Reviewed-by: never, jrose
Contributed-by: volker.simonis@gmail.com

7012914: JSR 292 MethodHandlesTest C1: frame::verify_return_pc(return_address) failed: must be a return pc
Reviewed-by: never, bdelsart

Summary: copy small (<8) strings on stack if str+16 crosses a page boundary and load from stack into XMM. Back up pointer when loading string's tail.
Reviewed-by: never

Reviewed-by: iveresov

Summary: The assert in MergeMemNode::memory_at() misses the case when address is TOP.
Reviewed-by: never

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Summary: Rearranged the pre-barrier placement in arraycopy stubs so that they are properly called in case of chained calls. Also refactored the code a little bit so that it looks uniform across the platforms and is more readable.
Reviewed-by: never, kvn

Summary: Increase default SharedMiscDataSize
Reviewed-by: dcubed, kamg

Summary: see synopsis
Reviewed-by: acorn, coleenp

Summary: fix hashtable.hpp to qualify non-dependant name with "this"
Reviewed-by: phh, never, poonam
Contributed-by: volker.simonis@gmail.com

Summary: Turn off biased locking if !UseFastLocking or UseHeavyMonitors options are requested.
Reviewed-by: phh, never, dcubed, dholmes

Summary: Make sure the backing store file is flushed in create_sharedmem_resources() and get_user_name_slow() no longer checks the size of the backing store file.
Reviewed-by: briand, swamyv, acorn, poonam

Summary: Set JDK_IMPORT_PATH to  ALT_JDK_TARGET_IMPORT_PATH if it is defined
Reviewed-by: phh, ohair

Summary: old gccs don't support precompiled headers so have to supply includes
Reviewed-by: phh, kamg

Summary: Update the HS21 build number to 02
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Summary: Don't allocate in permgen
Reviewed-by: ysr, sla

7018302: newly added assert related to size of constantPoolOop causes secondary assertions or crashes
Summary: 6912621 used a raw oop in the newly added assert following an allocation attempt that could result in a GC.
Reviewed-by: jmasa

Summary: Updated create.bat and ProjectCreator
Reviewed-by: brutisso, stefank, ohair

Summary: Looking at API_VERSION_NUMBER define to see what version of dbghelp.h/imagehlp.h is included to determine what MINIDUMP_TYPEs are defined in the header file
Reviewed-by: acorn, brutisso, sla

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Reviewed-by: acorn, kvn, dsamersoff

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov, coleenp