6973570: OrderAccess::storestore() scales poorly on multi-socket x64 and sparc: cache-line ping-ponging
Summary: volatile store to static variable removed in favour of a volatile store to stack to avoid excessive cache coherency traffic; verified that the volatile store is not elided by any of our current compilers.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, dice, jcoomes, kvn

Reviewed-by: ysr

Reviewed-by: tonyp, ysr

6930581: G1: assert(ParallelGCThreads > 1 || n_yielded() == _hrrs->occupied(),"Should have yielded all the ..
Summary: During RSet updating, when ParallelGCThreads is zero, references that point into the collection set are added directly the referenced region's RSet. This can cause the sparse table in the RSet to expand. RSet scanning and the "occupied" routine will then operate on different instances of the sparse table causing the assert to trip. This may also cause some cards added post expansion to be missed during RSet scanning. When ParallelGCThreads is non-zero such references are recorded on the "references to be scanned" queue and the card containing the reference is recorded in a dirty card queue for use in the event of an evacuation failure. Employ the parallel code in the serial case to avoid expanding the RSets of regions in the collection set.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, ysr, tonyp

Summary: As part of 6944166 we disabled the concept of abandoned pauses (i.e., if the collection set is empty, we would still try to do a pause even if it is to update the RSets and scan the roots). This changeset removes the code and structures associated with abandoned pauses.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, johnc

Summary: Remove the breadth-first copying order from ParallelScavenge and use depth-first by default.
Reviewed-by: jcoomes, ysr, johnc

Summary: The per-worker _new_refs array is used to hold references that point into the collection set. It is populated during RSet updating and subsequently processed. In the event of an evacuation failure it processed again to recreate the RSets of regions in the collection set. Remove the per-worker _new_refs array by processing the references directly. Use a DirtyCardQueue to hold the cards containing the references so that the RSets of regions in the collection set can be recreated when handling an evacuation failure.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, jmasa, tonyp

Summary: Management code enabled for use by a concurrent collector.
Reviewed-by: mchung, ysr

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: During concurrent refinment, filter cards in young regions after it has been determined that the region has been allocated from and the young type of the region has been set.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, tonyp, jcoomes

Reviewed-by: tonyp, ysr

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Add JVM_CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic records to constant pool to determine per-instruction BSMs.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Use GrowableArray and VectorSet allocated in ciEnv arena.
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Summary: Check that cpuid returns valid values for processor topology (not zeros).
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Add hotspot support for modules image
Reviewed-by: acorn