Summary: Making sure that if NewSize is set on the command line it should be used for both min and initial size even if it is re-aligned.
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, jmasa

Summary: Now using NewRatio to size initial NewSize if not specified on commandline.
Reviewed-by: jmasa, jwilhelm

Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: add missing is_mem() check when we collect load nodes in SuperWord::co_locate_pack().
Reviewed-by: iveresov

Summary: Ignore nodes without a type when checking for speculative types in Compile::remove_speculative_types(...).
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland
Contributed-by: NTobias Hartmann <tobias.hartmann@oracle.com>

Summary: use correct set_escape_state() method.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev
Contributed-by: NRichard Reingruber <richard.reingruber@sap.com>

Reviewed-by: jcoomes

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>

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