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

Summary: remove the assert and deallocate cashed class file bytes that are in collision
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

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

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, coleenp, bdelsart

Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn, jfranck

8043029: Change 8037816 breaks HS build with older GCC versions which don't support diagnostic pragmas
8043164: Format warning in traceStream.hpp
Summary: Backport of main fix + two corrections, enables clang compilation, turns on format attributes, corrects/mutes warnings
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, iveresov, twisti

8030662: "assert(counter_changed) failed: failed dependencies, but counter didn't change" still fails
Summary: Erroneously removed call to SystemDictionary::notice_modification() from jvmti with fix for 8029383
Reviewed-by: iveresov, twisti, kvn

Summary: no call to SystemDictionary::notice_modification() when class is defined through Unsafe.defineAnonymousClass() can caused missed dependency change.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: New default methods list with inherited superinterface methods
Reviewed-by: minqi, sspitsyn, coleenp

Summary: Redefined class in stack trace may not be found by method_idnum so handle null.
Reviewed-by: sla, dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: Need to refetch each method from InstanceKlass after all safepoints.  Removed leaky PreviousVersionInfo code.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: Enhance method resolution and resulting data structures, plus some refactoring.
Reviewed-by: twisti, acorn, jrose

8024346: ~CautiouslyPreserveExceptionMark - assert(!_thread->has_pending_exception()) failed: unexpected exception generated
Summary: Pending exceptions must be handled properly after a call to the JVMTI merge_cp_and_rewrite
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

8024345: 'assert(_value != NULL) failed: resolving NULL _value' from VM_RedefineClasses::set_new_constant_pool
Summary: The OOME's in the JVMTI merge_cp_and_rewrite and set_new_constant_pool must be handled correctly
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

8017230: Internal Error (jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp:1662): guarantee(false) failed: insert_space_at() failed
Summary: Handle pending exceptions instead of firing a guarantee()
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Need to check if the constant pool mapping returns 0.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

8021948: Change InstanceKlass::_source_file_name and _generic_signature from Symbol* to constant pool indexes.
Summary: Change InstanceKlass::_source_file_name and _generic_signature to u2 fields.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, iklam

Summary: ActiveMethodOopsCache was used to keep track of old versions of some methods that are cached in Universe but is buggy with permgen removal and not needed anymore
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, mseledtsov

Summary: Use JvmtiCachedClassFileData.
Reviewed-by: iklam, sspitsyn, dcubed

Summary: A call to the finalize_operands_merge() must be unconditional
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

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

Summary: Clear out class_file_bytes so they aren't deallocated twice
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: References from operands to CP entries and back must be correct after CP merge
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Lazily create and maintain the MemberNameTable to be able to update MemberName's
Reviewed-by: coleenp, jrose, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Adds code to HotSpot to properly update MethodParameter attributes' constant pool indexes when redefineClasses is called
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: allocate method annotations and attach to ConstMethod if present
Reviewed-by: dcubed, jiangli, sspitsyn, iklam

Summary: Add/refine new tracing support using -XX:TraceRedefineClasses=16384.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, acorn, sspitsyn

Summary: The invokedynamic bytecode ref to a CP entry needs to be checked and fixed as well.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Need a support for invokedynamic entry kinds when new and old constant pools are merged.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Removed depreciated kernel VM source code from hotspot VM
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

Summary: When constant pool is copied in merge_constant_pools the invokedynamic operands must be copied before.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Added on_stack bit to flags.  Also MetadataMarkOnStack is used for more than JVMTI so had to be moved.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, stefank

Summary: Remove Method* from backtrace but save version so redefine classes doesn't give inaccurate line numbers.  Removed old Merlin API with duplicate code.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, sspitsyn

8005494: SIGSEGV in Rewriter::relocate_and_link() when testing Weblogic with CompressedOops and KlassPtrs
Summary: Relocate functions with jsr's when rewriting so not repeated after reading shared archive
Reviewed-by: twisti, jrose

Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp
Contributed-by: joel.franck@oracle.com

Summary: Remove function Klass::cast() and calls to it.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Summary: Capitalize these metadata types (and objArrayKlass)
Reviewed-by: stefank, twisti, kvn

Summary: Remove PermGen, allocate meta-data in metaspace linked to class loaders, rewrite GC walking, rewrite and rename metadata to be C++ classes
Reviewed-by: jmasa, stefank, never, coleenp, kvn, brutisso, mgerdin, dholmes, jrose, twisti, roland
Contributed-by: Njmasa &lt;jon.masamitsu@oracle.com&gt;, stefank &lt;stefan.karlsson@oracle.com&gt;, mgerdin &lt;mikael.gerdin@oracle.com&gt;, never <tom.rodriguez@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dholmes, coleenp, kamg