Summary: Removed will_link and changed all calls to is_loaded().
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: When java process crashed in compiler thread, repeat the compilation process will help finding root cause. This is done with using SA dump application class data and replay data from core dump, then use debug version of jvm to recompile the problematic java method.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

Summary: Added missed type check of initializing store in ConnectionGraph::find_init_values().
Reviewed-by: roland, twisti, vlivanov

Summary: Change types of above methods and field to InstanceKlass and remove unneeded casts from the source files.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, zgu
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

8001658: No need to pass resolved_references as argument to ConstantPoolCacheEntry::set_method_handle_common
Reviewed-by: twisti
Contributed-by: NBharadwaj Yadavalli <bharadwaj.yadavalli@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: dholmes, sspitsyn, kmo

Summary: Removes the two unused functions GenericTaskQueueSet::steal_1_random and GenericTaskQueueSet::steal_best_of_all
Reviewed-by: brutisso, stefank
Contributed-by: erik.x.helin@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: johnc, jcoomes, ysr

Summary: Fix the incorrect links in jvmti.html reported by the LinkCheck tool
Reviewed-by: jjh, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, twisti
Contributed-by: NRoman Kennke <rkennke@redhat.com>

Summary: Added missed check that Load node is in processed loop block.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: In case of time or iterations limit reached C2 stops EA and continue compilation without EA as it does in product VM already.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: Disable -XX:+UseLargePages for MacOS X
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, sla
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Summary: Remove support for the UseVectoredExceptions flag
Reviewed-by: jcoomes, kamg
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: johnc, tamao

Summary: Use new x86 AES instructions for AESCrypt.
Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn, roland
Contributed-by: tom.deneau@amd.com

Summary: do vector right shift operation for small int types only after loads
Reviewed-by: jrose, dlong

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: perform transforms during IGVN phase when Load has a single user.
Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn, twisti

Summary: Enhanced virtual memory tracking to track committed regions as well as reserved regions, so NMT now can generate virtual memory map.
Reviewed-by: acorn, coleenp

Summary: Allow which vector rules are supported to be decided at runtime. Also a small change to allow vector types in Type::_type_info[] to apply to more platforms.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti
Contributed-by: dean.long@oracle.com

Summary: Added code to write the value of the java.class.path property to the hs_err file.
Reviewed-by: kmo, dholmes, kvn
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Summary: The -XX:+UseVMInterruptibleIO flag is deprecated for JDK8.  The flag will still enable Interruptible IO on Solaris, but users will get a warning.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn, alanb
Contributed-by: harold.seigel@oracle.com

Summary: Add simple check in debug version of VM.
Reviewed-by: twisti, johnc

8000623: tools/javac/Diagnostics/6769027/T6769027.java crashes in PSPromotionManager::copy_to_survivor_space
Summary: Fix type of method pointer load from vtable.
Reviewed-by: twisti, johnc, roland

Reviewed-by: coleenp, kamg

Summary: Restore non-silent output of heap verification.
Reviewed-by: ysr, brutisso, jmasa

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Summary: Remove unneeded assert.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, coleenp

Summary: Change makefiles so that targets and parameters can be overridden by alternate makefiles.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Summary: several changes to adlc to improve its usability
Reviewed-by: kvn
Contributed-by: goetz.lindenmaier@sap.com

Summary: Treat the oops in invoke_method_table() as strong roots when ClassUnloading is enabled.
Reviewed-by: kamg, coleenp

Summary: Removed LoadUI2L node from Ideal nodes, use match rule in .ad files instead.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Update copyright year to 2012 for relevant files
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Summary: support of compress class pointers in the compilers.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Summary: Replace all occurrences of long with jlong in C2 code.
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Missing call to MetaspaceAux::print_on() in G1CollectedHeap::print_on().
Reviewed-by: azeemj, jmasa
Contributed-by: NMikael Gerdin <mikael.gerdin@oracle.com>

Summary: Don't use HS_DTRACE_PROBE_CDECL_N and HS_DTRACE_PROBE_N directly.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kamg, dholmes, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: NMark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>

Summary: Change the type of various task num fields, parameters etc to unsigned and rename them to be more consistent with the other collectors. Code changes were also reviewed by Vitaly Davidovich.
Reviewed-by: johnc
Contributed-by: NKaushik Srenevasan <kaushik@twitter.com>