Reviewed-by: coleenp, mgerdin

Reviewed-by: coleenp, jmasa

Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl, kmo, tamao

Summary: Using strtod() instead of atof() when parsing -Xminf and -Xmaxf.
Reviewed-by: brutisso, pliden

Summary: Descriptions for Max/MinHeapFreeRatio updated
Reviewed-by: ehelin, jmasa

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for return values at calls
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8005173: assert(false) failed: DEBUG MESSAGE: exception oop must be empty (macroAssembler_x86.cpp:625)
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Ensure ensure correct initialization of compiler runtime
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for arguments at calls
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: coleenp, kamg

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

Reviewed-by: brutisso, jmasa, coleenp

Summary: Move protection domain oops from system dictionary entries into a seperate set; the system dictionary references entries in that set now. This allows fast iteration during non-classunloading garbage collection. Implementation based on initial prototype from Ioi Lam (iklam).
Reviewed-by: coleenp, iklam

Summary: Fix typos and errors in descriptions of vm options in globals.hpp
Reviewed-by: jmasa, jwilhelm

Summary: Add a new initialization function to VirtualSpace which allows the caller to override the max commit granularity.
Reviewed-by: stefank, ehelin, tschatzl

Summary: Changed a few descriptions and variable names to young gen.
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, jcoomes

Summary: Code cache sweeping based on method hotness; removed speculatively disconnect
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn

Summary: Enable CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS in fastdebug builds across all supported platforms.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel, dholmes, stefank, twisti, ihse, rdurbin
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

Summary: Allocation in the code cache returns NULL instead of failing the entire VM
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: If SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8 true then supports_cx8() function hard coded to return 'true'
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti, dholmes

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

Summary: Make sure CDS is off by default when running server compiler.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Reviewed-by: alanb, chegar, dholmes, ksrini
Contributed-by: NMike Duigou <mike.duigou@oracle.com>

Summary: Add -XX:+VerifyStringTableAtExit option and code to verify StringTable invariants.
Reviewed-by: rdurbin, sspitsyn, coleenp

Summary: Provide correct number of visited nmethods to Tracing
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: made changes to easily identify current log file in rotation. Parameterize the input with %t for time replacement in file name.
Reviewed-by: ccheung, tschatzl, tamao, zgu
Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

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

Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

Reviewed-by: allwin, acorn, dcubed, dholmes, egahlin

Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn, sla

Reviewed-by: brutisso, mgerdin, coleenp

Reviewed-by: brutisso, ehelin

Summary: Minor cleanup of static agent code from 8014135
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: Use conservative assumptions of required alignment for the various garbage collector components into account when determining the maximum heap size that supports compressed oops. Using this conservative value avoids several circular dependencies in the calculation.
Reviewed-by: stefank, dholmes

Reviewed-by: rbackman, twisti, kvn
Contributed-by: john.r.rose@oracle.com, vladimir.x.ivanov@oracle.com

Summary: Removed unused macro
Reviewed-by: kvn, adlertz

Summary: Use WinDbg API StackWalk64()
Reviewed-by: zgu, dholmes

Reviewed-by: azeemj, brutisso, kvn, tschatzl