6774607: SIGSEGV or (!is_null(v),"oop value can never be zero") assertion when running with CMS and COOPs
Summary: Use the more permissive set_klass_or_null() and klass_or_null() interfaces in ParNew's workqueue overflow code that manipulates the klass-word.
Reviewed-by: coleenp

Summary: For current soft-ref clearing policies, we can decide at marking time if a soft-reference will definitely not be cleared, postponing the decision of whether it will definitely be cleared to the final reference processing phase. This can be especially beneficial in the case of concurrent collectors where the marking is usually concurrent but reference processing is usually not.
Reviewed-by: jmasa

Summary: Maintain a high water mark for the allocations in a space and mangle only up to that high water mark.
Reviewed-by: ysr, apetrusenko

Summary: Update copyright year for files that have been modified in 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Summary: decouple set_klass() with zeroing the gap when compressed.
Reviewed-by: kvn, ysr, jrose

Summary: Compressed oops in instances, arrays, and headers. Code contributors are coleenp, phh, never, swamyv
Reviewed-by: jmasa, kamg, acorn, tbell, kvn, rasbold

Summary: In verification take into account partial coverage of a region by a card and expansion of the card table.
Reviewed-by: ysr, apetrusenko