Summary: Re-application of the change in JDK-8152271.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Use the Events::log function to save redefined classes for output to the hs_err file
Reviewed-by: dholmes

Summary: Fix method searches to handle static, private instance and overpass
Reviewed-by: acorn

Summary: Collect data at safepoint, do not rely on thread suspension
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes

Summary: Go to thread_in_vm to get the class_loader oop. Also reviewed by leelamohan.venati@gmail.com.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn

Summary: Under error conditions, always return -1 and perform null termination regardless of the behavior of underlying vsnprintf() implementation.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, cjplummer

Reviewed-by: jrose, hseigel, vlivanov, bmoloden, ctornqvi, mschoene

Reviewed-by: jrose, hseigel, vlivanov, bmoloden, ctornqvi, mschoene

Summary: Under error conditions, always return -1 and perform null termination regardless of the behavior of underlying vsnprintf() implementation.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, cjplummer

Reviewed-by: acorn, hseigel, mschoene

Reviewed-by: dcubed, dsamersoff

Reviewed-by: stuefe, coleenp, roland

Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, coleenp, dcubed

Summary: Arguments coming from native should be converted to 0=false, 1-255=true
Reviewed-by: coleenp

Summary: Arguments coming from native should be converted to 0=false, 1-255=true
Reviewed-by: coleenp

Reviewed-by: coleenp, roland

Summary: Removed nmethod transition to zombie outside of sweeper. Added cleaning of ICs of unloaded nmethods.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Add a WhiteBox callback to the VM to start a concurrent mark cycle in G1.
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, sjohanss
Contributed-by: NLeonid Mesnik <leonid.mesnik@oracle.com>

Summary: the cached class file structure must be deallocated instead of the cached class file bytes
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sla

8061715: gc/g1/TestShrinkAuxiliaryData15.java fails with java.lang.RuntimeException: heap decommit failed - after > before
Summary: added WhiteBox methods to count regions and exact aux data sizes
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, brutisso

Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev

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

Summary: A dead scope  of the local needs to be identified
Reviewed-by: coleenp, vlivanov, mgronlun

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

Summary: Warning when not checking exceptions from function that require so, also when local refs expand beyond capacity.
Reviewed-by: dsimms

8072863: Replace fatal() with vm_exit_during_initialization() when an incorrect class is found on the bootclasspath
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp
Contributed-by: NCheleswer Sahu <cheleswer.sahu@oracle.com>

Summary: Allow use of large pages for auxiliary data structures in G1. Clean up existing interfaces.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, pliden, stefank

Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed

Summary: adjust Unsafe methods in the itable/vtable if Unsafe is redefined
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: sla, sspitsyn

Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed

Summary: Unsafe is not recommended and may deprecated in future. Added a WhiteBox API to get VM page size.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ccheung, mseledtsov
Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

Summary: note all MemberNames created on internal list for adjusting method entries.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, lfoltan

8058251: assert(_count > 0) failed: Negative counter when running runtime/NMT/MallocTrackingVerify.java
Summary: Fixed an issue when overflowing the MallocSite hash table bucket
Reviewed-by: coleenp, gtriantafill

Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, coleenp

Summary: Check for a valid itable index instead of checking if the holder is an interface
Reviewed-by: dsimms, dholmes

8065346: WB_AddToBootstrapClassLoaderSearch calls JvmtiEnv::create_a_jvmti when not in _thread_in_vm state
Summary: Removed ThreadToNativeFromVM and use java_lang_String::as_utf8_string instead
Reviewed-by: dholmes, minqi

Summary: Added API to track bootclasspath modification
Reviewed-by: jiangli, dholmes, minqi