4505697: nsk/jdi/ExceptionEvent/_itself_/exevent006 and exevent008 tests fail with InvocationTargetException
Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, sspitsyn

Summary: Optimize the method pointer adjustments for prev klass versions and MNT
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Summary: Removed the Solaris specific conditionalization for casting to void * within calls to HS_DTRACE_PROBE* to enable successful compilation with gcc Red Hat 4.4.6-4.
Reviewed-by: hseigel, stefank

8046246: the constantPoolCacheOopDesc::adjust_method_entries() used in RedefineClasses does not scale
Summary: optimize the adjust_method_entries functions by using the orig_method_idnum() function
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

Summary: Relax the guaranty for deleted methods
Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Summary: use method cpref and klass version to provide meaningful methods name in stacktraces
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed

Summary: Added better debug-printing support and enhanced LogCompilation tool
Reviewed-by: kvn, roland, dholmes

Reviewed-by: hseigel, lfoltan, coleenp, ahgross

Reviewed-by: jrose, acorn, vlivanov

Reviewed-by: jrose, acorn, vlivanov

Summary: note all MemberNames created on internal list for adjusting method entries.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, lfoltan

8056071: compiler/whitebox/IsMethodCompilableTest.java fails with 'method() is not compilable after 3 iterations'
Summary: Always use MDO if valid and always compile trivial methods with C1 if available.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, coleenp, bdelsart

Summary: Fixed Whitebox.deoptimizeMethod() to deoptimize all OSR versions of the method.
Reviewed-by: kvn, iignatyev

Summary: ClassLoader for array klass set to null and not the class loader of the component type.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, ctornqvi

Reviewed-by: fparain, dcubed, mdoerr
Contributed-by: NBill Pittore <bill.pittore@oracle.com>

Summary: Ensure MethodCounters are created before method is enqueued for compilation
Reviewed-by: kvn, drchase, jiangli, roland

Reviewed-by: jwilhelm, jmasa

Summary: Cleaned up CDS to be more configurable, maintainable and extensible
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, acorn, mchung

Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl

Reviewed-by: roland, iveresov

Summary: Access to method_type and appendix from constant pool (cpcache) needs to be guarded by is_f1_null() because of racy update/initialization.
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, jrose

Summary: Added juint cast to avoid gcc problem we have on one of our platforms.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, roland

Summary: Fixed signedness problem with assertion.
Reviewed-by: kvn

Reviewed-by: dcubed, coleenp

Reviewed-by: stefank, brutisso

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, ehelin, brutisso, coleenp, roland, iveresov
Contributed-by: stefan.karlsson@oracle.com, mikael.gerdin@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: ehelin, mgerdin

Reviewed-by: coleenp, ehelin

8043029: Change 8037816 breaks HS build with older GCC versions which don't support diagnostic pragmas
8043164: Format warning in traceStream.hpp
Summary: Backport of main fix + two corrections, enables clang compilation, turns on format attributes, corrects/mutes warnings
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, iveresov, twisti

Summary: Only prune metaspace virtual spaces at safepoint so walking them is safe outside a safepoint.
Reviewed-by: mgerdin, mgronlun, hseigel, stefank

Summary: profiling code in interpreter broken when argument profiling is off.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn

Summary: Correct handling of array of primitive type qualifiers during field and method resolution.
Reviewed-by: acorn, hseigel, ahgross

8035841: assert(dp_src->tag() == dp_dst->tag()) failed: should be same tags 1 != 0 at ciMethodData.cpp:90
Summary: concurrent update of traps with construction of ciMethodData
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Summary: Handle package private case
Reviewed-by: coleenp, acorn, jdn

Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov

Summary: Tiered policy requires highest compilation levels always available
Reviewed-by: kvn, vlivanov

Summary: Add classLoader to java/lang/Class instance for fast access
Reviewed-by: alanb, lfoltan, rriggs, vlivanov, twisti, jfranck

Reviewed-by: roland, vlivanov

Reviewed-by: mgerdin, coleenp