Summary: on some macines gcc not able to link cxx program
Reviewed-by: dholmes

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

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

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: Fix comments and optimization level.
Reviewed-by: rdurbin, coleenp, hseigel
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

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

Reviewed-by: jcoomes

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

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

Summary: lower optimization level for unsafe.cpp due to MacOS Xcode 4.6.2 compiler optimization issue.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti, dholmes
Contributed-by: lois.foltan@oracle.com

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: dholmes, rbackman

Reviewed-by: dcubed, mchung, hseigel

Summary: Tests checks an assertion dealing with the number of args passed in registers
Reviewed-by: mseledtsov, kvn

Reviewed-by: kamg, coleenp

Summary: Define profile-based test groups.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, mchung

Summary: Treat VS2012 the same as VS2010.
Reviewed-by: dcubed, kamg, minqi