Reviewed-by: mgerdin, stefank

Summary: Remove old kernel build targets and VS C++ projects created by create.bat on Windows
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sla

Reviewed-by: dcubed, rbackman
Contributed-by: NJoel Borggren-Franck <joel.franck@oracle.com>

Summary: Put UseSplitVerifier option on the deprecated list.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, kmo, acorn

Summary: Remove support for verification of class files with version 52 and above from type inference verifier.
Reviewed-by: acorn, hseigel

8010667: Non-zero padding is not allowed in splitverifier for tableswitch/lookupswitch instructions.
Summary: Don't check the padding bits if class file version is >= 51.
Reviewed-by: kvn, dholmes, coleenp

Summary: Added @run tag so that it actually runs the test, also fixed broken command line and incorrect parsing. Also reviewed by gerard.ziemski@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: mgerdin, zgu

Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Reviewed-by: jmasa, stefank

Summary: Call dlerror() in VM thread as necessary.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

Summary: added guarantee() to print_entry_on()
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: added guarantee() to pd_address_in_code()
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Enforce MaxMetaspaceSize for both metaspace parts, check MaxMetaspaceSize against "reserved", not "capacity"
Reviewed-by: jmasa, johnc

Summary: Remove redundant checks in testMalloc and add assert.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp, dholmes

Reviewed-by: kvn, jcoomes

Summary: Changed tests to use platform independent flags
Reviewed-by: collins, hseigel, zgu

Summary: Remove the related assertions becasue they do not hold here.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, tschatzl
Contributed-by: Ntamao <tao.mao@oracle.com>

Summary: Don't expose vm generated overpass (bridges to default methods).
Reviewed-by: dholmes, fparain

Summary: add guarantee() to insert_pre_post_loops()
Reviewed-by: kvn

8009777: NMT: add new NMT dcmd to control auto shutdown option
Summary: Added diagnostic VM option and DCmd command to allow NMT stay alive under stress situation
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Summary: add guarantee() to disqualify_method()
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: add guarantee() to get_instance_klass_for_declared_method_holder()
Reviewed-by: kvn