Summary: smaller shared changes required to build the C2 compiler on PPC64.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Fixed Implicit NULL check optimization for AIX, where the page at address '0' is only write-protected.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: extends MachCall nodes so that they can issue constants to the constant table
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: fix CPP-interpreter after CheckUnhandledOops was re-enabled in the fastdebug build
Reviewed-by: kvn, dholmes, lfoltan

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Add additional, more verbose syntax checks in adlc. Fix printing constant's problem in format().
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Add a field to C2 LoadNode and StoreNode classes which indicates whether the load/store should do an acquire/release on platforms which support it.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: added ability in C2 to expand mach nodes to several mach nodes after register allocation
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: roland, kvn

Summary: Create extra constant pool cache entries for invokespecial/InterfaceMethodref to hold the alternate resolution.
Reviewed-by: jrose, lfoltan, hseigel

Summary: Need to process defaults for interfaces for invokespecial
Reviewed-by: lfoltan, hseigel, coleenp, jrose

Summary: null classes should be expected in profiles with conflicts
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: inlined method handle calls can call methods with different signatures
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn

Summary: receiver type collected by profiling for default method may be interface
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn

Summary: Fixed proper sweeping of small code cache sizes
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Exclude last input argument's stack slots from vector's spilling masks.
Reviewed-by: iveresov

Summary: Needed to update _space_alignment in generation sizer to ensure correct sizing of spaces.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, tschatzl

Summary: Remove min_gen1_size argument from adjust_gen0_sizes()
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, brutisso

Summary: Update NewSize when _initial_gen0_size is changed
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, brutisso

Summary: Three tests added: 1) test stressing VirtualSpace by resizing it constantly 2) test running unit tests in several threads 3) test checking protected area in ReservedHeapSpace class
Reviewed-by: stefank, zgu
Contributed-by: aleksey.timofeev@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl, mgerdin

Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Change checks for isHumongous() to continuesHumongous() as installing a code root for a humongous object is valid, but not for continuations of humongous objects. Cleaned up asserts.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, tamao

Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn

Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, sspitsyn

Reviewed-by: dholmes

Reviewed-by: dholmes

Reviewed-by: dholmes

Summary: Uncommon trap blob did not bang all the stack shadow pages
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti, iveresov, jrose

Summary: Make all raw loads strictly respect control dependencies, make sure RCE doesn't move raw loads, add verification of G1 pre-barriers.
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: Keep T_OBJECT operands in registers for logical operations on x64
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: String.equals() intrinsic shouldn't use integer length input in pointer arithmetic without an i2l.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

7057939: jmap shows MaxNewSize=4GB when Java is using parallel collector
Summary: Major cleanup of the collectorpolicy classes
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, jcoomes

8026948: JvmtiEnv::SetBreakpoint and JvmtiEnv::ClearBreakpoint might not work with anonymous classes
Summary: Walk methods in breakpoints for marking on stack so they aren't deallocated by redefine classes.  Use class_holder rather than class_loader to keep GC from reclaiming class owning the method.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, ehelin, sla

Summary: Should compare bounds greater than or equal 4G when deciding if shift is needed or CDS area + compressed class space are within 4G of each other.
Reviewed-by: stefank, hseigel, zgu

Summary: Pass correct new value to post_barrer() in Unsafe.getAndSetObject() C1 intrinsic
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: Put a band-aid to disable CHA-based inlining for interfaces with default methods in C1
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti