Summary: Dl_info struct should only be used if dladdr() has returned non-zero (no errors) and always check the dladdr() return value; Dl_info.dli_sname and Dl_info.dli_saddr fields should only be used if non-NULL; update/improve runtime/6888954/vmerrors.sh test
Reviewed-by: dsamersoff, zgu, hseigel, coleenp

Reviewed-by: dcubed, mgronlun

Reviewed-by: jmasa, mgerdin

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, brutisso

Summary: Regression test for 8005956
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Wrote tests for use of CDS with ObjectAlignmentInBytes CL option
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ctornqvi, hseigel
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Summary: Regression tests written for both test cases (.hotspotrc and .hotspot_compiler). Also reviewed by mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: zgu, coleenp

8015803: Test8015436.java fails 'can not access a member of class Test8015436 with modifiers "public static"'
Summary: Newly added test has an issue: the main class must be public
Reviewed-by: kvn, jbachorik, coleenp
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: Using CHECK_NULL when calling multi_allocate() from the corresponding reflection code; added test for this condition
Reviewed-by: dholmes, minqi
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: stefank, rbackman
Contributed-by: NJoel Borggren-Franck <joel.franck@oracle.com>

Summary: The InstanceKlass _initial_method_idnum value must be adjusted if overpass methods are added.
Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Summary: limit the memory footprint to dodge OutOfMemory errors.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, ctornqvi, iignatyev

Summary: Fixed the output of G1SummarizeRSetStats: too small datatype for the number of concurrently processed cards, added concurrent remembered set thread time retrieval for Linux and Windows (BSD uses os::elapsedTime() now), and other cleanup. The information presented during VM operation is now relative to the previous output, not always cumulative if G1SummarizeRSetStatsPeriod > 0. At VM exit, the code prints a cumulative summary.
Reviewed-by: johnc, jwilhelm

Summary: field count handling fixed, has_nonstatic_fields invariant fixed, oop map overrun fixed; new asserts
Reviewed-by: kvn, dcubed, coleenp

Summary: Small classpath fix and move tests into open
Reviewed-by: mgerdin, zgu

Summary: Changed gen_write_ref_array_post_barrier() code on x64 to pass start address and number of copied oop elements. In generate_checkcast_copy() skip post barrier code if no elements are copied.
Reviewed-by: roland

8013726: runtime/memory/ReserveMemory.java fails due to 'assert(bytes % os::vm_allocation_granularity() == 0) failed: reserve block size'
Summary: Fix regression test to work on all platforms
Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, dholmes

Summary: Move the missing test to appropriate location.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, sla

Summary: Treat the empty string as the default value tag
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8014765: VM exits if MaxTenuringThreshold is set below the default InitialTenuringThreshold, and InitialTenuringThreshold is not set
Summary: The VM exits when the condition in the subject line applies. The fix sets InitialTenuringThreshold to MaxTenuringThreshold if it is larger than MaxTenuringThreshold and InitialTenuringThreshold has not been set (is default).
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, jmasa, brutisso, johnc

Summary: Fix instance_size miscalculation.
Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn

8010738: G1: Output for full GCs with +PrintGCDetails should contain perm gen size/meta data change info
Summary: Include metaspace information (used, allocated, reserved) in the PrintGCDetails output for full GCs.
Reviewed-by: poonam, jmasa, brutisso

Summary: Corrected the class name
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ctornqvi, hseigel
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Summary: Re-wrote test in Java in addition to fixing the Copyright notice. Also reviewed by leonid.mesnik@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ctornqvi
Contributed-by: NMikhailo Seledtsov <mikhailo.seledtsov@oracle.com>

Summary: Improve the output of G1PrintRegionLivenessInfo by adding a per-region remembered set size information column
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, johnc

Reviewed-by: kvn

8014489: tests/gc/arguments/Test(Serial|CMS|Parallel|G1)HeapSizeFlags jtreg tests invoke wrong class
Summary: Some jtreg tests reference unknown classes in the @run and @build lines. This change fixes them.
Reviewed-by: stefank, ehelin

Summary: Added the -XX:SharedArchiveFile option.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, ccheung, acorn, dcubed, zgu

Summary: Need to walk array class vtables replacing old methods too if j.l.o redefined
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, ctornqvi

Summary: The patch for 8006088 misses regression tests after a merge error, this CR provides them.
Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, tamao, jmasa

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, johnc, tschatzl

8013032: CMS: assert(used() == used_after_gc && used_after_gc <= capacity()) failed: used: 0 used_after_gc: 292080 capacity: 1431699456
Reviewed-by: tschatzl, mgerdin, johnc

Summary: Resurrected autobox elimination code and enabled part of it by default.
Reviewed-by: roland, twisti

Summary: Fixed tests to use new way of utilizing the WB API, fixed issue with where custom classloader got the classes from
Reviewed-by: collins, mgerdin, zgu

Summary: Refactored shrink_by() to only use region counts and not byte sizes
Reviewed-by: johnc, tschatzl

Summary: Make processing of minimum, initial and maximum heap size more intiutive by removing previous limitations on allowed values, and make error reporting consistent. Further, fix errors in ergonomic heap sizing.
Reviewed-by: johnc, jwilhelm, tamao

8013120: NMT: Kitchensink crashes with assert(next_region == NULL || !next_region->is_committed_region()) failed: Sanity check
Summary: Fixed NMT to deal with releasing virtual memory region when there are still committed regions within it
Reviewed-by: acorn, coleenp

Summary: Make sure max alignemnt is at least as large as min alignment
Reviewed-by: johnc, jmasa, tschatzl

Summary: Do not treat static methods as miranda methods.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

Summary: Reserved memory had PROT_READ+PROT_WRITE access on Linux/bsd, now changed to PROT_NONE.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ctornqvi