8173373: C1: NPE is thrown instead of LinkageError when accessing inaccessible field on NULL receiver
Summary: Deoptimize if receiver null check of unresolved field access fails to throw NoClassDefFoundError instead of NPE.
Reviewed-by: vlivanov

8143897: Weblogic12medrec assert(handler_address == SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(nm, pc, exception, force_unwind, true)) failed: Must be the same
Reviewed-by: kvn, mdoerr

Reviewed-by: dholmes, ecaspole, kvn

Reviewed-by: dholmes, alanbur

Summary: Using new sysconf and sysinfo API on Solaris 12, avoid using libpicl and libkstat.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: iveresov

Summary: Add support for VM_Version::L1_data_cache_line_size().
Reviewed-by: dsimms, kvn, dholmes

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: vlivanov

Summary: Re-application of the change in JDK-8152271.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Summary: Use the Events::log function to save redefined classes for output to the hs_err file
Reviewed-by: dholmes

Reviewed-by: aph, dsamersoff

Summary: Use Patching_lock to synchronize access between set_code() and clear_code().
Reviewed-by: kvn, dlong

Summary: Fix method searches to handle static, private instance and overpass
Reviewed-by: acorn

Summary: Collect data at safepoint, do not rely on thread suspension
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes

Summary: Applied RMs in sweep_code_cache and related codes.
Reviewed-by: kvn, thartmann

8170888: [linux] Experimental support for cgroup memory limits in container (ie Docker) environments
Summary: Set apparent physical memory to cgroup memory limit when UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap is true
Reviewed-by: acorn, gtriantafill
Contributed-by: NChristine Flood <chf@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: dcubed, sspitsyn, gtriantafill

Summary: Check if field exists before possibly marking it as having initialized final updates.
Reviewed-by: stsmirno, vlivanov, coleenp

Summary: Use the initial active processor count for memory initialization instead of the current active one.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, mgerdin

Summary: Introduce and initialize active_processor_count variable in VM.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, jprovino

Reviewed-by: mgronlun, alanb, dholmes

Reviewed-by: simonis, tschatzl, mgerdin, dlong
Contributed-by: gunter.haug@sap.com