Summary: Catch missing-because-illegal case for itable entries and use an exception-throwing method instead of null.
Reviewed-by: acorn, jrose, coleenp

Summary: Add verification to check that invokespecial of an InterfaceMethodref names a method in a direct superinterface of the current class or interface in accordance with JSR 335, JVMS 4.9.2 Structural Constraints.
Reviewed-by: acorn, hseigel, coleenp
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

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

Reviewed-by: jrose, roland

Summary: Rewrite of the getLoadedClasses() method implementation to include anonymous classes.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Revert changes in JDK-8008962
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for parameters on method entries
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Check if data is in shared spaces before deallocating it.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

Summary: more missing cases for JVM_CONSTANT_Method{Handle,Type}InError
Reviewed-by: hseigel, dcubed

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for return values at calls
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8025185: MethodHandleInError and MethodTypeInError not handled in ConstantPool::compare_entry_to and copy_entry_to
Summary: Add missing cases.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed

Summary: Missed initialization. Thanks Coleen.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, minqi

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for arguments at calls
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: New default methods list with inherited superinterface methods
Reviewed-by: minqi, sspitsyn, coleenp

Summary: Remove unnecessary volatile keyword on stack locals within instanceKlass.cpp to work around Solaris Studio C++ compiler issue
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: coleenp, bharadwaj, minqi

Summary: Code cache sweeping based on method hotness; removed speculatively disconnect
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Enable CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS in fastdebug builds across all supported platforms.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel, dholmes, stefank, twisti, ihse, rdurbin
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

8025088: Missing cases for JVM_CONSTANT_MethodHandleInError cause crash if debugger steps into error-tagged method handle
Summary: Need to refetch each method from InstanceKlass after all safepoints.  Removed leaky PreviousVersionInfo code.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: reference_map[] array had uninitialized junk that was causing a bogus bootstrap method to be found.
Reviewed-by: hseigel, dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: Need to refetch each method from InstanceKlass after all safepoints.  Removed leaky PreviousVersionInfo code.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, sspitsyn

Summary: Enhance method resolution and resulting data structures, plus some refactoring.
Reviewed-by: twisti, acorn, jrose

Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

Reviewed-by: rbackman, twisti, kvn
Contributed-by: john.r.rose@oracle.com, vladimir.x.ivanov@oracle.com

Summary: declare all user-defined operator new()s within Hotspot code with the empty throw() exception specification
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti, dholmes, hseigel, dcubed, kvn, ccheung
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8021948: Change InstanceKlass::_source_file_name and _generic_signature from Symbol* to constant pool indexes.
Summary: Change InstanceKlass::_source_file_name and _generic_signature to u2 fields.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, iklam

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

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, jmasa

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

Reviewed-by: coleenp, mgerdin, hseigel

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Add code to copy method parameters data in clone_with_new_data
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Use JvmtiCachedClassFileData.
Reviewed-by: iklam, sspitsyn, dcubed

Summary: Remove -Xaprof and Klass::_alloc_count & ArrayKlass::_alloc_size.
Reviewed-by: stefank, coleenp

Summary: Minimize redundant verifications of Klasses.
Reviewed-by: hseigel, jmasa

Summary: Added Atomic::inc(short*) to support this change.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed, dholmes, minqi