Reviewed-by: goetz

8073139: PPC64: User-visible arch directory and os.arch value on ppc64le cause issues with Java tooling
Reviewed-by: erikj, goetz, dholmes

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, sjohanss

Reviewed-by: dholmes, lfoltan

Summary: Fix memory overuse in g1CodeCacheRemset
Reviewed-by: tschatzl

Summary: Made EMPTY_STACK non-const, so it will not be placed in read-only BSS section.
Reviewed-by: stuefe, martin
Contributed-by: zhaixiang@loongson.cn

Summary: Events can trigger before ResourceMark is usable: move use from writeEvent() to print_val().
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ysuenaga, mlarsson

Summary: Add os::vsnprintf and os::snprintf.
Reviewed-by: kbarrett, lfoltan, stuefe, mlarsson

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, kvn
Contributed-by: NLeslie Zhai <lesliezhai-hotspot@llvm.org.cn>

Summary: Created tests for the feature
Reviewed-by: mseledtsov

Reviewed-by: tschatzl

Reviewed-by: dholmes

Reviewed-by: dholmes

Reviewed-by: bobv, dbuck

Summary: Add resolved_references and init_lock as hidden static field in class so root is found.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

8204872: [8u] VS2017: more instances of "error C3680: cannot concatenate user-defined string literals with mismatched literal suffix identifiers"
Reviewed-by: dholmes

Summary: Inform G1's SATB that a klass has been resurrected and it should not be unloaded
Reviewed-by: coleenp, tschatzl, kbarrett

Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, coleenp, gtriantafill, dholmes

Summary: Introduce specific casts to fix multiple type cast conversion compilation errors.
Reviewed-by: coffeys, lfoltan, gtriantafill, hseigel

Summary: Corrected stubName to montgomery_multiply for inline_montgomeryMultiply()
Reviewed-by: aph, thartmann, zmajo

Summary: add missing includes
Reviewed-by: coleenp, stefank, sgehwolf, dholmes

Reviewed-by: dholmes, erikj

Summary: Improve the nmethod unloading times by optimizing the search for an itable stub in VtableStubs array
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, tschatzl

8156137: SIGSEGV in ReceiverTypeData::clean_weak_klass_links
8057570: RedefineClasses() tests fail assert(((Metadata*)obj)->is_valid()) failed: obj is valid
Reviewed-by: coleenp

Summary: The dead_nodes counter in verify_graph_edges(..) has the type bool but is used as int.
Reviewed-by: roland, anoll

Summary: Made ideal_reg consistently uint.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

8081202: Hotspot compile warning: "Invalid suffix on literal; C++11 requires a space between literal and identifier"
Summary: Need to add a space between macro identifier and string literal
Reviewed-by: bpittore, stefank, dholmes, kbarrett

Summary: Change the type of symbolic constant badAddressVal and introduce specific casts to fix multiple type cast conversion compilation errors.
Reviewed-by: lfoltan, coleenp, kbarrett

Summary: Change to use the functional version of _get_timezone for VS2017.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel
Contributed-by: kim.barrett@oracle.com, lois.foltan@oracle.com

Summary: Fix cast.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, jprovino
Contributed-by: timo.kinnunen@gmail.com

8196880: VS2017 Addition of Global Delete Operator with Size Parameter Conflicts with Arena's Chunk Provided One
Summary: Add a private ordinary operator delete declaration within class Chunk.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, stuefe
Contributed-by: kim.barrett@oracle.com, lois.foltan@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: erikj

Reviewed-by: kvn, thartmann

Summary: Add missing barrier, sharing code with Unsafe_GetObject.
Reviewed-by: kbarrett, mgerdin, pliden, tschatzl

Reviewed-by: dholmes, lfoltan

Summary: Changes to successfully compile class oop within oops/oopsHierarchy.hpp for PPC build (with gcc 4.1.2).
Reviewed-by: dholmes, hseigel

8041623: Solaris Studio 12.4 C++ 5.13, CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS use of class oop's copy constructor definitions causing error level diagnostic.
Summary: Fix several minor compilation issues with volatile oops for CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS support.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, hseigel

Summary: remove speculative traps that point to methods that are redefined
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: coleenp, eosterlund, mchung, ahgross, rhalade