Summary: Use SSE 4.2 in intrinsics for String.{compareTo/equals/indexOf} and Arrays.equals.
Reviewed-by: kvn, never, jrose

Summary: Use zero based compressed oops if java heap is below 32gb and unscaled compressed oops if java heap is below 4gb.
Reviewed-by: never, twisti, jcoomes, coleenp

Summary: Update copyright for files that have been modified in 2009, up to 03/09
Reviewed-by: katleman, tbell, ohair

Summary: Renaming LoadC to LoadUS would round up the planned introduction of LoadUB and LoadUI.
Reviewed-by: phh, kvn

Summary: add missing implicit null check cases.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Escape Analysis fixes.
Reviewed-by: never, rasbold

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

Summary: First mercurial integration of the code for the Garbage-First garbage collector.
Reviewed-by: apetrusenko, iveresov, jmasa, sgoldman, tonyp, ysr

Summary: Intrinsify java/util/Arrays.equals(char[], char[])
Reviewed-by: kvn, 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

Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold, sgoldman, jrose

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