Do not unroll a loop with String intrinsics code.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Change all the Sun copyrights to Oracle copyright
Reviewed-by: ohair

6875866: Intrinsic for String.indexOf() is broken on x86 with SSE4.2
Summary: Modify String intrinsic methods to pass char[] pointers instead of string oops.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: delay dead code elimination in set_req_X to make it safe
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: The C2 compiler leads to wrong results on solaris-i486 (32-bit) for a testcase given in the CR.
Reviewed-by: never, rasbold

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose