Summary: Allow to execute vectorization and crc32 optimization on Atom. Enable UseFPUForSpilling by default on x86.
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: make compiled code bang the stack by the worst case size of the interpreter frame at deoptimization points.
Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn

Summary: Consolidated C2 x86 locking code in one place in macroAssembler_x86.cpp.
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: Use RTM for inflated locks and stack locks.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, twisti, roland, dcubed

Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for arguments at calls
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8016729: ObjectAlignmentInBytes=16 now forces the use of heap based compressed oops
8005933: The -Xshare:auto option is ignored for -server
Summary: Move klass metaspace above the heap and support CDS with compressed klass ptrs.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, mgerdin, tschatzl, stefank

Summary: add intrinsics using new instruction to interpreter, C1, C2, for suitable x86; add test
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Execute vzeroupper instruction after JNI call and on exits in jit compiled code which use 256bit vectors.
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: Rename INCLUDE_ALTERNATE_GCS to INCLUDE_ALL_GCS and replace SERIALGC with INCLUDE_ALL_GCS.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, stefank

Summary: Use SSE4.2 and AVX2 instructions for encodeArray intrinsic.
Reviewed-by: roland

Summary: use 256bit vpxor,vptest instructions in String.compareTo() and equals() intrinsics.
Reviewed-by: twisti

Summary: use 'rep stosb' instead of 'rep stosq' when fast-string operations are available.
Reviewed-by: twisti, roland

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti
Contributed-by: NBharadwaj Yadavalli <bharadwaj.yadavalli@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: kvn