Summary: Add -XX:+VerifyStringTableAtExit option and code to verify StringTable invariants.
Reviewed-by: rdurbin, sspitsyn, coleenp

Summary: made changes to easily identify current log file in rotation. Parameterize the input with %t for time replacement in file name.
Reviewed-by: ccheung, tschatzl, tamao, zgu
Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kamg, minqi

8024346: ~CautiouslyPreserveExceptionMark - assert(!_thread->has_pending_exception()) failed: unexpected exception generated
Summary: Pending exceptions must be handled properly after a call to the JVMTI merge_cp_and_rewrite
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

8024345: 'assert(_value != NULL) failed: resolving NULL _value' from VM_RedefineClasses::set_new_constant_pool
Summary: The OOME's in the JVMTI merge_cp_and_rewrite and set_new_constant_pool must be handled correctly
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

8017230: Internal Error (jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp:1662): guarantee(false) failed: insert_space_at() failed
Summary: Handle pending exceptions instead of firing a guarantee()
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes
Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: allwin, acorn, dcubed, dholmes, egahlin

Summary: Lowered the MinJumpTableSize for each platform
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: rbackman, twisti, kvn
Contributed-by: john.r.rose@oracle.com, vladimir.x.ivanov@oracle.com

Summary: Removed unused macro
Reviewed-by: kvn, adlertz

8023167: JVM allows duplicate Runtime[In]VisibleTypeAnnotations attributes in ClassFile/field_info/method_info structures
Summary: Add checks for duplicates and issue errors when detected.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, zgu

Reviewed-by: sla

Summary: Use WinDbg API StackWalk64()
Reviewed-by: zgu, dholmes

Reviewed-by: azeemj, brutisso, kvn, tschatzl

Summary: Removed incorrect assertion, sequence number can overflow
Reviewed-by: dholmes, kamg

Summary: Added brackets for if-statement
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: Moved local scheduling code from class Block to class PhaseCFG
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

8023381: VM fails to initialize in runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java runtime/SharedArchiveFile/CdsSameObjectAlignment.java
Summary: Improve handling when CDS archive cannot be mapped
Reviewed-by: kvn, dholmes, mseledtsov

Summary: skip verification for generated lambda classes
Reviewed-by: kamg, dholmes

Summary: Fixed a memory leak in FlatProfiler::record_thread_tick() method
Reviewed-by: dholmes, ccheung

8019902: G1: Use the average heap size rather than the minimum heap size to calculate the region size
Reviewed-by: tonyp, tschatzl, sjohanss

Summary: declare all user-defined operator new()s within Hotspot code with the empty throw() exception specification
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti, dholmes, hseigel, dcubed, kvn, ccheung
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: don't re-evaluate stack bounds for main thread before install guard page
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, dlong

8016764: JVM does not prohibit invokespecial in c.f.v 51.0 that invokes default interface method in c.f.v 52.0
Summary: Check cfv before allowing invokespecial call to default method.
Reviewed-by: kamg, acorn, dholmes

Reviewed-by: kamg, coleenp

Summary: Avoid loading old values in G1 pre-barriers for inlined unsafe load_store nodes.
Reviewed-by: kvn, tonyp
Contributed-by: NMartin Doerr <martin.doerr@sap.com>

Summary: removed offending EXCEPTION_MARK calls and code cleanup
Reviewed-by: dholmes, iklam, coleenp, mseledtsov

Reviewed-by: kamg, coleenp

Summary: Method pointer for zombie methods may be invalid
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

Summary: Add the relevant test and proofread the VM messages as well
Reviewed-by: coleenp, mseledtsov, dcubed

8022595: JSR292: deadlock during class loading of MethodHandles, MethodHandleImpl & MethodHandleNatives
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, dholmes

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Create public methods for accessing the nodes in a block
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland

Summary: Return NULL on OOM from GetStringChars, GetStringUTFChars and Get<PrimitiveType>ArrayElements family of functions.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Summary: Make tests query a new WhiteBox API to see if NMT detail is supported, and behave properly if it is not supported.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Summary: Added support for statically linked agents
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, bobv, coleenp

Reviewed-by: acorn, sla

Summary: Need to check if the constant pool mapping returns 0.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, sspitsyn

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, stefank