Summary: Fix load_signature_classes to tolerate LinkageErrors
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: add null checks
Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn

Summary: C2 spends > 60% in escape analysis code during test nsk/regression/b4675027.
Reviewed-by: never

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

Summary: Relocking of a thread-local object during deoptimization is broken
Reviewed-by: kbr, jrose, never

Summary: missing check in LoadNode::Ideal() causes infinite generation of a value Phi.
Reviewed-by: jrose, never

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

Reviewed-by: jmasa, xlu

Reviewed-by: apetrusenko

6680665: bytecode Escape Analyzer produces incorrect escape information for methods without oop arguments
Summary: bcEscapeAnalyzer does not analyze methods with no oop arguments.
Reviewed-by: rasbold

Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

Summary: The assert misses the case CastX2P 'base' for an unsafe field reference
Reviewed-by: never, jrose

Summary: fix or remove uninitialized fields
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Summary: b01 -> b02
Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: EA gives opportunite to do more aggressive memory optimizations.
Reviewed-by: never, jrose

Summary: Use scalar replacement with EA to remove allocations for objects which do not escape the compiled method.
Reviewed-by: rasbold, never, jrose

6663621: JVM crashes while trying to execute api/java_security/Signature/SignatureTests.html#initSign tests.
Summary: alignment expression with secondary induction variables is sometimes wrong
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

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

Summary: copy elimination of a constant value results in incorrect execution
Reviewed-by: kvn, sgoldman, rasbold

Summary: Remove -XX:+CacheTimeMillis option and associated functionality
Reviewed-by: acorn, never

Summary: split_thru_phi produces top on a non-dead path
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold, sgoldman

Summary: ClearArrayNode::Identity should use TypeX instead of TypeInt
Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn, sgoldman

Summary: Compile::has_loops() should be set from inlined methods
Reviewed-by: kvn, rasbold

Summary: Remove lock/unlock MemBar nodes and specify locks in debug info for deoptimization.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Current EA code has several problems which have to be fixed.
Reviewed-by: jrose, sgoldman

Summary: os::attempt_reserve_memory_at() now passes an address hint to mmap
Reviewed-by: kamg, dice

Summary: Avoid an infinite generation of instance's field values Phi nodes.
Reviewed-by: never

6671807: (Escape Analysis) Add new ideal node to represent the state of a scalarized object at a safepoint
Summary: Values of non-static fields of a scalarized object should be saved in debug info to reallocate the object during deoptimization.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Use instanceKlass::method_with_idnum() instead of slot() to work with RedefineClasses().
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn

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

Summary: (for Serguei) Clean up use of No_Safepoint_Verifier in JVM TI
Reviewed-by: dcubed

Summary: Add should_not_be_cached() to markOop and methodOop and query that status inOopMapCache::lookup()
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn, jmasa

Summary: Make RedefineClasses() interoperate better with class sharing.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, jmasa

Summary: Use MDO to cache arguments escape state determined by the byte code escape analyzer.
Reviewed-by: never