Summary: Modify WhiteBoxAPI to use interface classes from test/testlibrary instead, add ClassFileInstaller to resolve the boot class path issue
Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, dsamersoff, coleenp, kvn

Reviewed-by: dholmes, mikael

Summary: allocate method annotations and attach to ConstMethod if present
Reviewed-by: dcubed, jiangli, sspitsyn, iklam

Summary: make sure all diagnostic and experimental flag kinds are checked in Flag::is_unlocked()
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Set ReservedCodeCacheSize to (default value)*5 when TieredCompilation is on.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, vlivanov
Contributed-by: NIgor Ignatyev <igor.ignatyev@oracle.com>

Summary: Flush any deferred card mark before a Java thread exits.
Reviewed-by: brutisso, jmasa

8000968: NPG: UseCompressedKlassPointers asserts with ObjectAlignmentInBytes for > 32G CompressedOops
Summary: Pick a base that works for both CompressedOpps alignment and CompressedKlassPtrs alignment.
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: Change error messages for malformed options so the messages are more useful.
Reviewed-by: mikael, kvn, nloodin

Summary: When calculating live object regions, make sure that the alignment reserve, at the end of a TLAB, is excluded.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, brutisso

Summary: removed unused IA64 specific code
Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn, dholmes

Summary: Removed depreciated kernel VM source code from hotspot VM
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

Reviewed-by: johnc, jwilhelm, coleenp, stefank

Summary: Flags changed to be of uintx type
Reviewed-by: johnc, tamao

Summary: Skip unnecessary scanning of bitmap for unmarked humongous objects/regions.
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, johnc
Contributed-by: NTao Mao <tao.mao@oracle.com>

Summary: Rename INCLUDE_ALTERNATE_GCS to INCLUDE_ALL_GCS and replace SERIALGC with INCLUDE_ALL_GCS.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, stefank

Summary: check_for_valid_safepoint_state() only applies to blocking VM ops
Reviewed-by: acorn, dholmes, dice, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: karen.kinnear@oracle.com

Summary: misc correctness fixes
Reviewed-by: acorn, dholmes, dice, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: dave.dice@oracle.com

Summary: Add missing Handle.
Reviewed-by: acorn, dholmes, dice, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: karen.kinnear@oracle.com

Summary: Define jlong as long on all LP64 platforms and add JLONG_FORMAT macro.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, mikael, kvn

Reviewed-by: sla, dholmes
Contributed-by: NAleksey Shipilev <aleksey.shipilev@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

Summary: Added assertion to catch problem earlier and removed the unused field
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

Summary: Adding more detailed output on CodeCache usage
Reviewed-by: kvn, vladidan
Contributed-by: NAlexander Harlap <alexander.harlap@oracle.com>

Summary: This patch addresses an alignment trap due to the storage format of method parameters data in constMethod.  It also adds code to validate constant pool indexes for method parameters data.
Reviewed-by: jrose, dholmes
Contributed-by: eric.mccorkle@oracle.com

Summary: HotSpot changes to support @Contended annotation.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, jrose
Contributed-by: NAleksey Shipilev <aleksey.shipilev@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: dholmes, stefank
Contributed-by: erik.helin@oracle.com

Summary: Moved NMT shutdown code to JVM exit handler to ensure NMT statistics is printed when PrintNMTStatistics is enabled
Reviewed-by: acorn, dholmes, coleenp

Reviewed-by: dholmes, mikael, rasbold
Contributed-by: NJeremy Manson <jeremymanson@google.com>

Summary: Instead of passing in last_entry to all the VM_ macros just expand it in the main vmStructs.cpp file.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, sspitsyn, minqi

Summary: Print an error message and exit the VM if UseParallalGC is combined with ParllelGCThreads==0. Also reviewed by vitalyd@gmail.com.
Reviewed-by: stefank, ehelin

Summary: Add hotspot support for parameter reflection
Reviewed-by: acorn, jrose, coleenp
Contributed-by: eric.mccorkle@oracle.com

Summary: Save the alignment when writing the CDS and compare it when reading the CDS.
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

Summary: Use methodHandle.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, acorn, twisti, sspitsyn

Reviewed-by: stefank, ysr

Reviewed-by: johnc, jwilhelm

Summary: Log warning messages for DefNew+CMS and ParNew+SerialOld
Reviewed-by: ysr, jwilhelm, jcoomes

Reviewed-by: johnc

8005494: SIGSEGV in Rewriter::relocate_and_link() when testing Weblogic with CompressedOops and KlassPtrs
Summary: Relocate functions with jsr's when rewriting so not repeated after reading shared archive
Reviewed-by: twisti, jrose

8005396: Use ParNew with only one thread instead of DefNew as default for CMS on single CPU machines
Reviewed-by: jmasa, jcoomes