8033150: invokestatic: IncompatibleClassChangeError trying to invoke static method from a parent in presence of conflicting defaults.
Summary: A static method should be preferred during method resolution over an overpass, search the current class as well as its superclasses.
Reviewed-by: acorn, coleenp, kamg

Summary: Added missing calls to record_for_igvn() in loop opts. Added verification of def-use domination.
Reviewed-by: iveresov

Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com

Summary: No VerifiyError generated if multianewarray bytecode's array type descriptor was 1 dimension smaller than dimensions specified.
Reviewed-by: hseigel, ctornqvi, coleenp, kamg

Reviewed-by: roland, iignatyev
Contributed-by: NPavel Punegov <pavel.punegov@oracle.com>

Summary: Call is_metadata instead which does less work for the call in debugInfo.hpp which is called for all compiled code stack frames.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, dcubed

Summary: Dtrace monitoring uses size before mirror size is set.
Reviewed-by: kamg, hseigel

Summary: Keep class in CLD::_klasses list and mirror created for CDS classes if OOM during restore_shareable_info(). This keeps pointers consistent for CMS.
Reviewed-by: ehelin, stefank, jmasa, iklam

Summary: Preventing GCs to occur before VM is completely initialized. This was previously partly done by one part of the GC locker which not was removed.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, pliden

Reviewed-by: mikael, tbell

Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com

8039497: Testlibrary should be updated to provide information about all VM types as well as access to Unsafe
Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: jmasa, coleenp

Reviewed-by: jmasa, stefank

Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn

Summary: Switch UseRTMXendForLockBusy flag ON by default and change code to retry RTM locking on lock busy condition by default.
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: Remove the misleading malloc macro and cleanup the code
Reviewed-by: dsamersoff, kvn
Contributed-by: goetz.lindenmaier@sap.com

Reviewed-by: jrose, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8036667: "assert(adr->is_AddP() && adr->in(AddPNode::Offset)->is_Con()) failed: offset is a constant" with FoldStableValues on
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: morris, kvn

Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: filipp.zhinkin@oracle.com