Summary: Update for files that have been modified starting July 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: rasbold

6459804: Want client (c1) compiler for x86_64 (amd64) for faster start-up
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Update copyright year for files that have been modified in 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Summary: Remove DecodeNNode::decode() and EncodePNode::encode() methods.
Reviewed-by: rasbold, never

Summary: For small (1-3 bits) left long shifts in 32-bits VM use sets of add+addc instructions instead of shld+shl on new AMD cpus.
Reviewed-by: never
Contributed-by: shrinivas.joshi@amd.com

Summary: Code in gen_subtype_check was encoding rax as an oop on a path where rax was not an oop.
Reviewed-by: never, kvn

Summary: exclude UEP size from nmethod code size and use narrow klass oop to load prototype header.
Reviewed-by: jrose, never

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Summary: Intrinsify java/util/Arrays.equals(char[], char[])
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: Generate addresses and implicit null checks with narrow oops to avoid decoding.
Reviewed-by: jrose, never

Summary: decouple set_klass() with zeroing the gap when compressed.
Reviewed-by: kvn, ysr, jrose

Summary: Make max classfile version number dependent on JDK version
Reviewed-by: acorn, never

Summary: Use the gap also for a narrow oop field and a boxing object value.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, never

6703890: Compressed Oops: add LoadNKlass node to generate narrow oops (32-bits) compare instructions
Summary: Add LoadNKlass and CMoveN nodes, use CmpN and ConN nodes to generate narrow oops compare instructions.
Reviewed-by: never, rasbold

Summary: fix several problems in C2 related to Escape Analysis and Compressed Oops.
Reviewed-by: never, jrose

Summary: Transform long division by constant into multiply
Reviewed-by: never, kvn

Summary: 64-bits VM crashes with -XX:+AggresiveOpts (Escape Analysis + Compressed Oops)
Reviewed-by: never, sgoldman

Summary: Initial checkin of JSDT code
Reviewed-by: acorn, sbohne

Summary: Misc. 64bit and endian fixes for sparc
Reviewed-by: never, kvn, rasbold
Contributed-by: volker.simonis@gmail.com

Summary: Compressed oops in instances, arrays, and headers. Code contributors are coleenp, phh, never, swamyv
Reviewed-by: jmasa, kamg, acorn, tbell, kvn, rasbold

Summary: Cardtable base can be zero, ExternalAddress can't take a NULL.

Summary: Rewrite frame::safe_for_sender and friends to be safe for collector/analyzer
Reviewed-by: dcubed, kvn

Summary: remove old private plugin interface, simplify, rework old plugin to use unchanged Gnu sources
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Summary: incorrect encoding
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold, sgoldman, jrose

Summary: Use CVTDQ2PS and CVTDQ2PD for integer values conversions to float and double values on new AMD cpu.
Reviewed-by: sgoldman, never

Summary: (for Serguei) Allow for Linux builds with Sun Studio Linux compilers
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, ohair

Summary: T_ADDRESS size is defined as 'int' size (4 bytes) but C2 use it for raw pointers and as memory type for StoreP and LoadP nodes.
Reviewed-by: jrose

Summary: Use the same default number of GC threads as used by ParNewGC and ConcMarkSweepGC (i.e., the 5/8th rule).
Reviewed-by: ysr, tonyp

Summary: restore destination address in x86 32-bit checkcast_arraycopy stub
Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn, never

Reviewed-by: jcoomes