Summary: schedule the superword loads based on dependence constraints
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Reviewed-by: cfang, never

Summary: Fix do_null_check to check for unloaded klass for all oop pointers.
Reviewed-by: never, cfang

Summary: ldc seems to load an empty String and that leads to an assert on offset < length, which are both zero.
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: enable compressed oops by default
Reviewed-by: never, ysr

Summary: Update the Major and build numbers for HS17 fork
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Summary: use PcDesc to keep record of the reexecute bit instead of using DebugInfoStreams
Reviewed-by: kvn, never, twisti

Summary: enable escape analysis by default
Reviewed-by: never

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: twisti, cfang

Summary: delay dead code elimination in set_req_X to make it safe
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: Make sure the control word is correct in deopt_blob after restore_result_registers
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: jcoomes, tonyp

Summary: Replace the assert with narrow_oop_shift set to 0.
Reviewed-by: never, jcoomes

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Update the HS16 build number to 08
Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Reviewed-by: iveresov, tonyp, ysr

Reviewed-by: ysr, never, kvn

Summary: Refactor JNIHandles::checked_resolve_jmethod_id() into fast and paranoid parts.
Reviewed-by: never, alanb

Reviewed-by: darcy, ramap

Summary: switch them from product to experimental; 6817525 will toggle them and switch to diagnostic
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn, dcubed