8012525: gc/metaspace/G1AddMetaspaceDependency.java Test fails a safepoint timeout assertion or hangs.
Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl

8025441: G1: assert "assert(thread < _num_vtimes) failed: just checking" fails when G1ConcRefinementThreads > ParallelGCThreads
Summary: The initialization for the remembered set summary data structures used the wrong thread count, i.e. number of worker threads instead of number of refinement threads.
Reviewed-by: brutisso

Reviewed-by: brutisso, mgerdin

8025260: Methodhandles/JSR292: NullPointerException (NPE) thrown instead of AbstractMethodError (AME)
Summary: Copied null-checks from templateInterpreter_CPU into methodHandles_CPU
Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8024492: [TESTBUG] Test library class Platform.java needs to include methods for missing OS's and architectures
Summary: Added methods for 32bit, arm, ppc, x64 and x86
Reviewed-by: zgu, hseigel, mseledtsov

Summary: Moved the tests to /testlibrary_tests and updated TEST.groups
Reviewed-by: dholmes, sla

Summary: use adr_at() to access inline info structures in growableArray. Add ability to specify print inlining per method.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Add memory consumption breakdown on a per region type in the G1 remembered set summary statistics. This simplifies remembered set memory consumption analysis.
Reviewed-by: brutisso

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

Summary: Fix compilation error and use of an outdated VM option in the test
Reviewed-by: stefank, jwilhelm

Reviewed-by: stefank, dholmes, coleenp

Summary: Re-wrote in Java, this also eliminated temporary result file; set upper limit on malloc'd memory
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, ccheung

Summary: Rewrote test in Java; updated the test condition to reflect latest changes in the source
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ctornqvi

Summary: Change JDKToolFinder to look in compile.jdk if the executable cannot be found in test.jdk
Reviewed-by: dholmes, hseigel

Summary: Updated the test list with the new test name.
Reviewed-by: brutisso, ehelin

8024396: VM crashing with assert(!UseLargePages || UseParallelOldGC || use_large_pages) failed: Wrong alignment to use large pages
Summary: Loosen wrong assert for UseParallelOldGC to UseParallelGC
Reviewed-by: stefank, brutisso

Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel

Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, brutisso, tschatzl

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

Summary: on some macines gcc not able to link cxx program
Reviewed-by: dholmes

Summary: Correctly calculate the initialization value for the shift between object start and bitmap bit in the G1 mark bitmaps.
Reviewed-by: tonyp

Reviewed-by: vlivanov, kvn, twisti

8023381: VM fails to initialize in runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java runtime/SharedArchiveFile/CdsSameObjectAlignment.java
Summary: Improve handling when CDS archive cannot be mapped
Reviewed-by: kvn, dholmes, mseledtsov

Summary: don't re-evaluate stack bounds for main thread before install guard page
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, dlong

Reviewed-by: dcubed, mchung, hseigel

Summary: Tests checks an assertion dealing with the number of args passed in registers
Reviewed-by: mseledtsov, kvn

Summary: Define profile-based test groups.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, mchung

Summary: removed offending EXCEPTION_MARK calls and code cleanup
Reviewed-by: dholmes, iklam, coleenp, mseledtsov

Summary: Add the relevant test and proofread the VM messages as well
Reviewed-by: coleenp, mseledtsov, dcubed

8022595: JSR292: deadlock during class loading of MethodHandles, MethodHandleImpl & MethodHandleNatives
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, dholmes

Summary: Make tests query a new WhiteBox API to see if NMT detail is supported, and behave properly if it is not supported.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

8023393: Need to suppress info message if -Xcheck:jni used with libjsig.dylab on Mac OSX
Summary: Rewrite 7051189 test in Java, port Linux fix for 7051189 to Mac OSX.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, mseledtsov, ccheung

Summary: set control edge for previous value load in G1 pre-barrier
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: minqi, sla

8016729: ObjectAlignmentInBytes=16 now forces the use of heap based compressed oops
8005933: The -Xshare:auto option is ignored for -server
Summary: Move klass metaspace above the heap and support CDS with compressed klass ptrs.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, mgerdin, tschatzl, stefank

Summary: remove crufty '_g' support from HS tests
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sla

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