8016729: ObjectAlignmentInBytes=16 now forces the use of heap based compressed oops
8005933: The -Xshare:auto option is ignored for -server
Summary: Move klass metaspace above the heap and support CDS with compressed klass ptrs.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, mgerdin, tschatzl, stefank

Summary: remove crufty '_g' support from HS tests
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sla

Summary: ActiveMethodOopsCache was used to keep track of old versions of some methods that are cached in Universe but is buggy with permgen removal and not needed anymore
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, mseledtsov

Summary: If java test return none zero, the value will be override by 'if' statement, the exit value will always '0' and pass. Fix by recording the result in a variable.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, iklam
Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

8022029: GetUnsafeObjectG1PreBarrier fails on 32-bit with: Unrecognized VM option 'ObjectAlignmentInBytes=32'
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Added a x86 64-bit Solaris shared library and rewrote test in Java
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ctornqvi

Summary: test/runtime/7196045 times out
Reviewed-by: dholmes, mseledtsov

Summary: Removed part of the test that required the VM to start up with -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=2048m
Reviewed-by: kvn, rbackman

Summary: runtime/8000968/Test8000968.sh has incorrect check for proper config
Reviewed-by: coleenp, mseledtsov, sspitsyn, hseigel

Summary: OutputAnalyzer.shouldHaveExitValue() should print stdout/stderr output
Reviewed-by: kvn, ctornqvi, dholmes

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, jmasa

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, jmasa, kvn, tamao

Summary: Added checking for gcc and simplified the sig_handler() in the test case
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp, minqi, dlong

Summary: C1's GetUnsafeObject G1 pre-barrier uses the wrong type to read the klass pointer.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn

8020123: Test gc/g1/TestPrintRegionRememberedSetInfo.java fails with "test result: Error. No action after @build"
Summary: Remove the @build tag and replace it by a @run tag so that the test gets executed
Reviewed-by: brutisso, mgerdin

Summary: Added -DLINUX to the gcc command and improved the .sh script
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, minqi

Summary: Added (sig < MAXSIGNUM) check in jsig.c
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

Summary: remove StubRoutines::x86::_mxcsr_std and use StubRoutines::_mxcsr_std
Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: generate one "fat" membar instead of set of barriers for volitile store
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: fix bytecode analyzer
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: darcy, lancea, iris

Summary: Disable the test for SPARC and reduce the number of test iterations
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Limit the size of the code cache to at most 2G when arguments are checked; added regression test
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Dl_info struct should only be used if dladdr() has returned non-zero (no errors) and always check the dladdr() return value; Dl_info.dli_sname and Dl_info.dli_saddr fields should only be used if non-NULL; update/improve runtime/6888954/vmerrors.sh test
Reviewed-by: dsamersoff, zgu, hseigel, coleenp

Summary: add intrinsics using new instruction to interpreter, C1, C2, for suitable x86; add test
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Added -XX:+UsePerfData to Test7196045.java.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, collins

Summary: added regression test
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp
Contributed-by: NFilipp Zhinkin <filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com>

Summary: The auto corrector for mistyped vm options fuzzy-matches existing flags based on string similarity (Dice's coefficient).
Reviewed-by: kvn, dsamersoff, hseigel, johnc

Reviewed-by: jmasa, mgerdin

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, brutisso

Summary: Regression test for 8005956
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: dcubed, mgronlun

7162400: Intermittent java.io.IOException: Bad file number during HotSpotVirtualMachine.executeCommand
Summary: Intermittent java.io.IOException: Bad file number during HotSpotVirtualMachine.executeCommand
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, sspitsyn, mgerdin, ctornqvi, dsamersoff

Summary: Wrote tests for use of CDS with ObjectAlignmentInBytes CL option
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ctornqvi, hseigel
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Summary: Regression tests written for both test cases (.hotspotrc and .hotspot_compiler). Also reviewed by mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: zgu, coleenp

8015803: Test8015436.java fails 'can not access a member of class Test8015436 with modifiers "public static"'
Summary: Newly added test has an issue: the main class must be public
Reviewed-by: kvn, jbachorik, coleenp
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Using CHECK_NULL when calling multi_allocate() from the corresponding reflection code; added test for this condition
Reviewed-by: dholmes, minqi
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

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

Summary: The InstanceKlass _initial_method_idnum value must be adjusted if overpass methods are added.
Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: limit the memory footprint to dodge OutOfMemory errors.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, ctornqvi, iignatyev