Summary: The build fails if the bootstrap JDK defaults to <1.5
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Summary: Store the return value of fwrite and check it matches the size of the array.
Reviewed-by: twisti, dholmes

Summary: Add an explicit check for TypeProfileWidth == 0 in record_klass_in_profile_helper() functions.
Reviewed-by: never, coleenp

Summary: Add missing initialization of cache size.
Reviewed-by: tbell

Reviewed-by: xlu

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: enable compressed oops by default
Reviewed-by: never, ysr

Summary: Update the Major and build numbers for HS17 fork
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Summary: use PcDesc to keep record of the reexecute bit instead of using DebugInfoStreams
Reviewed-by: kvn, never, twisti

Summary: enable escape analysis by default
Reviewed-by: never

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: twisti, cfang

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

Summary: Make sure the control word is correct in deopt_blob after restore_result_registers
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: jcoomes, tonyp

Summary: Replace the assert with narrow_oop_shift set to 0.
Reviewed-by: never, jcoomes

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Update the HS16 build number to 08
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Reviewed-by: iveresov, tonyp, ysr

Reviewed-by: ysr, never, kvn

Summary: Refactor JNIHandles::checked_resolve_jmethod_id() into fast and paranoid parts.
Reviewed-by: never, alanb