hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
changeset 13391 30245956af37
parent 13293 c2b4f191c489
child 13396 1b2b5f740ee0
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Mon Jul 23 13:04:59 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Tue Jul 24 10:51:00 2012 -0700
@@ -30,166 +30,30 @@
 #include "memory/allocation.inline.hpp"
 #include "memory/oopFactory.hpp"
 #include "prims/methodHandles.hpp"
-#include "prims/methodHandleWalk.hpp"
 #include "runtime/compilationPolicy.hpp"
 #include "runtime/javaCalls.hpp"
 #include "runtime/reflection.hpp"
 #include "runtime/signature.hpp"
 #include "runtime/stubRoutines.hpp"
 
+
 /*
  * JSR 292 reference implementation: method handles
+ * The JDK 7 reference implementation represented method handle
+ * combinations as chains.  Each link in the chain had a "vmentry"
+ * field which pointed at a bit of assembly code which performed
+ * one transformation before dispatching to the next link in the chain.
+ *
+ * The current reference implementation pushes almost all code generation
+ * responsibility to (trusted) Java code.  A method handle contains a
+ * pointer to its "LambdaForm", which embodies all details of the method
+ * handle's behavior.  The LambdaForm is a normal Java object, managed
+ * by a runtime coded in Java.
  */
 
 bool MethodHandles::_enabled = false; // set true after successful native linkage
-
-MethodHandleEntry* MethodHandles::_entries[MethodHandles::_EK_LIMIT] = {NULL};
-const char*        MethodHandles::_entry_names[_EK_LIMIT+1] = {
-  "raise_exception",
-  "invokestatic",               // how a MH emulates invokestatic
-  "invokespecial",              // ditto for the other invokes...
-  "invokevirtual",
-  "invokeinterface",
-  "bound_ref",                  // these are for BMH...
-  "bound_int",
-  "bound_long",
-  "bound_ref_direct",           // (direct versions have a direct methodOop)
-  "bound_int_direct",
-  "bound_long_direct",
-
-  // starting at _adapter_mh_first:
-  "adapter_retype_only",       // these are for AMH...
-  "adapter_retype_raw",
-  "adapter_check_cast",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim",
-  "adapter_ref_to_prim",
-  "adapter_prim_to_ref",
-  "adapter_swap_args",
-  "adapter_rot_args",
-  "adapter_dup_args",
-  "adapter_drop_args",
-  "adapter_collect_args",
-  "adapter_spread_args",
-  "adapter_fold_args",
-  "adapter_unused_13",
-
-  // optimized adapter types:
-  "adapter_swap_args/1",
-  "adapter_swap_args/2",
-  "adapter_rot_args/1,up",
-  "adapter_rot_args/1,down",
-  "adapter_rot_args/2,up",
-  "adapter_rot_args/2,down",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim/i2i",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim/l2i",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim/d2f",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim/i2l",
-  "adapter_prim_to_prim/f2d",
-  "adapter_ref_to_prim/unboxi",
-  "adapter_ref_to_prim/unboxl",
-
-  // return value handlers for collect/filter/fold adapters:
-  "return/ref",
-  "return/int",
-  "return/long",
-  "return/float",
-  "return/double",
-  "return/void",
-  "return/S0/ref",
-  "return/S1/ref",
-  "return/S2/ref",
-  "return/S3/ref",
-  "return/S4/ref",
-  "return/S5/ref",
-  "return/any",
-
-  // spreading (array length cases 0, 1, ...)
-  "adapter_spread/0",
-  "adapter_spread/1/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/2/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/3/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/4/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/5/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/ref",
-  "adapter_spread/byte",
-  "adapter_spread/char",
-  "adapter_spread/short",
-  "adapter_spread/int",
-  "adapter_spread/long",
-  "adapter_spread/float",
-  "adapter_spread/double",
-
-  // blocking filter/collect conversions:
-  "adapter_collect/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/int",
-  "adapter_collect/long",
-  "adapter_collect/float",
-  "adapter_collect/double",
-  "adapter_collect/void",
-  "adapter_collect/0/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/1/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/3/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/4/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/5/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S0/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S1/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S2/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S3/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S4/ref",
-  "adapter_filter/S5/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S0/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S1/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S2/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S3/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S4/ref",
-  "adapter_collect/2/S5/ref",
-
-  // blocking fold conversions:
-  "adapter_fold/ref",
-  "adapter_fold/int",
-  "adapter_fold/long",
-  "adapter_fold/float",
-  "adapter_fold/double",
-  "adapter_fold/void",
-  "adapter_fold/1/ref",
-  "adapter_fold/2/ref",
-  "adapter_fold/3/ref",
-  "adapter_fold/4/ref",
-  "adapter_fold/5/ref",
-
-  "adapter_opt_profiling",
-
-  NULL
-};
-
-// Adapters.
 MethodHandlesAdapterBlob* MethodHandles::_adapter_code = NULL;
 
-jobject MethodHandles::_raise_exception_method;
-
-address MethodHandles::_adapter_return_handlers[CONV_TYPE_MASK+1];
-
-#ifdef ASSERT
-bool MethodHandles::spot_check_entry_names() {
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_invokestatic_mh), "invokestatic"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_bound_ref_mh), "bound_ref"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_retype_only), "adapter_retype_only"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_fold_args), "adapter_fold_args"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_unboxi), "adapter_ref_to_prim/unboxi"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_spread_char), "adapter_spread/char"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_spread_double), "adapter_spread/double"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_collect_int), "adapter_collect/int"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_collect_0_ref), "adapter_collect/0/ref"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_collect_2_S3_ref), "adapter_collect/2/S3/ref"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_filter_S5_ref), "adapter_filter/S5/ref"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_fold_3_ref), "adapter_fold/3/ref"), "");
-  assert(!strcmp(entry_name(_adapter_opt_fold_void), "adapter_fold/void"), "");
-  return true;
-}
-#endif
-
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // MethodHandles::generate_adapters
 //
@@ -216,36 +80,20 @@
 //
 void MethodHandlesAdapterGenerator::generate() {
   // Generate generic method handle adapters.
-  for (MethodHandles::EntryKind ek = MethodHandles::_EK_FIRST;
-       ek < MethodHandles::_EK_LIMIT;
-       ek = MethodHandles::EntryKind(1 + (int)ek)) {
-    if (MethodHandles::ek_supported(ek)) {
-      StubCodeMark mark(this, "MethodHandle", MethodHandles::entry_name(ek));
-      MethodHandles::generate_method_handle_stub(_masm, ek);
+  // Generate interpreter entries
+  for (Interpreter::MethodKind mk = Interpreter::method_handle_invoke_FIRST;
+       mk <= Interpreter::method_handle_invoke_LAST;
+       mk = Interpreter::MethodKind(1 + (int)mk)) {
+    vmIntrinsics::ID iid = Interpreter::method_handle_intrinsic(mk);
+    StubCodeMark mark(this, "MethodHandle::interpreter_entry", vmIntrinsics::name_at(iid));
+    address entry = MethodHandles::generate_method_handle_interpreter_entry(_masm, iid);
+    if (entry != NULL) {
+      Interpreter::set_entry_for_kind(mk, entry);
     }
+    // If the entry is not set, it will throw AbstractMethodError.
   }
 }
 
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// MethodHandles::ek_supported
-//
-bool MethodHandles::ek_supported(MethodHandles::EntryKind ek) {
-  MethodHandles::EntryKind ek_orig = MethodHandles::ek_original_kind(ek);
-  switch (ek_orig) {
-  case _adapter_unused_13:
-    return false;  // not defined yet
-  case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-    return conv_op_supported(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::OP_PRIM_TO_REF);
-  case _adapter_collect_args:
-    return conv_op_supported(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::OP_COLLECT_ARGS);
-  case _adapter_fold_args:
-    return conv_op_supported(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::OP_FOLD_ARGS);
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-
 void MethodHandles::set_enabled(bool z) {
   if (_enabled != z) {
     guarantee(z && EnableInvokeDynamic, "can only enable once, and only if -XX:+EnableInvokeDynamic");
@@ -253,217 +101,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-// Note: A method which does not have a TRAPS argument cannot block in the GC
-// or throw exceptions.  Such methods are used in this file to do something quick
-// and local, like parse a data structure.  For speed, such methods work on plain
-// oops, not handles.  Trapping methods uniformly operate on handles.
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_vmtarget(oop vmtarget, int vmindex, oop mtype,
-                                            KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  if (vmtarget == NULL)  return methodHandle();
-  assert(methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index < 0, "encoding");
-  if (vmindex < 0) {
-    // this DMH performs no dispatch; it is directly bound to a methodOop
-    // A MemberName may either be directly bound to a methodOop,
-    // or it may use the klass/index form; both forms mean the same thing.
-    methodOop m = decode_methodOop(methodOop(vmtarget), decode_flags_result);
-    if ((decode_flags_result & _dmf_has_receiver) != 0
-        && java_lang_invoke_MethodType::is_instance(mtype)) {
-      // Extract receiver type restriction from mtype.ptypes[0].
-      objArrayOop ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(mtype);
-      oop ptype0 = (ptypes == NULL || ptypes->length() < 1) ? oop(NULL) : ptypes->obj_at(0);
-      if (java_lang_Class::is_instance(ptype0))
-        receiver_limit_result = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(ptype0);
-    }
-    if (vmindex == methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index) {
-      // this DMH can be an "invokespecial" version
-      decode_flags_result &= ~_dmf_does_dispatch;
-    } else {
-      assert(vmindex == methodOopDesc::invalid_vtable_index, "random vmindex?");
-    }
-    return m;
-  } else {
-    assert(vmtarget->is_klass(), "must be class or interface");
-    decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_does_dispatch;
-    decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_has_receiver;
-    receiver_limit_result = (klassOop)vmtarget;
-    Klass* tk = Klass::cast((klassOop)vmtarget);
-    if (tk->is_interface()) {
-      // an itable linkage is <interface, itable index>
-      decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_from_interface;
-      return klassItable::method_for_itable_index((klassOop)vmtarget, vmindex);
-    } else {
-      if (!tk->oop_is_instance())
-        tk = instanceKlass::cast(SystemDictionary::Object_klass());
-      return ((instanceKlass*)tk)->method_at_vtable(vmindex);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// MemberName and DirectMethodHandle have the same linkage to the JVM internals.
-// (MemberName is the non-operational name used for queries and setup.)
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_DirectMethodHandle(oop mh, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  oop vmtarget = java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::vmtarget(mh);
-  int vmindex  = java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::vmindex(mh);
-  oop mtype    = java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::type(mh);
-  return decode_vmtarget(vmtarget, vmindex, mtype, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-}
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_BoundMethodHandle(oop mh, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::is_instance(mh), "");
-  assert(mh->klass() != SystemDictionary::AdapterMethodHandle_klass(), "");
-  for (oop bmh = mh;;) {
-    // Bound MHs can be stacked to bind several arguments.
-    oop target = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmtarget(bmh);
-    if (target == NULL)  return methodHandle();
-    decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_binds_argument;
-    klassOop tk = target->klass();
-    if (tk == SystemDictionary::BoundMethodHandle_klass()) {
-      bmh = target;
-      continue;
-    } else {
-      if (java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_subclass(tk)) {
-        //assert(tk == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass(), "end of BMH chain must be DMH");
-        return decode_MethodHandle(target, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-      } else {
-        // Optimized case:  binding a receiver to a non-dispatched DMH
-        // short-circuits directly to the methodOop.
-        // (It might be another argument besides a receiver also.)
-        assert(target->is_method(), "must be a simple method");
-        decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_binds_method;
-        methodOop m = (methodOop) target;
-        if (!m->is_static())
-          decode_flags_result |= MethodHandles::_dmf_has_receiver;
-        return m;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_AdapterMethodHandle(oop mh, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  assert(mh->klass() == SystemDictionary::AdapterMethodHandle_klass(), "");
-  for (oop amh = mh;;) {
-    // Adapter MHs can be stacked to convert several arguments.
-    int conv_op = adapter_conversion_op(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::conversion(amh));
-    decode_flags_result |= (_dmf_adapter_lsb << conv_op) & _DMF_ADAPTER_MASK;
-    oop target = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmtarget(amh);
-    if (target == NULL)  return methodHandle();
-    klassOop tk = target->klass();
-    if (tk == SystemDictionary::AdapterMethodHandle_klass()) {
-      amh = target;
-      continue;
-    } else {
-      // must be a BMH (which will bind some more arguments) or a DMH (for the final call)
-      return MethodHandles::decode_MethodHandle(target, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_MethodHandle(oop mh, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  if (mh == NULL)  return methodHandle();
-  klassOop mhk = mh->klass();
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_subclass(mhk), "must be a MethodHandle");
-  if (mhk == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass()) {
-    return decode_DirectMethodHandle(mh, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (mhk == SystemDictionary::BoundMethodHandle_klass()) {
-    return decode_BoundMethodHandle(mh, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (mhk == SystemDictionary::AdapterMethodHandle_klass()) {
-    return decode_AdapterMethodHandle(mh, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::is_subclass(mhk)) {
-    // could be a JavaMethodHandle (but not an adapter MH)
-    return decode_BoundMethodHandle(mh, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else {
-    assert(false, "cannot parse this MH");
-    return methodHandle();  // random MH?
-  }
-}
-
-methodOop MethodHandles::decode_methodOop(methodOop m, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  assert(m->is_method(), "");
-  if (m->is_static()) {
-    // check that signature begins '(L' or '([' (not '(I', '()', etc.)
-    Symbol* sig = m->signature();
-    BasicType recv_bt = char2type(sig->byte_at(1));
-    // Note: recv_bt might be T_ILLEGAL if byte_at(2) is ')'
-    assert(sig->byte_at(0) == '(', "must be method sig");
-//     if (recv_bt == T_OBJECT || recv_bt == T_ARRAY)
-//       decode_flags_result |= _dmf_has_receiver;
-  } else {
-    // non-static method
-    decode_flags_result |= _dmf_has_receiver;
-    if (!m->can_be_statically_bound() && !m->is_initializer()) {
-      decode_flags_result |= _dmf_does_dispatch;
-      if (Klass::cast(m->method_holder())->is_interface())
-        decode_flags_result |= _dmf_from_interface;
-    }
-  }
-  return m;
-}
-
-
-// A trusted party is handing us a cookie to determine a method.
-// Let's boil it down to the method oop they really want.
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_method(oop x, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  decode_flags_result = 0;
-  receiver_limit_result = KlassHandle();
-  klassOop xk = x->klass();
-  if (xk == Universe::methodKlassObj()) {
-    return decode_methodOop((methodOop) x, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (xk == SystemDictionary::MemberName_klass()) {
-    // Note: This only works if the MemberName has already been resolved.
-    return decode_MemberName(x, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_subclass(xk)) {
-    return decode_MethodHandle(x, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (xk == SystemDictionary::reflect_Method_klass()) {
-    oop clazz  = java_lang_reflect_Method::clazz(x);
-    int slot   = java_lang_reflect_Method::slot(x);
-    klassOop k = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
-    if (k != NULL && Klass::cast(k)->oop_is_instance())
-      return decode_methodOop(instanceKlass::cast(k)->method_with_idnum(slot),
-                              decode_flags_result);
-  } else if (xk == SystemDictionary::reflect_Constructor_klass()) {
-    oop clazz  = java_lang_reflect_Constructor::clazz(x);
-    int slot   = java_lang_reflect_Constructor::slot(x);
-    klassOop k = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
-    if (k != NULL && Klass::cast(k)->oop_is_instance())
-      return decode_methodOop(instanceKlass::cast(k)->method_with_idnum(slot),
-                              decode_flags_result);
-  } else {
-    // unrecognized object
-    assert(!x->is_method(), "already checked");
-    assert(!java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(x), "already checked");
-  }
-  return methodHandle();
-}
-
-
-int MethodHandles::decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(oop mh) {
-  if (mh->klass() == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass())
-    return 0;                   // no push/pop
-  int this_vmslots = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(mh);
-  int last_vmslots = 0;
-  oop last_mh = mh;
-  for (;;) {
-    oop target = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmtarget(last_mh);
-    if (target->klass() == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass()) {
-      last_vmslots = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(target);
-      break;
-    } else if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(target)) {
-      // might be klass or method
-      assert(target->is_method(), "must get here with a direct ref to method");
-      last_vmslots = methodOop(target)->size_of_parameters();
-      break;
-    }
-    last_mh = target;
-  }
-  // If I am called with fewer VM slots than my ultimate callee,
-  // it must be that I push the additionally needed slots.
-  // Likewise if am called with more VM slots, I will pop them.
-  return (last_vmslots - this_vmslots);
-}
-
-
 // MemberName support
 
 // import java_lang_invoke_MemberName.*
@@ -472,10 +109,11 @@
   IS_CONSTRUCTOR = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_IS_CONSTRUCTOR,
   IS_FIELD       = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_IS_FIELD,
   IS_TYPE        = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_IS_TYPE,
+  REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT,
+  REFERENCE_KIND_MASK  = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_REFERENCE_KIND_MASK,
   SEARCH_SUPERCLASSES = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_SEARCH_SUPERCLASSES,
   SEARCH_INTERFACES   = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::MN_SEARCH_INTERFACES,
-  ALL_KINDS      = IS_METHOD | IS_CONSTRUCTOR | IS_FIELD | IS_TYPE,
-  VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED
+  ALL_KINDS      = IS_METHOD | IS_CONSTRUCTOR | IS_FIELD | IS_TYPE
 };
 
 Handle MethodHandles::new_MemberName(TRAPS) {
@@ -485,72 +123,265 @@
   return Handle(THREAD, k->allocate_instance(THREAD));
 }
 
-void MethodHandles::init_MemberName(oop mname_oop, oop target_oop) {
-  if (target_oop->klass() == SystemDictionary::reflect_Field_klass()) {
+oop MethodHandles::init_MemberName(oop mname_oop, oop target_oop) {
+  klassOop target_klass = target_oop->klass();
+  if (target_klass == SystemDictionary::reflect_Field_klass()) {
     oop clazz = java_lang_reflect_Field::clazz(target_oop); // fd.field_holder()
     int slot  = java_lang_reflect_Field::slot(target_oop);  // fd.index()
     int mods  = java_lang_reflect_Field::modifiers(target_oop);
+    oop type  = java_lang_reflect_Field::type(target_oop);
+    oop name  = java_lang_reflect_Field::name(target_oop);
     klassOop k = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
-    int offset = instanceKlass::cast(k)->field_offset(slot);
-    init_MemberName(mname_oop, k, accessFlags_from(mods), offset);
-  } else {
-    KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-    methodHandle m = MethodHandles::decode_method(target_oop, receiver_limit, decode_flags);
-    bool do_dispatch = ((decode_flags & MethodHandles::_dmf_does_dispatch) != 0);
-    init_MemberName(mname_oop, m(), do_dispatch);
+    intptr_t offset = instanceKlass::cast(k)->field_offset(slot);
+    return init_field_MemberName(mname_oop, k, accessFlags_from(mods), type, name, offset);
+  } else if (target_klass == SystemDictionary::reflect_Method_klass()) {
+    oop clazz  = java_lang_reflect_Method::clazz(target_oop);
+    int slot   = java_lang_reflect_Method::slot(target_oop);
+    klassOop k = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
+    if (k != NULL && Klass::cast(k)->oop_is_instance()) {
+      methodOop m = instanceKlass::cast(k)->method_with_idnum(slot);
+      return init_method_MemberName(mname_oop, m, true, k);
+    }
+  } else if (target_klass == SystemDictionary::reflect_Constructor_klass()) {
+    oop clazz  = java_lang_reflect_Constructor::clazz(target_oop);
+    int slot   = java_lang_reflect_Constructor::slot(target_oop);
+    klassOop k = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
+    if (k != NULL && Klass::cast(k)->oop_is_instance()) {
+      methodOop m = instanceKlass::cast(k)->method_with_idnum(slot);
+      return init_method_MemberName(mname_oop, m, false, k);
+    }
+  } else if (target_klass == SystemDictionary::MemberName_klass()) {
+    // Note: This only works if the MemberName has already been resolved.
+    oop clazz        = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(target_oop);
+    int flags        = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::flags(target_oop);
+    oop vmtarget     = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(target_oop);
+    intptr_t vmindex = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(target_oop);
+    klassOop k       = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
+    int ref_kind     = (flags >> REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT) & REFERENCE_KIND_MASK;
+    if (vmtarget == NULL)  return NULL;  // not resolved
+    if ((flags & IS_FIELD) != 0) {
+      assert(vmtarget->is_klass(), "field vmtarget is klassOop");
+      int basic_mods = (ref_kind_is_static(ref_kind) ? JVM_ACC_STATIC : 0);
+      // FIXME:  how does k (receiver_limit) contribute?
+      return init_field_MemberName(mname_oop, klassOop(vmtarget), accessFlags_from(basic_mods), NULL, NULL, vmindex);
+    } else if ((flags & (IS_METHOD | IS_CONSTRUCTOR)) != 0) {
+      assert(vmtarget->is_method(), "method or constructor vmtarget is methodOop");
+      return init_method_MemberName(mname_oop, methodOop(vmtarget), ref_kind_does_dispatch(ref_kind), k);
+    } else {
+      return NULL;
+    }
   }
+  return NULL;
 }
 
-void MethodHandles::init_MemberName(oop mname_oop, methodOop m, bool do_dispatch) {
-  int flags = ((m->is_initializer() ? IS_CONSTRUCTOR : IS_METHOD)
-               | (jushort)( m->access_flags().as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_METHOD_MODIFIERS ));
-  oop vmtarget = m;
-  int vmindex  = methodOopDesc::invalid_vtable_index;  // implies no info yet
-  if (!do_dispatch || (flags & IS_CONSTRUCTOR) || m->can_be_statically_bound())
-    vmindex = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index; // implies never any dispatch
-  assert(vmindex != VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED, "Java sentinel value");
+oop MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(oop mname_oop, methodOop m, bool do_dispatch,
+                                          klassOop receiver_limit) {
+  AccessFlags mods = m->access_flags();
+  int flags = (jushort)( mods.as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_METHOD_MODIFIERS );
+  int vmindex = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index; // implies never any dispatch
+  klassOop mklass = m->method_holder();
+  if (receiver_limit == NULL)
+    receiver_limit = mklass;
+  if (m->is_initializer()) {
+    flags |= IS_CONSTRUCTOR | (JVM_REF_invokeSpecial << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+  } else if (mods.is_static()) {
+    flags |= IS_METHOD | (JVM_REF_invokeStatic << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+  } else if (receiver_limit != mklass &&
+             !Klass::cast(receiver_limit)->is_subtype_of(mklass)) {
+    return NULL;  // bad receiver limit
+  } else if (Klass::cast(receiver_limit)->is_interface() &&
+             Klass::cast(mklass)->is_interface()) {
+    flags |= IS_METHOD | (JVM_REF_invokeInterface << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+    receiver_limit = mklass;  // ignore passed-in limit; interfaces are interconvertible
+    vmindex = klassItable::compute_itable_index(m);
+  } else if (mklass != receiver_limit && Klass::cast(mklass)->is_interface()) {
+    flags |= IS_METHOD | (JVM_REF_invokeVirtual << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+    // it is a miranda method, so m->vtable_index is not what we want
+    ResourceMark rm;
+    klassVtable* vt = instanceKlass::cast(receiver_limit)->vtable();
+    vmindex = vt->index_of_miranda(m->name(), m->signature());
+  } else if (!do_dispatch || m->can_be_statically_bound()) {
+    flags |= IS_METHOD | (JVM_REF_invokeSpecial << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+  } else {
+    flags |= IS_METHOD | (JVM_REF_invokeVirtual << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+    vmindex = m->vtable_index();
+  }
+
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_flags(mname_oop,    flags);
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname_oop, m);
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname_oop,  vmindex);   // vtable/itable index
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_clazz(mname_oop,    Klass::cast(receiver_limit)->java_mirror());
+  // Note:  name and type can be lazily computed by resolve_MemberName,
+  // if Java code needs them as resolved String and MethodType objects.
+  // The clazz must be eagerly stored, because it provides a GC
+  // root to help keep alive the methodOop.
+  // If relevant, the vtable or itable value is stored as vmindex.
+  // This is done eagerly, since it is readily available without
+  // constructing any new objects.
+  // TO DO: maybe intern mname_oop
+  return mname_oop;
+}
+
+Handle MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(oop mname_oop, CallInfo& info, TRAPS) {
+  Handle empty;
+  if (info.resolved_appendix().not_null()) {
+    // The resolved MemberName must not be accompanied by an appendix argument,
+    // since there is no way to bind this value into the MemberName.
+    // Caller is responsible to prevent this from happening.
+    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "appendix", empty);
+  }
+  methodHandle m = info.resolved_method();
+  KlassHandle defc = info.resolved_klass();
+  int vmindex = -1;
+  if (defc->is_interface() && Klass::cast(m->method_holder())->is_interface()) {
+    // LinkResolver does not report itable indexes!  (fix this?)
+    vmindex = klassItable::compute_itable_index(m());
+  } else if (m->can_be_statically_bound()) {
+    // LinkResolver reports vtable index even for final methods!
+    vmindex = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index;
+  } else {
+    vmindex = info.vtable_index();
+  }
+  oop res = init_method_MemberName(mname_oop, m(), (vmindex >= 0), defc());
+  assert(res == NULL || (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(res) == vmindex), "");
+  return Handle(THREAD, res);
+}
+
+oop MethodHandles::init_field_MemberName(oop mname_oop, klassOop field_holder,
+                                         AccessFlags mods, oop type, oop name,
+                                         intptr_t offset, bool is_setter) {
+  int flags = (jushort)( mods.as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_FIELD_MODIFIERS );
+  flags |= IS_FIELD | ((mods.is_static() ? JVM_REF_getStatic : JVM_REF_getField) << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+  if (is_setter)  flags += ((JVM_REF_putField - JVM_REF_getField) << REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT);
+  oop vmtarget = field_holder;
+  int vmindex  = offset;  // determines the field uniquely when combined with static bit
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_flags(mname_oop,    flags);
   java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname_oop, vmtarget);
   java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname_oop,  vmindex);
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_flags(mname_oop,    flags);
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_clazz(mname_oop,    Klass::cast(m->method_holder())->java_mirror());
+  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_clazz(mname_oop,    Klass::cast(field_holder)->java_mirror());
+  if (name != NULL)
+    java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_name(mname_oop,   name);
+  if (type != NULL)
+    java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_type(mname_oop,   type);
+  // Note:  name and type can be lazily computed by resolve_MemberName,
+  // if Java code needs them as resolved String and Class objects.
+  // Note that the incoming type oop might be pre-resolved (non-null).
+  // The base clazz and field offset (vmindex) must be eagerly stored,
+  // because they unambiguously identify the field.
+  // Although the fieldDescriptor::_index would also identify the field,
+  // we do not use it, because it is harder to decode.
+  // TO DO: maybe intern mname_oop
+  return mname_oop;
 }
 
-void MethodHandles::init_MemberName(oop mname_oop, klassOop field_holder, AccessFlags mods, int offset) {
-  int flags = (IS_FIELD | (jushort)( mods.as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_FIELD_MODIFIERS ));
-  oop vmtarget = field_holder;
-  int vmindex  = offset;  // determines the field uniquely when combined with static bit
-  assert(vmindex != VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED, "bad alias on vmindex");
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname_oop, vmtarget);
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname_oop,  vmindex);
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_flags(mname_oop,    flags);
-  java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_clazz(mname_oop,    Klass::cast(field_holder)->java_mirror());
+Handle MethodHandles::init_field_MemberName(oop mname_oop, FieldAccessInfo& info, TRAPS) {
+  return Handle();
+#if 0
+  KlassHandle field_holder = info.klass();
+  intptr_t    field_offset = info.field_offset();
+  return init_field_MemberName(mname_oop, field_holder(),
+                               info.access_flags(),
+                               type, name,
+                               field_offset, false /*is_setter*/);
+#endif
 }
 
 
-methodHandle MethodHandles::decode_MemberName(oop mname, KlassHandle& receiver_limit_result, int& decode_flags_result) {
-  methodHandle empty;
-  int flags  = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::flags(mname);
-  if ((flags & (IS_METHOD | IS_CONSTRUCTOR)) == 0)  return empty;  // not invocable
-  oop vmtarget = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mname);
-  int vmindex  = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname);
-  if (vmindex == VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED)  return empty;  // not resolved
-  methodHandle m = decode_vmtarget(vmtarget, vmindex, NULL, receiver_limit_result, decode_flags_result);
-  oop clazz = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(mname);
-  if (clazz != NULL && java_lang_Class::is_instance(clazz)) {
-    klassOop klass = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(clazz);
-    if (klass != NULL)  receiver_limit_result = klass;
+// JVM 2.9 Special Methods:
+// A method is signature polymorphic if and only if all of the following conditions hold :
+// * It is declared in the java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle class.
+// * It has a single formal parameter of type Object[].
+// * It has a return type of Object.
+// * It has the ACC_VARARGS and ACC_NATIVE flags set.
+bool MethodHandles::is_method_handle_invoke_name(klassOop klass, Symbol* name) {
+  if (klass == NULL)
+    return false;
+  // The following test will fail spuriously during bootstrap of MethodHandle itself:
+  //    if (klass != SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass())
+  // Test the name instead:
+  if (Klass::cast(klass)->name() != vmSymbols::java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle())
+    return false;
+  Symbol* poly_sig = vmSymbols::object_array_object_signature();
+  methodOop m = instanceKlass::cast(klass)->find_method(name, poly_sig);
+  if (m == NULL)  return false;
+  int required = JVM_ACC_NATIVE | JVM_ACC_VARARGS;
+  int flags = m->access_flags().as_int();
+  return (flags & required) == required;
+}
+
+
+Symbol* MethodHandles::signature_polymorphic_intrinsic_name(vmIntrinsics::ID iid) {
+  assert(is_signature_polymorphic_intrinsic(iid), err_msg("iid=%d", iid));
+  switch (iid) {
+  case vmIntrinsics::_invokeBasic:      return vmSymbols::invokeBasic_name();
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToVirtual:    return vmSymbols::linkToVirtual_name();
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToStatic:     return vmSymbols::linkToStatic_name();
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToSpecial:    return vmSymbols::linkToSpecial_name();
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToInterface:  return vmSymbols::linkToInterface_name();
   }
-  return m;
+  assert(false, "");
+  return 0;
 }
 
+int MethodHandles::signature_polymorphic_intrinsic_ref_kind(vmIntrinsics::ID iid) {
+  switch (iid) {
+  case vmIntrinsics::_invokeBasic:      return 0;
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToVirtual:    return JVM_REF_invokeVirtual;
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToStatic:     return JVM_REF_invokeStatic;
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToSpecial:    return JVM_REF_invokeSpecial;
+  case vmIntrinsics::_linkToInterface:  return JVM_REF_invokeInterface;
+  }
+  assert(false, err_msg("iid=%d", iid));
+  return 0;
+}
+
+vmIntrinsics::ID MethodHandles::signature_polymorphic_name_id(Symbol* name) {
+  vmSymbols::SID name_id = vmSymbols::find_sid(name);
+  switch (name_id) {
+  // The ID _invokeGeneric stands for all non-static signature-polymorphic methods, except built-ins.
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(invoke_name):           return vmIntrinsics::_invokeGeneric;
+  // The only built-in non-static signature-polymorphic method is MethodHandle.invokeBasic:
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(invokeBasic_name):      return vmIntrinsics::_invokeBasic;
+
+  // There is one static signature-polymorphic method for each JVM invocation mode.
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(linkToVirtual_name):    return vmIntrinsics::_linkToVirtual;
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(linkToStatic_name):     return vmIntrinsics::_linkToStatic;
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(linkToSpecial_name):    return vmIntrinsics::_linkToSpecial;
+  case vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(linkToInterface_name):  return vmIntrinsics::_linkToInterface;
+  }
+
+  // Cover the case of invokeExact and any future variants of invokeFoo.
+  klassOop mh_klass = SystemDictionary::well_known_klass(
+                              SystemDictionary::WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(MethodHandle_klass) );
+  if (mh_klass != NULL && is_method_handle_invoke_name(mh_klass, name))
+    return vmIntrinsics::_invokeGeneric;
+
+  // Note: The pseudo-intrinsic _compiledLambdaForm is never linked against.
+  // Instead it is used to mark lambda forms bound to invokehandle or invokedynamic.
+  return vmIntrinsics::_none;
+}
+
+vmIntrinsics::ID MethodHandles::signature_polymorphic_name_id(klassOop klass, Symbol* name) {
+  if (klass != NULL &&
+      Klass::cast(klass)->name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle()) {
+    vmIntrinsics::ID iid = signature_polymorphic_name_id(name);
+    if (iid != vmIntrinsics::_none)
+      return iid;
+    if (is_method_handle_invoke_name(klass, name))
+      return vmIntrinsics::_invokeGeneric;
+  }
+  return vmIntrinsics::_none;
+}
+
+
 // convert the external string or reflective type to an internal signature
-Symbol* MethodHandles::convert_to_signature(oop type_str, bool polymorphic, TRAPS) {
+Symbol* MethodHandles::lookup_signature(oop type_str, bool intern_if_not_found, TRAPS) {
   if (java_lang_invoke_MethodType::is_instance(type_str)) {
-    return java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(type_str, polymorphic, CHECK_NULL);
+    return java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(type_str, intern_if_not_found, CHECK_NULL);
   } else if (java_lang_Class::is_instance(type_str)) {
     return java_lang_Class::as_signature(type_str, false, CHECK_NULL);
   } else if (java_lang_String::is_instance(type_str)) {
-    if (polymorphic) {
+    if (intern_if_not_found) {
       return java_lang_String::as_symbol(type_str, CHECK_NULL);
     } else {
       return java_lang_String::as_symbol_or_null(type_str);
@@ -560,121 +391,303 @@
   }
 }
 
+static const char OBJ_SIG[] = "Ljava/lang/Object;";
+enum { OBJ_SIG_LEN = 18 };
+
+bool MethodHandles::is_basic_type_signature(Symbol* sig) {
+  assert(vmSymbols::object_signature()->utf8_length() == (int)OBJ_SIG_LEN, "");
+  assert(vmSymbols::object_signature()->equals(OBJ_SIG), "");
+  const int len = sig->utf8_length();
+  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    switch (sig->byte_at(i)) {
+    case 'L':
+      // only java/lang/Object is valid here
+      if (sig->index_of_at(i, OBJ_SIG, OBJ_SIG_LEN) != i)
+        return false;
+      i += OBJ_SIG_LEN-1;  //-1 because of i++ in loop
+      continue;
+    case '(': case ')': case 'V':
+    case 'I': case 'J': case 'F': case 'D':
+      continue;
+    //case '[':
+    //case 'Z': case 'B': case 'C': case 'S':
+    default:
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+Symbol* MethodHandles::lookup_basic_type_signature(Symbol* sig, bool keep_last_arg, TRAPS) {
+  Symbol* bsig = NULL;
+  if (sig == NULL) {
+    return sig;
+  } else if (is_basic_type_signature(sig)) {
+    sig->increment_refcount();
+    return sig;  // that was easy
+  } else if (sig->byte_at(0) != '(') {
+    BasicType bt = char2type(sig->byte_at(0));
+    if (is_subword_type(bt)) {
+      bsig = vmSymbols::int_signature();
+    } else {
+      assert(bt == T_OBJECT || bt == T_ARRAY, "is_basic_type_signature was false");
+      bsig = vmSymbols::object_signature();
+    }
+  } else {
+    ResourceMark rm;
+    stringStream buffer(128);
+    buffer.put('(');
+    int arg_pos = 0, keep_arg_pos = -1;
+    if (keep_last_arg)
+      keep_arg_pos = ArgumentCount(sig).size() - 1;
+    for (SignatureStream ss(sig); !ss.is_done(); ss.next()) {
+      BasicType bt = ss.type();
+      size_t this_arg_pos = buffer.size();
+      if (ss.at_return_type()) {
+        buffer.put(')');
+      }
+      if (arg_pos == keep_arg_pos) {
+        buffer.write((char*) ss.raw_bytes(),
+                     (int)   ss.raw_length());
+      } else if (bt == T_OBJECT || bt == T_ARRAY) {
+        buffer.write(OBJ_SIG, OBJ_SIG_LEN);
+      } else {
+        if (is_subword_type(bt))
+          bt = T_INT;
+        buffer.put(type2char(bt));
+      }
+      arg_pos++;
+    }
+    const char* sigstr =       buffer.base();
+    int         siglen = (int) buffer.size();
+    bsig = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sigstr, siglen, THREAD);
+  }
+  assert(is_basic_type_signature(bsig) ||
+         // detune assert in case the injected argument is not a basic type:
+         keep_last_arg, "");
+  return bsig;
+}
+
+void MethodHandles::print_as_basic_type_signature_on(outputStream* st,
+                                                     Symbol* sig,
+                                                     bool keep_arrays,
+                                                     bool keep_basic_names) {
+  st = st ? st : tty;
+  int len  = sig->utf8_length();
+  int array = 0;
+  bool prev_type = false;
+  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    char ch = sig->byte_at(i);
+    switch (ch) {
+    case '(': case ')':
+      prev_type = false;
+      st->put(ch);
+      continue;
+    case '[':
+      if (!keep_basic_names && keep_arrays)
+        st->put(ch);
+      array++;
+      continue;
+    case 'L':
+      {
+        if (prev_type)  st->put(',');
+        int start = i+1, slash = start;
+        while (++i < len && (ch = sig->byte_at(i)) != ';') {
+          if (ch == '/' || ch == '.' || ch == '$')  slash = i+1;
+        }
+        if (slash < i)  start = slash;
+        if (!keep_basic_names) {
+          st->put('L');
+        } else {
+          for (int j = start; j < i; j++)
+            st->put(sig->byte_at(j));
+          prev_type = true;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    default:
+      {
+        if (array && char2type(ch) != T_ILLEGAL && !keep_arrays) {
+          ch = '[';
+          array = 0;
+        }
+        if (prev_type)  st->put(',');
+        const char* n = NULL;
+        if (keep_basic_names)
+          n = type2name(char2type(ch));
+        if (n == NULL) {
+          // unknown letter, or we don't want to know its name
+          st->put(ch);
+        } else {
+          st->print(n);
+          prev_type = true;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    // Switch break goes here to take care of array suffix:
+    if (prev_type) {
+      while (array > 0) {
+        st->print("[]");
+        --array;
+      }
+    }
+    array = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+static oop object_java_mirror() {
+  return Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::Object_klass())->java_mirror();
+}
+
+static oop field_name_or_null(Symbol* s) {
+  if (s == NULL)  return NULL;
+  return StringTable::lookup(s);
+}
+
+static oop field_signature_type_or_null(Symbol* s) {
+  if (s == NULL)  return NULL;
+  BasicType bt = FieldType::basic_type(s);
+  if (is_java_primitive(bt)) {
+    assert(s->utf8_length() == 1, "");
+    return java_lang_Class::primitive_mirror(bt);
+  }
+  // Here are some more short cuts for common types.
+  // They are optional, since reference types can be resolved lazily.
+  if (bt == T_OBJECT) {
+    if (s == vmSymbols::object_signature()) {
+      return object_java_mirror();
+    } else if (s == vmSymbols::class_signature()) {
+      return Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::Class_klass())->java_mirror();
+    } else if (s == vmSymbols::string_signature()) {
+      return Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::String_klass())->java_mirror();
+    } else {
+      int len = s->utf8_length();
+      if (s->byte_at(0) == 'L' && s->byte_at(len-1) == ';') {
+        TempNewSymbol cname = SymbolTable::probe((const char*)&s->bytes()[1], len-2);
+        if (cname == NULL)  return NULL;
+        klassOop wkk = SystemDictionary::find_well_known_klass(cname);
+        if (wkk == NULL)  return NULL;
+        return Klass::cast(wkk)->java_mirror();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 // An unresolved member name is a mere symbolic reference.
 // Resolving it plants a vmtarget/vmindex in it,
 // which refers dirctly to JVM internals.
-void MethodHandles::resolve_MemberName(Handle mname, TRAPS) {
+Handle MethodHandles::resolve_MemberName(Handle mname, TRAPS) {
+  Handle empty;
   assert(java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(mname()), "");
-#ifdef ASSERT
-  // If this assert throws, renegotiate the sentinel value used by the Java code,
-  // so that it is distinct from any valid vtable index value, and any special
-  // values defined in methodOopDesc::VtableIndexFlag.
-  // The point of the slop is to give the Java code and the JVM some room
-  // to independently specify sentinel values.
-  const int sentinel_slop  = 10;
-  const int sentinel_limit = methodOopDesc::highest_unused_vtable_index_value - sentinel_slop;
-  assert(VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED < sentinel_limit, "Java sentinel != JVM sentinels");
-#endif
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname()) != VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED)
-    return;  // already resolved
+
+  if (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mname()) != NULL) {
+    // Already resolved.
+    DEBUG_ONLY(int vmindex = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname()));
+    assert(vmindex >= methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index, "");
+    return mname;
+  }
+
   Handle defc_oop(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(mname()));
   Handle name_str(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MemberName::name( mname()));
   Handle type_str(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MemberName::type( mname()));
   int    flags    =       java_lang_invoke_MemberName::flags(mname());
+  int    ref_kind =       (flags >> REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT) & REFERENCE_KIND_MASK;
+  if (!ref_kind_is_valid(ref_kind)) {
+    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "obsolete MemberName format", empty);
+  }
+
+  DEBUG_ONLY(int old_vmindex);
+  assert((old_vmindex = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname())) == 0, "clean input");
 
   if (defc_oop.is_null() || name_str.is_null() || type_str.is_null()) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), "nothing to resolve");
+    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), "nothing to resolve", empty);
   }
 
   instanceKlassHandle defc;
   {
     klassOop defc_klassOop = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(defc_oop());
-    if (defc_klassOop == NULL)  return;  // a primitive; no resolution possible
+    if (defc_klassOop == NULL)  return empty;  // a primitive; no resolution possible
     if (!Klass::cast(defc_klassOop)->oop_is_instance()) {
-      if (!Klass::cast(defc_klassOop)->oop_is_array())  return;
+      if (!Klass::cast(defc_klassOop)->oop_is_array())  return empty;
       defc_klassOop = SystemDictionary::Object_klass();
     }
     defc = instanceKlassHandle(THREAD, defc_klassOop);
   }
   if (defc.is_null()) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "primitive class");
+    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "primitive class", empty);
   }
-  defc->link_class(CHECK);  // possible safepoint
+  defc->link_class(CHECK_(empty));  // possible safepoint
 
   // convert the external string name to an internal symbol
   TempNewSymbol name = java_lang_String::as_symbol_or_null(name_str());
-  if (name == NULL)  return;  // no such name
+  if (name == NULL)  return empty;  // no such name
   if (name == vmSymbols::class_initializer_name())
-    return; // illegal name
+    return empty; // illegal name
 
-  Handle polymorphic_method_type;
-  bool polymorphic_signature = false;
+  vmIntrinsics::ID mh_invoke_id = vmIntrinsics::_none;
   if ((flags & ALL_KINDS) == IS_METHOD &&
-      (defc() == SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass() &&
-       methodOopDesc::is_method_handle_invoke_name(name))) {
-    polymorphic_signature = true;
+      (defc() == SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass()) &&
+      (ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeVirtual ||
+       ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeSpecial ||
+       // static invocation mode is required for _linkToVirtual, etc.:
+       ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeStatic)) {
+    vmIntrinsics::ID iid = signature_polymorphic_name_id(name);
+    if (iid != vmIntrinsics::_none &&
+        ((ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeStatic) == is_signature_polymorphic_static(iid))) {
+      // Virtual methods invoke and invokeExact, plus internal invokers like _invokeBasic.
+      // For a static reference it could an internal linkage routine like _linkToVirtual, etc.
+      mh_invoke_id = iid;
+    }
   }
 
   // convert the external string or reflective type to an internal signature
-  TempNewSymbol type = convert_to_signature(type_str(), polymorphic_signature, CHECK);
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MethodType::is_instance(type_str()) && polymorphic_signature) {
-    polymorphic_method_type = type_str;  // preserve exactly
-  }
-  if (type == NULL)  return;  // no such signature exists in the VM
+  TempNewSymbol type = lookup_signature(type_str(), (mh_invoke_id != vmIntrinsics::_none), CHECK_(empty));
+  if (type == NULL)  return empty;  // no such signature exists in the VM
 
   // Time to do the lookup.
   switch (flags & ALL_KINDS) {
   case IS_METHOD:
     {
       CallInfo result;
+      bool do_dispatch = true;  // default, neutral setting
       {
-        EXCEPTION_MARK;
-        if ((flags & JVM_ACC_STATIC) != 0) {
+        assert(!HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION, "");
+        if (ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeStatic) {
+          //do_dispatch = false;  // no need, since statics are never dispatched
           LinkResolver::resolve_static_call(result,
                         defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), false, false, THREAD);
-        } else if (defc->is_interface()) {
+        } else if (ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeInterface) {
           LinkResolver::resolve_interface_call(result, Handle(), defc,
                         defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), false, false, THREAD);
-        } else {
+        } else if (mh_invoke_id != vmIntrinsics::_none) {
+          assert(!is_signature_polymorphic_static(mh_invoke_id), "");
+          LinkResolver::resolve_handle_call(result,
+                        defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), THREAD);
+        } else if (ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeSpecial) {
+          do_dispatch = false;  // force non-virtual linkage
+          LinkResolver::resolve_special_call(result,
+                        defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), false, THREAD);
+        } else if (ref_kind == JVM_REF_invokeVirtual) {
           LinkResolver::resolve_virtual_call(result, Handle(), defc,
                         defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), false, false, THREAD);
+        } else {
+          assert(false, err_msg("ref_kind=%d", ref_kind));
         }
         if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-          CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-          break;  // go to second chance
+          return empty;
         }
       }
-      methodHandle m = result.resolved_method();
-      oop vmtarget = NULL;
-      int vmindex = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index;
-      if (defc->is_interface()) {
-        vmindex = klassItable::compute_itable_index(m());
-        assert(vmindex >= 0, "");
-      } else if (result.has_vtable_index()) {
-        vmindex = result.vtable_index();
-        assert(vmindex >= 0, "");
-      }
-      assert(vmindex != VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED, "");
-      if (vmindex < 0) {
-        assert(result.is_statically_bound(), "");
-        vmtarget = m();
-      } else {
-        vmtarget = result.resolved_klass()->as_klassOop();
-      }
-      int mods = (m->access_flags().as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_METHOD_MODIFIERS);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname(), vmtarget);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname(),  vmindex);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_modifiers(mname(), mods);
-      DEBUG_ONLY(KlassHandle junk1; int junk2);
-      assert(decode_MemberName(mname(), junk1, junk2) == result.resolved_method(),
-             "properly stored for later decoding");
-      return;
+      return init_method_MemberName(mname(), result, THREAD);
     }
   case IS_CONSTRUCTOR:
     {
       CallInfo result;
       {
-        EXCEPTION_MARK;
+        assert(!HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION, "");
         if (name == vmSymbols::object_initializer_name()) {
           LinkResolver::resolve_special_call(result,
                         defc, name, type, KlassHandle(), false, THREAD);
@@ -682,22 +695,11 @@
           break;                // will throw after end of switch
         }
         if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-          CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-          return;
+          return empty;
         }
       }
       assert(result.is_statically_bound(), "");
-      methodHandle m = result.resolved_method();
-      oop vmtarget = m();
-      int vmindex  = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index;
-      int mods     = (m->access_flags().as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_METHOD_MODIFIERS);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname(), vmtarget);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname(),  vmindex);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_modifiers(mname(), mods);
-      DEBUG_ONLY(KlassHandle junk1; int junk2);
-      assert(decode_MemberName(mname(), junk1, junk2) == result.resolved_method(),
-             "properly stored for later decoding");
-      return;
+      return init_method_MemberName(mname(), result, THREAD);
     }
   case IS_FIELD:
     {
@@ -705,54 +707,20 @@
       fieldDescriptor fd; // find_field initializes fd if found
       KlassHandle sel_klass(THREAD, instanceKlass::cast(defc())->find_field(name, type, &fd));
       // check if field exists; i.e., if a klass containing the field def has been selected
-      if (sel_klass.is_null())  return;
-      oop vmtarget = sel_klass->as_klassOop();
-      int vmindex  = fd.offset();
-      int mods     = (fd.access_flags().as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_FIELD_MODIFIERS);
-      if (vmindex == VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED)  break;  // should not happen
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname(),  vmtarget);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname(),   vmindex);
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_modifiers(mname(), mods);
-      return;
+      if (sel_klass.is_null())  return empty;  // should not happen
+      oop type = field_signature_type_or_null(fd.signature());
+      oop name = field_name_or_null(fd.name());
+      bool is_setter = (ref_kind_is_valid(ref_kind) && ref_kind_is_setter(ref_kind));
+      mname = Handle(THREAD,
+                     init_field_MemberName(mname(), sel_klass->as_klassOop(),
+                                           fd.access_flags(), type, name, fd.offset(), is_setter));
+      return mname;
     }
   default:
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "unrecognized MemberName format");
+    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "unrecognized MemberName format", empty);
   }
 
-  // Second chance.
-  if (polymorphic_method_type.not_null()) {
-    // Look on a non-null class loader.
-    Handle cur_class_loader;
-    const int nptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype_count(polymorphic_method_type());
-    for (int i = 0; i <= nptypes; i++) {
-      oop type_mirror;
-      if (i < nptypes)  type_mirror = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(polymorphic_method_type(), i);
-      else              type_mirror = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::rtype(polymorphic_method_type());
-      klassOop example_type = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(type_mirror);
-      if (example_type == NULL)  continue;
-      oop class_loader = Klass::cast(example_type)->class_loader();
-      if (class_loader == NULL || class_loader == cur_class_loader())  continue;
-      cur_class_loader = Handle(THREAD, class_loader);
-      methodOop m = SystemDictionary::find_method_handle_invoke(name,
-                                                                type,
-                                                                KlassHandle(THREAD, example_type),
-                                                                THREAD);
-      if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-        CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-        m = NULL;
-        // try again with a different class loader...
-      }
-      if (m != NULL &&
-          m->is_method_handle_invoke() &&
-          java_lang_invoke_MethodType::equals(polymorphic_method_type(), m->method_handle_type())) {
-        int mods = (m->access_flags().as_short() & JVM_RECOGNIZED_METHOD_MODIFIERS);
-        java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmtarget(mname(),  m);
-        java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname(),   m->vtable_index());
-        java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_modifiers(mname(), mods);
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  return empty;
 }
 
 // Conversely, a member name which is only initialized from JVM internals
@@ -763,7 +731,7 @@
   assert(java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(mname()), "");
   oop vmtarget = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mname());
   int vmindex  = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname());
-  if (vmtarget == NULL || vmindex == VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED) {
+  if (vmtarget == NULL) {
     THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), "nothing to expand");
   }
 
@@ -784,14 +752,12 @@
   case IS_METHOD:
   case IS_CONSTRUCTOR:
     {
-      KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-      methodHandle m = decode_vmtarget(vmtarget, vmindex, NULL, receiver_limit, decode_flags);
+      assert(vmtarget->is_method(), "method or constructor vmtarget is methodOop");
+      methodHandle m(THREAD, methodOop(vmtarget));
+      DEBUG_ONLY(vmtarget = NULL);  // safety
       if (m.is_null())  break;
       if (!have_defc) {
         klassOop defc = m->method_holder();
-        if (receiver_limit.not_null() && receiver_limit() != defc
-            && Klass::cast(receiver_limit())->is_subtype_of(defc))
-          defc = receiver_limit();
         java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_clazz(mname(), Klass::cast(defc)->java_mirror());
       }
       if (!have_name) {
@@ -808,9 +774,10 @@
   case IS_FIELD:
     {
       // This is taken from LinkResolver::resolve_field, sans access checks.
-      if (!vmtarget->is_klass())  break;
+      assert(vmtarget->is_klass(), "field vmtarget is klassOop");
       if (!Klass::cast((klassOop) vmtarget)->oop_is_instance())  break;
       instanceKlassHandle defc(THREAD, (klassOop) vmtarget);
+      DEBUG_ONLY(vmtarget = NULL);  // safety
       bool is_static = ((flags & JVM_ACC_STATIC) != 0);
       fieldDescriptor fd; // find_field initializes fd if found
       if (!defc->find_field_from_offset(vmindex, is_static, &fd))
@@ -824,7 +791,11 @@
         java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_name(mname(), name());
       }
       if (!have_type) {
-        Handle type = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(fd.signature(), CHECK);
+        // If it is a primitive field type, don't mess with short strings like "I".
+        Handle type = field_signature_type_or_null(fd.signature());
+        if (type.is_null()) {
+          java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(fd.signature(), CHECK);
+        }
         java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_type(mname(), type());
       }
       return;
@@ -882,7 +853,13 @@
         oop result = results->obj_at(rfill++);
         if (!java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(result))
           return -99;  // caller bug!
-        MethodHandles::init_MemberName(result, st.klass()->as_klassOop(), st.access_flags(), st.offset());
+        oop type = field_signature_type_or_null(st.signature());
+        oop name = field_name_or_null(st.name());
+        oop saved = MethodHandles::init_field_MemberName(result, st.klass()->as_klassOop(),
+                                                         st.access_flags(), type, name,
+                                                         st.offset());
+        if (saved != result)
+          results->obj_at_put(rfill-1, saved);  // show saved instance to user
       } else if (++overflow >= overflow_limit) {
         match_flags = 0; break; // got tired of looking at overflow
       }
@@ -930,7 +907,9 @@
         oop result = results->obj_at(rfill++);
         if (!java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(result))
           return -99;  // caller bug!
-        MethodHandles::init_MemberName(result, m, true);
+        oop saved = MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(result, m, true, NULL);
+        if (saved != result)
+          results->obj_at_put(rfill-1, saved);  // show saved instance to user
       } else if (++overflow >= overflow_limit) {
         match_flags = 0; break; // got tired of looking at overflow
       }
@@ -941,1925 +920,16 @@
   return rfill + overflow;
 }
 
-
-// Decode this java.lang.Class object into an instanceKlass, if possible.
-// Throw IAE if not
-instanceKlassHandle MethodHandles::resolve_instance_klass(oop java_mirror_oop, TRAPS) {
-  instanceKlassHandle empty;
-  klassOop caller = NULL;
-  if (java_lang_Class::is_instance(java_mirror_oop)) {
-    caller = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(java_mirror_oop);
-  }
-  if (caller == NULL || !Klass::cast(caller)->oop_is_instance()) {
-    THROW_MSG_(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), "not a class", empty);
-  }
-  return instanceKlassHandle(THREAD, caller);
-}
-
-
-
-// Decode the vmtarget field of a method handle.
-// Sanitize out methodOops, klassOops, and any other non-Java data.
-// This is for debugging and reflection.
-oop MethodHandles::encode_target(Handle mh, int format, TRAPS) {
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(mh()), "must be a MH");
-  if (format == ETF_FORCE_DIRECT_HANDLE ||
-      format == ETF_COMPILE_DIRECT_HANDLE) {
-    // Internal function for stress testing.
-    Handle mt = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh());
-    int invocation_count = 10000;
-    TempNewSymbol signature = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(mt(), true, CHECK_NULL);
-    bool omit_receiver_argument = true;
-    MethodHandleCompiler mhc(mh, vmSymbols::invoke_name(), signature, invocation_count, omit_receiver_argument, CHECK_NULL);
-    methodHandle m = mhc.compile(CHECK_NULL);
-    if (StressMethodHandleWalk && Verbose || PrintMiscellaneous) {
-      tty->print_cr("MethodHandleNatives.getTarget(%s)",
-                    format == ETF_FORCE_DIRECT_HANDLE ? "FORCE_DIRECT" : "COMPILE_DIRECT");
-      if (Verbose) {
-        m->print_codes();
-      }
-    }
-    if (StressMethodHandleWalk) {
-      InterpreterOopMap mask;
-      OopMapCache::compute_one_oop_map(m, m->code_size() - 1, &mask);
-    }
-    if ((format == ETF_COMPILE_DIRECT_HANDLE ||
-         CompilationPolicy::must_be_compiled(m))
-        && !instanceKlass::cast(m->method_holder())->is_not_initialized()
-        && CompilationPolicy::can_be_compiled(m)) {
-      // Force compilation
-      CompileBroker::compile_method(m, InvocationEntryBci,
-                                    CompilationPolicy::policy()->initial_compile_level(),
-                                    methodHandle(), 0, "MethodHandleNatives.getTarget",
-                                    CHECK_NULL);
-    }
-    // Now wrap m in a DirectMethodHandle.
-    instanceKlassHandle dmh_klass(THREAD, SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass());
-    Handle dmh = dmh_klass->allocate_instance_handle(CHECK_NULL);
-    JavaValue ignore_result(T_VOID);
-    Symbol* init_name = vmSymbols::object_initializer_name();
-    Symbol* init_sig  = vmSymbols::notifyGenericMethodType_signature();
-    JavaCalls::call_special(&ignore_result, dmh,
-                            SystemDictionaryHandles::MethodHandle_klass(), init_name, init_sig,
-                            java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()), CHECK_NULL);
-    MethodHandles::init_DirectMethodHandle(dmh, m, false, CHECK_NULL);
-    return dmh();
-  }
-  if (format == ETF_HANDLE_OR_METHOD_NAME) {
-    oop target = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmtarget(mh());
-    if (target == NULL) {
-      return NULL;                // unformed MH
-    }
-    klassOop tklass = target->klass();
-    if (Klass::cast(tklass)->is_subclass_of(SystemDictionary::Object_klass())) {
-      return target;              // target is another MH (or something else?)
-    }
-  }
-  if (format == ETF_DIRECT_HANDLE) {
-    oop target = mh();
-    for (;;) {
-      if (target->klass() == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass()) {
-        return target;
-      }
-      if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(target)){
-        return NULL;                // unformed MH
-      }
-      target = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmtarget(target);
-    }
-  }
-  // cases of metadata in MH.vmtarget:
-  // - AMH can have methodOop for static invoke with bound receiver
-  // - DMH can have methodOop for static invoke (on variable receiver)
-  // - DMH can have klassOop for dispatched (non-static) invoke
-  KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-  methodHandle m = decode_MethodHandle(mh(), receiver_limit, decode_flags);
-  if (m.is_null())  return NULL;
-  switch (format) {
-  case ETF_REFLECT_METHOD:
-    // same as jni_ToReflectedMethod:
-    if (m->is_initializer()) {
-      return Reflection::new_constructor(m, THREAD);
-    } else {
-      return Reflection::new_method(m, UseNewReflection, false, THREAD);
-    }
-
-  case ETF_HANDLE_OR_METHOD_NAME:   // method, not handle
-  case ETF_METHOD_NAME:
-    {
-      if (SystemDictionary::MemberName_klass() == NULL)  break;
-      instanceKlassHandle mname_klass(THREAD, SystemDictionary::MemberName_klass());
-      mname_klass->initialize(CHECK_NULL);
-      Handle mname = mname_klass->allocate_instance_handle(CHECK_NULL);  // possible safepoint
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::set_vmindex(mname(), VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED);
-      bool do_dispatch = ((decode_flags & MethodHandles::_dmf_does_dispatch) != 0);
-      init_MemberName(mname(), m(), do_dispatch);
-      expand_MemberName(mname, 0, CHECK_NULL);
-      return mname();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Unknown format code.
-  char msg[50];
-  jio_snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "unknown getTarget format=%d", format);
-  THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), msg);
-}
-
-static const char* always_null_names[] = {
-  "java/lang/Void",
-  "java/lang/Null",
-  //"java/lang/Nothing",
-  "sun/dyn/empty/Empty",
-  "sun/invoke/empty/Empty",
-  NULL
-};
-
-static bool is_always_null_type(klassOop klass) {
-  if (klass == NULL)  return false;  // safety
-  if (!Klass::cast(klass)->oop_is_instance())  return false;
-  instanceKlass* ik = instanceKlass::cast(klass);
-  // Must be on the boot class path:
-  if (ik->class_loader() != NULL)  return false;
-  // Check the name.
-  Symbol* name = ik->name();
-  for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
-    const char* test_name = always_null_names[i];
-    if (test_name == NULL)  break;
-    if (name->equals(test_name))
-      return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-bool MethodHandles::class_cast_needed(klassOop src, klassOop dst) {
-  if (dst == NULL)  return true;
-  if (src == NULL)  return (dst != SystemDictionary::Object_klass());
-  if (src == dst || dst == SystemDictionary::Object_klass())
-    return false;                               // quickest checks
-  Klass* srck = Klass::cast(src);
-  Klass* dstk = Klass::cast(dst);
-  if (dstk->is_interface()) {
-    // interface receivers can safely be viewed as untyped,
-    // because interface calls always include a dynamic check
-    //dstk = Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::Object_klass());
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (srck->is_interface()) {
-    // interface arguments must be viewed as untyped
-    //srck = Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::Object_klass());
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (is_always_null_type(src)) {
-    // some source types are known to be never instantiated;
-    // they represent references which are always null
-    // such null references never fail to convert safely
-    return false;
-  }
-  return !srck->is_subclass_of(dstk->as_klassOop());
-}
-
-static oop object_java_mirror() {
-  return Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::Object_klass())->java_mirror();
-}
-
-bool MethodHandles::is_float_fixed_reinterpretation_cast(BasicType src, BasicType dst) {
-  if (src == T_FLOAT)   return dst == T_INT;
-  if (src == T_INT)     return dst == T_FLOAT;
-  if (src == T_DOUBLE)  return dst == T_LONG;
-  if (src == T_LONG)    return dst == T_DOUBLE;
-  return false;
-}
-
-bool MethodHandles::same_basic_type_for_arguments(BasicType src,
-                                                  BasicType dst,
-                                                  bool raw,
-                                                  bool for_return) {
-  if (for_return) {
-    // return values can always be forgotten:
-    if (dst == T_VOID)  return true;
-    if (src == T_VOID)  return raw && (dst == T_INT);
-    // We allow caller to receive a garbage int, which is harmless.
-    // This trick is pulled by trusted code (see VerifyType.canPassRaw).
-  }
-  assert(src != T_VOID && dst != T_VOID, "should not be here");
-  if (src == dst)  return true;
-  if (type2size[src] != type2size[dst])  return false;
-  if (src == T_OBJECT || dst == T_OBJECT)  return false;
-  if (raw)  return true;  // bitwise reinterpretation; caller guarantees safety
-  // allow reinterpretation casts for integral widening
-  if (is_subword_type(src)) { // subwords can fit in int or other subwords
-    if (dst == T_INT)         // any subword fits in an int
-      return true;
-    if (src == T_BOOLEAN)     // boolean fits in any subword
-      return is_subword_type(dst);
-    if (src == T_BYTE && dst == T_SHORT)
-      return true;            // remaining case: byte fits in short
-  }
-  // allow float/fixed reinterpretation casts
-  if (is_float_fixed_reinterpretation_cast(src, dst))
-    return true;
-  return false;
-}
-
-const char* MethodHandles::check_method_receiver(methodOop m,
-                                                 klassOop passed_recv_type) {
-  assert(!m->is_static(), "caller resp.");
-  if (passed_recv_type == NULL)
-    return "receiver type is primitive";
-  if (class_cast_needed(passed_recv_type, m->method_holder())) {
-    Klass* formal = Klass::cast(m->method_holder());
-    return SharedRuntime::generate_class_cast_message("receiver type",
-                                                      formal->external_name());
-  }
-  return NULL;                  // checks passed
-}
-
-// Verify that m's signature can be called type-safely by a method handle
-// of the given method type 'mtype'.
-// It takes a TRAPS argument because it must perform symbol lookups.
-void MethodHandles::verify_method_signature(methodHandle m,
-                                            Handle mtype,
-                                            int first_ptype_pos,
-                                            KlassHandle insert_ptype,
-                                            TRAPS) {
-  Handle mhi_type;
-  if (m->is_method_handle_invoke()) {
-    // use this more exact typing instead of the symbolic signature:
-    mhi_type = Handle(THREAD, m->method_handle_type());
-  }
-  objArrayHandle ptypes(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(mtype()));
-  int pnum = first_ptype_pos;
-  int pmax = ptypes->length();
-  int anum = 0;                 // method argument
-  const char* err = NULL;
-  ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
-  for (SignatureStream ss(m->signature()); !ss.is_done(); ss.next()) {
-    oop ptype_oop = NULL;
-    if (ss.at_return_type()) {
-      if (pnum != pmax)
-        { err = "too many arguments"; break; }
-      ptype_oop = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::rtype(mtype());
-    } else {
-      if (pnum >= pmax)
-        { err = "not enough arguments"; break; }
-      if (pnum >= 0)
-        ptype_oop = ptypes->obj_at(pnum);
-      else if (insert_ptype.is_null())
-        ptype_oop = NULL;
-      else
-        ptype_oop = insert_ptype->java_mirror();
-      pnum += 1;
-      anum += 1;
-    }
-    KlassHandle pklass;
-    BasicType   ptype = T_OBJECT;
-    bool   have_ptype = false;
-    // missing ptype_oop does not match any non-reference; use Object to report the error
-    pklass = SystemDictionaryHandles::Object_klass();
-    if (ptype_oop != NULL) {
-      have_ptype = true;
-      klassOop pklass_oop = NULL;
-      ptype = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(ptype_oop, &pklass_oop);
-      pklass = KlassHandle(THREAD, pklass_oop);
-    }
-    ptype_oop = NULL; //done with this
-    KlassHandle aklass;
-    BasicType   atype = ss.type();
-    if (atype == T_ARRAY)  atype = T_OBJECT; // fold all refs to T_OBJECT
-    if (atype == T_OBJECT) {
-      if (!have_ptype) {
-        // null matches any reference
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (mhi_type.is_null()) {
-        // If we fail to resolve types at this point, we will usually throw an error.
-        TempNewSymbol name = ss.as_symbol_or_null();
-        if (name != NULL) {
-          instanceKlass* mk = instanceKlass::cast(m->method_holder());
-          Handle loader(THREAD, mk->class_loader());
-          Handle domain(THREAD, mk->protection_domain());
-          klassOop aklass_oop = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_null(name, loader, domain, CHECK);
-          if (aklass_oop != NULL)
-            aklass = KlassHandle(THREAD, aklass_oop);
-          if (aklass.is_null() &&
-              pklass.not_null() &&
-              loader.is_null() &&
-              pklass->name() == name)
-            // accept name equivalence here, since that's the best we can do
-            aklass = pklass;
-        }
-      } else {
-        // for method handle invokers we don't look at the name in the signature
-        oop atype_oop;
-        if (ss.at_return_type())
-          atype_oop = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::rtype(mhi_type());
-        else
-          atype_oop = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(mhi_type(), anum-1);
-        klassOop aklass_oop = NULL;
-        atype = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(atype_oop, &aklass_oop);
-        aklass = KlassHandle(THREAD, aklass_oop);
-      }
-    }
-    if (!ss.at_return_type()) {
-      err = check_argument_type_change(ptype, pklass(), atype, aklass(), anum);
-    } else {
-      err = check_return_type_change(atype, aklass(), ptype, pklass()); // note reversal!
-    }
-    if (err != NULL)  break;
-  }
-
-  if (err != NULL) {
-#ifndef PRODUCT
-    if (PrintMiscellaneous && (Verbose || WizardMode)) {
-      tty->print("*** verify_method_signature failed: ");
-      java_lang_invoke_MethodType::print_signature(mtype(), tty);
-      tty->cr();
-      tty->print_cr("    first_ptype_pos = %d, insert_ptype = "UINTX_FORMAT, first_ptype_pos, insert_ptype());
-      tty->print("    Failing method: ");
-      m->print();
-    }
-#endif //PRODUCT
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), err);
-  }
-}
-
-// Main routine for verifying the MethodHandle.type of a proposed
-// direct or bound-direct method handle.
-void MethodHandles::verify_method_type(methodHandle m,
-                                       Handle mtype,
-                                       bool has_bound_recv,
-                                       KlassHandle bound_recv_type,
-                                       TRAPS) {
-  bool m_needs_receiver = !m->is_static();
-
-  const char* err = NULL;
-
-  int first_ptype_pos = m_needs_receiver ? 1 : 0;
-  if (has_bound_recv) {
-    first_ptype_pos -= 1;  // ptypes do not include the bound argument; start earlier in them
-    if (m_needs_receiver && bound_recv_type.is_null())
-      { err = "bound receiver is not an object"; goto die; }
-  }
-
-  if (m_needs_receiver && err == NULL) {
-    objArrayOop ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(mtype());
-    if (ptypes->length() < first_ptype_pos)
-      { err = "receiver argument is missing"; goto die; }
-    if (has_bound_recv)
-      err = check_method_receiver(m(), bound_recv_type->as_klassOop());
-    else
-      err = check_method_receiver(m(), java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(ptypes->obj_at(first_ptype_pos-1)));
-    if (err != NULL)  goto die;
-  }
-
-  // Check the other arguments for mistypes.
-  verify_method_signature(m, mtype, first_ptype_pos, bound_recv_type, CHECK);
-  return;
-
- die:
-  THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), err);
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_vmslots(Handle mh, TRAPS) {
-  // Verify vmslots.
-  int check_slots = argument_slot_count(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()));
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(mh()) != check_slots) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "bad vmslots in BMH");
-  }
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_vmargslot(Handle mh, int argnum, int argslot, TRAPS) {
-  // Verify that argslot points at the given argnum.
-  int check_slot = argument_slot(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()), argnum);
-  if (argslot != check_slot || argslot < 0) {
-    ResourceMark rm;
-    const char* fmt = "for argnum of %d, vmargslot is %d, should be %d";
-    size_t msglen = strlen(fmt) + 3*11 + 1;
-    char* msg = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, msglen);
-    jio_snprintf(msg, msglen, fmt, argnum, argslot, check_slot);
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), msg);
-  }
-}
-
-// Verify the correspondence between two method types.
-// Apart from the advertised changes, caller method type X must
-// be able to invoke the callee method Y type with no violations
-// of type integrity.
-// Return NULL if all is well, else a short error message.
-const char* MethodHandles::check_method_type_change(oop src_mtype, int src_beg, int src_end,
-                                                    int insert_argnum, oop insert_type,
-                                                    int change_argnum, oop change_type,
-                                                    int delete_argnum,
-                                                    oop dst_mtype, int dst_beg, int dst_end,
-                                                    bool raw) {
-  objArrayOop src_ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(src_mtype);
-  objArrayOop dst_ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(dst_mtype);
-
-  int src_max = src_ptypes->length();
-  int dst_max = dst_ptypes->length();
-
-  if (src_end == -1)  src_end = src_max;
-  if (dst_end == -1)  dst_end = dst_max;
-
-  assert(0 <= src_beg && src_beg <= src_end && src_end <= src_max, "oob");
-  assert(0 <= dst_beg && dst_beg <= dst_end && dst_end <= dst_max, "oob");
-
-  // pending actions; set to -1 when done:
-  int ins_idx = insert_argnum, chg_idx = change_argnum, del_idx = delete_argnum;
-
-  const char* err = NULL;
-
-  // Walk along each array of parameter types, including a virtual
-  // NULL end marker at the end of each.
-  for (int src_idx = src_beg, dst_idx = dst_beg;
-       (src_idx <= src_end && dst_idx <= dst_end);
-       src_idx++, dst_idx++) {
-    oop src_type = (src_idx == src_end) ? oop(NULL) : src_ptypes->obj_at(src_idx);
-    oop dst_type = (dst_idx == dst_end) ? oop(NULL) : dst_ptypes->obj_at(dst_idx);
-    bool fix_null_src_type = false;
-
-    // Perform requested edits.
-    if (ins_idx == src_idx) {
-      // note that the inserted guy is never affected by a change or deletion
-      ins_idx = -1;
-      src_type = insert_type;
-      fix_null_src_type = true;
-      --src_idx;                // back up to process src type on next loop
-      src_idx = src_end;
-    } else {
-      // note that the changed guy can be immediately deleted
-      if (chg_idx == src_idx) {
-        chg_idx = -1;
-        assert(src_idx < src_end, "oob");
-        src_type = change_type;
-        fix_null_src_type = true;
-      }
-      if (del_idx == src_idx) {
-        del_idx = -1;
-        assert(src_idx < src_end, "oob");
-        --dst_idx;
-        continue;               // rerun loop after skipping this position
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (src_type == NULL && fix_null_src_type)
-      // explicit null in this case matches any dest reference
-      src_type = (java_lang_Class::is_primitive(dst_type) ? object_java_mirror() : dst_type);
-
-    // Compare the two argument types.
-    if (src_type != dst_type) {
-      if (src_type == NULL)  return "not enough arguments";
-      if (dst_type == NULL)  return "too many arguments";
-      err = check_argument_type_change(src_type, dst_type, dst_idx, raw);
-      if (err != NULL)  return err;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Now compare return types also.
-  oop src_rtype = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::rtype(src_mtype);
-  oop dst_rtype = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::rtype(dst_mtype);
-  if (src_rtype != dst_rtype) {
-    err = check_return_type_change(dst_rtype, src_rtype, raw); // note reversal!
-    if (err != NULL)  return err;
-  }
-
-  assert(err == NULL, "");
-  return NULL;  // all is well
-}
-
-
-const char* MethodHandles::check_argument_type_change(BasicType src_type,
-                                                      klassOop src_klass,
-                                                      BasicType dst_type,
-                                                      klassOop dst_klass,
-                                                      int argnum,
-                                                      bool raw) {
-  const char* err = NULL;
-  const bool for_return = (argnum < 0);
-
-  // just in case:
-  if (src_type == T_ARRAY)  src_type = T_OBJECT;
-  if (dst_type == T_ARRAY)  dst_type = T_OBJECT;
-
-  // Produce some nice messages if VerifyMethodHandles is turned on:
-  if (!same_basic_type_for_arguments(src_type, dst_type, raw, for_return)) {
-    if (src_type == T_OBJECT) {
-      if (raw && is_java_primitive(dst_type))
-        return NULL;    // ref-to-prim discards ref and returns zero
-      err = (!for_return
-             ? "type mismatch: passing a %s for method argument #%d, which expects primitive %s"
-             : "type mismatch: returning a %s, but caller expects primitive %s");
-    } else if (dst_type == T_OBJECT) {
-      err = (!for_return
-             ? "type mismatch: passing a primitive %s for method argument #%d, which expects %s"
-             : "type mismatch: returning a primitive %s, but caller expects %s");
-    } else {
-      err = (!for_return
-             ? "type mismatch: passing a %s for method argument #%d, which expects %s"
-             : "type mismatch: returning a %s, but caller expects %s");
-    }
-  } else if (src_type == T_OBJECT && dst_type == T_OBJECT &&
-             class_cast_needed(src_klass, dst_klass)) {
-    if (!class_cast_needed(dst_klass, src_klass)) {
-      if (raw)
-        return NULL;    // reverse cast is OK; the MH target is trusted to enforce it
-      err = (!for_return
-             ? "cast required: passing a %s for method argument #%d, which expects %s"
-             : "cast required: returning a %s, but caller expects %s");
-    } else {
-      err = (!for_return
-             ? "reference mismatch: passing a %s for method argument #%d, which expects %s"
-             : "reference mismatch: returning a %s, but caller expects %s");
-    }
-  } else {
-    // passed the obstacle course
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  // format, format, format
-  const char* src_name = type2name(src_type);
-  const char* dst_name = type2name(dst_type);
-  if (src_name == NULL)  src_name = "unknown type";
-  if (dst_name == NULL)  dst_name = "unknown type";
-  if (src_type == T_OBJECT)
-    src_name = (src_klass != NULL) ? Klass::cast(src_klass)->external_name() : "an unresolved class";
-  if (dst_type == T_OBJECT)
-    dst_name = (dst_klass != NULL) ? Klass::cast(dst_klass)->external_name() : "an unresolved class";
-
-  size_t msglen = strlen(err) + strlen(src_name) + strlen(dst_name) + (argnum < 10 ? 1 : 11);
-  char* msg = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, msglen + 1);
-  if (!for_return) {
-    assert(strstr(err, "%d") != NULL, "");
-    jio_snprintf(msg, msglen, err, src_name, argnum, dst_name);
-  } else {
-    assert(strstr(err, "%d") == NULL, "");
-    jio_snprintf(msg, msglen, err, src_name,         dst_name);
-  }
-  return msg;
-}
-
-// Compute the depth within the stack of the given argument, i.e.,
-// the combined size of arguments to the right of the given argument.
-// For the last argument (ptypes.length-1) this will be zero.
-// For the first argument (0) this will be the size of all
-// arguments but that one.  For the special number -1, this
-// will be the size of all arguments, including the first.
-// If the argument is neither -1 nor a valid argument index,
-// then return a negative number.  Otherwise, the result
-// is in the range [0..vmslots] inclusive.
-int MethodHandles::argument_slot(oop method_type, int arg) {
-  objArrayOop ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(method_type);
-  int argslot = 0;
-  int len = ptypes->length();
-  if (arg < -1 || arg >= len)  return -99;
-  for (int i = len-1; i > arg; i--) {
-    BasicType bt = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(ptypes->obj_at(i));
-    argslot += type2size[bt];
-  }
-  assert(argument_slot_to_argnum(method_type, argslot) == arg, "inverse works");
-  return argslot;
-}
-
-// Given a slot number, return the argument number.
-int MethodHandles::argument_slot_to_argnum(oop method_type, int query_argslot) {
-  objArrayOop ptypes = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptypes(method_type);
-  int argslot = 0;
-  int len = ptypes->length();
-  for (int i = len-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-    if (query_argslot == argslot)  return i;
-    BasicType bt = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(ptypes->obj_at(i));
-    argslot += type2size[bt];
-  }
-  // return pseudo-arg deepest in stack:
-  if (query_argslot == argslot)  return -1;
-  return -99;                   // oob slot, or splitting a double-slot arg
-}
-
-methodHandle MethodHandles::dispatch_decoded_method(methodHandle m,
-                                                    KlassHandle receiver_limit,
-                                                    int decode_flags,
-                                                    KlassHandle receiver_klass,
-                                                    TRAPS) {
-  assert((decode_flags & ~_DMF_DIRECT_MASK) == 0, "must be direct method reference");
-  assert((decode_flags & _dmf_has_receiver) != 0, "must have a receiver or first reference argument");
-
-  if (!m->is_static() &&
-      (receiver_klass.is_null() || !receiver_klass->is_subtype_of(m->method_holder())))
-    // given type does not match class of method, or receiver is null!
-    // caller should have checked this, but let's be extra careful...
-    return methodHandle();
-
-  if (receiver_limit.not_null() &&
-      (receiver_klass.not_null() && !receiver_klass->is_subtype_of(receiver_limit())))
-    // given type is not limited to the receiver type
-    // note that a null receiver can match any reference value, for a static method
-    return methodHandle();
-
-  if (!(decode_flags & MethodHandles::_dmf_does_dispatch)) {
-    // pre-dispatched or static method (null receiver is OK for static)
-    return m;
-
-  } else if (receiver_klass.is_null()) {
-    // null receiver value; cannot dispatch
-    return methodHandle();
-
-  } else if (!(decode_flags & MethodHandles::_dmf_from_interface)) {
-    // perform virtual dispatch
-    int vtable_index = m->vtable_index();
-    guarantee(vtable_index >= 0, "valid vtable index");
-
-    // receiver_klass might be an arrayKlassOop but all vtables start at
-    // the same place. The cast is to avoid virtual call and assertion.
-    // See also LinkResolver::runtime_resolve_virtual_method.
-    instanceKlass* inst = (instanceKlass*)Klass::cast(receiver_klass());
-    DEBUG_ONLY(inst->verify_vtable_index(vtable_index));
-    methodOop m_oop = inst->method_at_vtable(vtable_index);
-    return methodHandle(THREAD, m_oop);
-
-  } else {
-    // perform interface dispatch
-    int itable_index = klassItable::compute_itable_index(m());
-    guarantee(itable_index >= 0, "valid itable index");
-    instanceKlass* inst = instanceKlass::cast(receiver_klass());
-    methodOop m_oop = inst->method_at_itable(m->method_holder(), itable_index, THREAD);
-    return methodHandle(THREAD, m_oop);
-  }
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_DirectMethodHandle(Handle mh, methodHandle m, TRAPS) {
-  // Verify type.
-  Handle mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()));
-  verify_method_type(m, mtype, false, KlassHandle(), CHECK);
-
-  // Verify vmslots.
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(mh()) != m->size_of_parameters()) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "bad vmslots in DMH");
-  }
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::init_DirectMethodHandle(Handle mh, methodHandle m, bool do_dispatch, TRAPS) {
-  // Check arguments.
-  if (mh.is_null() || m.is_null() ||
-      (!do_dispatch && m->is_abstract())) {
-    THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError());
-  }
-
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles) {
-    // The privileged code which invokes this routine should not make
-    // a mistake about types, but it's better to verify.
-    verify_DirectMethodHandle(mh, m, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  // Finally, after safety checks are done, link to the target method.
-  // We will follow the same path as the latter part of
-  // InterpreterRuntime::resolve_invoke(), which first finds the method
-  // and then decides how to populate the constant pool cache entry
-  // that links the interpreter calls to the method.  We need the same
-  // bits, and will use the same calling sequence code.
-
-  int    vmindex = methodOopDesc::garbage_vtable_index;
-  Handle vmtarget;
-
-  instanceKlass::cast(m->method_holder())->link_class(CHECK);
-
-  MethodHandleEntry* me = NULL;
-  if (do_dispatch && Klass::cast(m->method_holder())->is_interface()) {
-    // We are simulating an invokeinterface instruction.
-    // (We might also be simulating an invokevirtual on a miranda method,
-    // but it is safe to treat it as an invokeinterface.)
-    assert(!m->can_be_statically_bound(), "no final methods on interfaces");
-    vmindex = klassItable::compute_itable_index(m());
-    assert(vmindex >= 0, "(>=0) == do_dispatch");
-    // Set up same bits as ConstantPoolCacheEntry::set_interface_call().
-    vmtarget = m->method_holder(); // the interface
-    me = MethodHandles::entry(MethodHandles::_invokeinterface_mh);
-  } else if (!do_dispatch || m->can_be_statically_bound()) {
-    // We are simulating an invokestatic or invokespecial instruction.
-    // Set up the method pointer, just like ConstantPoolCacheEntry::set_method().
-    vmtarget = m;
-    // this does not help dispatch, but it will make it possible to parse this MH:
-    vmindex  = methodOopDesc::nonvirtual_vtable_index;
-    assert(vmindex < 0, "(>=0) == do_dispatch");
-    if (!m->is_static()) {
-      me = MethodHandles::entry(MethodHandles::_invokespecial_mh);
-    } else {
-      me = MethodHandles::entry(MethodHandles::_invokestatic_mh);
-      // Part of the semantics of a static call is an initialization barrier.
-      // For a DMH, it is done now, when the handle is created.
-      Klass* k = Klass::cast(m->method_holder());
-      if (k->should_be_initialized()) {
-        k->initialize(CHECK);  // possible safepoint
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    // We are simulating an invokevirtual instruction.
-    // Set up the vtable index, just like ConstantPoolCacheEntry::set_method().
-    // The key logic is LinkResolver::runtime_resolve_virtual_method.
-    vmindex  = m->vtable_index();
-    vmtarget = m->method_holder();
-    me = MethodHandles::entry(MethodHandles::_invokevirtual_mh);
-  }
-
-  if (me == NULL) { THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError()); }
-
-  java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::set_vmtarget(mh(), vmtarget());
-  java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::set_vmindex( mh(), vmindex);
-  DEBUG_ONLY(KlassHandle rlimit; int flags);
-  assert(MethodHandles::decode_method(mh(), rlimit, flags) == m,
-         "properly stored for later decoding");
-  DEBUG_ONLY(bool actual_do_dispatch = ((flags & _dmf_does_dispatch) != 0));
-  assert(!(actual_do_dispatch && !do_dispatch),
-         "do not perform dispatch if !do_dispatch specified");
-  assert(actual_do_dispatch == (vmindex >= 0), "proper later decoding of do_dispatch");
-  assert(decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(mh()) == 0, "DMH does not move stack");
-
-  // Done!
-  java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::set_vmentry(mh(), me);
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_BoundMethodHandle_with_receiver(Handle mh,
-                                                           methodHandle m,
-                                                           TRAPS) {
-  // Verify type.
-  KlassHandle bound_recv_type;
-  {
-    oop receiver = java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::argument(mh());
-    if (receiver != NULL)
-      bound_recv_type = KlassHandle(THREAD, receiver->klass());
-  }
-  Handle mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()));
-  verify_method_type(m, mtype, true, bound_recv_type, CHECK);
-
-  int receiver_pos = m->size_of_parameters() - 1;
-
-  // Verify MH.vmargslot, which should point at the bound receiver.
-  verify_vmargslot(mh, -1, java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::vmargslot(mh()), CHECK);
-  //verify_vmslots(mh, CHECK);
-
-  // Verify vmslots.
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(mh()) != receiver_pos) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "bad vmslots in BMH (receiver)");
-  }
-}
-
-// Initialize a BMH with a receiver bound directly to a methodOop.
-void MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle_with_receiver(Handle mh,
-                                                         methodHandle original_m,
-                                                         KlassHandle receiver_limit,
-                                                         int decode_flags,
-                                                         TRAPS) {
-  // Check arguments.
-  if (mh.is_null() || original_m.is_null()) {
-    THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError());
-  }
-
-  KlassHandle receiver_klass;
-  {
-    oop receiver_oop = java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::argument(mh());
-    if (receiver_oop != NULL)
-      receiver_klass = KlassHandle(THREAD, receiver_oop->klass());
-  }
-  methodHandle m = dispatch_decoded_method(original_m,
-                                           receiver_limit, decode_flags,
-                                           receiver_klass,
-                                           CHECK);
-  if (m.is_null())      { THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError()); }
-  if (m->is_abstract()) { THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_AbstractMethodError()); }
-
-  int vmargslot = m->size_of_parameters() - 1;
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::vmargslot(mh()) == vmargslot, "");
-
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles) {
-    verify_BoundMethodHandle_with_receiver(mh, m, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::set_vmtarget(mh(), m());
-
-  DEBUG_ONLY(KlassHandle junk1; int junk2);
-  assert(MethodHandles::decode_method(mh(), junk1, junk2) == m, "properly stored for later decoding");
-  assert(decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(mh()) == 1, "BMH pushes one stack slot");
-
-  // Done!
-  java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::set_vmentry(mh(), MethodHandles::entry(MethodHandles::_bound_ref_direct_mh));
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_BoundMethodHandle(Handle mh, Handle target, int argnum,
-                                             bool direct_to_method, TRAPS) {
-  ResourceMark rm;
-  Handle ptype_handle(THREAD,
-                           java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(target()), argnum));
-  KlassHandle ptype_klass;
-  BasicType ptype = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(ptype_handle(), &ptype_klass);
-  int slots_pushed = type2size[ptype];
-
-  oop argument = java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::argument(mh());
-
-  const char* err = NULL;
-
-  switch (ptype) {
-  case T_OBJECT:
-    if (argument != NULL)
-      // we must implicitly convert from the arg type to the outgoing ptype
-      err = check_argument_type_change(T_OBJECT, argument->klass(), ptype, ptype_klass(), argnum);
-    break;
-
-  case T_ARRAY: case T_VOID:
-    assert(false, "array, void do not appear here");
-  default:
-    if (ptype != T_INT && !is_subword_type(ptype)) {
-      err = "unexpected parameter type";
-      break;
-    }
-    // check subrange of Integer.value, if necessary
-    if (argument == NULL || argument->klass() != SystemDictionary::Integer_klass()) {
-      err = "bound integer argument must be of type java.lang.Integer";
-      break;
-    }
-    if (ptype != T_INT) {
-      int value_offset = java_lang_boxing_object::value_offset_in_bytes(T_INT);
-      jint value = argument->int_field(value_offset);
-      int vminfo = adapter_unbox_subword_vminfo(ptype);
-      jint subword = truncate_subword_from_vminfo(value, vminfo);
-      if (value != subword) {
-        err = "bound subword value does not fit into the subword type";
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    break;
-  case T_FLOAT:
-  case T_DOUBLE:
-  case T_LONG:
-    {
-      // we must implicitly convert from the unboxed arg type to the outgoing ptype
-      BasicType argbox = java_lang_boxing_object::basic_type(argument);
-      if (argbox != ptype) {
-        err = check_argument_type_change(T_OBJECT, (argument == NULL
-                                                    ? SystemDictionary::Object_klass()
-                                                    : argument->klass()),
-                                         ptype, ptype_klass(), argnum);
-        assert(err != NULL, "this must be an error");
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    DEBUG_ONLY(int this_pushes = decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(mh()));
-    if (direct_to_method) {
-      assert(this_pushes == slots_pushed, "BMH pushes one or two stack slots");
-    } else {
-      int target_pushes = decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(target());
-      assert(this_pushes == slots_pushed + target_pushes, "BMH stack motion must be correct");
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    // Verify the rest of the method type.
-    err = check_method_type_insertion(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()),
-                                      argnum, ptype_handle(),
-                                      java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(target()));
-  }
-
-  if (err != NULL) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), err);
-  }
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle(Handle mh, Handle target, int argnum, TRAPS) {
-  // Check arguments.
-  if (mh.is_null() || target.is_null() || !java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(target())) {
-    THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError());
-  }
-
-  int argslot = java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::vmargslot(mh());
-
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles) {
-    int insert_after = argnum - 1;
-    verify_vmargslot(mh, insert_after, argslot, CHECK);
-    verify_vmslots(mh, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  // Get bound type and required slots.
-  BasicType ptype;
-  {
-    oop ptype_oop = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(target()), argnum);
-    ptype = java_lang_Class::as_BasicType(ptype_oop);
-  }
-  int slots_pushed = type2size[ptype];
-
-  // If (a) the target is a direct non-dispatched method handle,
-  // or (b) the target is a dispatched direct method handle and we
-  // are binding the receiver, cut out the middle-man.
-  // Do this by decoding the DMH and using its methodOop directly as vmtarget.
-  bool direct_to_method = false;
-  if (OptimizeMethodHandles &&
-      target->klass() == SystemDictionary::DirectMethodHandle_klass() &&
-      (argnum != 0 || java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::argument(mh()) != NULL) &&
-      (argnum == 0 || java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle::vmindex(target()) < 0)) {
-    KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-    methodHandle m = decode_method(target(), receiver_limit, decode_flags);
-    if (m.is_null()) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "DMH failed to decode"); }
-    DEBUG_ONLY(int m_vmslots = m->size_of_parameters() - slots_pushed); // pos. of 1st arg.
-    assert(java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::vmslots(mh()) == m_vmslots, "type w/ m sig");
-    if (argnum == 0 && (decode_flags & _dmf_has_receiver) != 0) {
-      init_BoundMethodHandle_with_receiver(mh, m,
-                                           receiver_limit, decode_flags,
-                                           CHECK);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Even if it is not a bound receiver, we still might be able
-    // to bind another argument and still invoke the methodOop directly.
-    if (!(decode_flags & _dmf_does_dispatch)) {
-      direct_to_method = true;
-      java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::set_vmtarget(mh(), m());
-    }
-  }
-  if (!direct_to_method)
-    java_lang_invoke_BoundMethodHandle::set_vmtarget(mh(), target());
-
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles) {
-    verify_BoundMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, direct_to_method, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  // Next question:  Is this a ref, int, or long bound value?
-  MethodHandleEntry* me = NULL;
-  if (ptype == T_OBJECT) {
-    if (direct_to_method)  me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_ref_direct_mh);
-    else                   me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_ref_mh);
-  } else if (slots_pushed == 2) {
-    if (direct_to_method)  me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_long_direct_mh);
-    else                   me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_long_mh);
-  } else if (slots_pushed == 1) {
-    if (direct_to_method)  me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_int_direct_mh);
-    else                   me = MethodHandles::entry(_bound_int_mh);
-  } else {
-    assert(false, "");
-  }
-
-  // Done!
-  java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::set_vmentry(mh(), me);
-}
-
-static void throw_InternalError_for_bad_conversion(int conversion, const char* err, TRAPS) {
-  char msg[200];
-  jio_snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "bad adapter (conversion=0x%08x): %s", conversion, err);
-  THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException(), msg);
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::verify_AdapterMethodHandle(Handle mh, int argnum, TRAPS) {
-  ResourceMark rm;
-  jint conversion = java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::conversion(mh());
-  int  argslot    = java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::vmargslot(mh());
-
-  verify_vmargslot(mh, argnum, argslot, CHECK);
-  verify_vmslots(mh, CHECK);
-
-  jint conv_op    = adapter_conversion_op(conversion);
-  if (!conv_op_valid(conv_op)) {
-    throw_InternalError_for_bad_conversion(conversion, "unknown conversion op", THREAD);
-    return;
-  }
-  EntryKind ek = adapter_entry_kind(conv_op);
-
-  int stack_move = adapter_conversion_stack_move(conversion);
-  BasicType src  = adapter_conversion_src_type(conversion);
-  BasicType dest = adapter_conversion_dest_type(conversion);
-  int vminfo     = adapter_conversion_vminfo(conversion); // should be zero
-
-  Handle argument(THREAD,  java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::argument(mh()));
-  Handle target(THREAD,    java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::vmtarget(mh()));
-  Handle src_mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh()));
-  Handle dst_mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(target()));
-  Handle arg_mtype;
-
-  const char* err = NULL;
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    // Check that the correct argument is supplied, but only if it is required.
-    switch (ek) {
-    case _adapter_check_cast:     // target type of cast
-    case _adapter_ref_to_prim:    // wrapper type from which to unbox
-    case _adapter_spread_args:    // array type to spread from
-      if (!java_lang_Class::is_instance(argument())
-          || java_lang_Class::is_primitive(argument()))
-        { err = "adapter requires argument of type java.lang.Class"; break; }
-      if (ek == _adapter_spread_args) {
-        // Make sure it is a suitable collection type.  (Array, for now.)
-        Klass* ak = Klass::cast(java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(argument()));
-        if (!ak->oop_is_array())
-          { err = "spread adapter requires argument representing an array class"; break; }
-        BasicType et = arrayKlass::cast(ak->as_klassOop())->element_type();
-        if (et != dest && stack_move <= 0)
-          { err = "spread adapter requires array class argument of correct type"; break; }
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_prim_to_ref:    // boxer MH to use
-    case _adapter_collect_args:   // method handle which collects the args
-    case _adapter_fold_args:      // method handle which collects the args
-      if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(argument()))
-        { err = "MethodHandle adapter argument required"; break; }
-      arg_mtype = Handle(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(argument()));
-      break;
-    default:
-      if (argument.not_null())
-        { err = "adapter has spurious argument"; break; }
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    // Check that the src/dest types are supplied if needed.
-    // Also check relevant parameter or return types.
-    switch (ek) {
-    case _adapter_check_cast:
-      if (src != T_OBJECT || dest != T_OBJECT) {
-        err = "adapter requires object src/dest conversion subfields";
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_prim_to_prim:
-      if (!is_java_primitive(src) || !is_java_primitive(dest) || src == dest) {
-        err = "adapter requires primitive src/dest conversion subfields"; break;
-      }
-      if ( (src == T_FLOAT || src == T_DOUBLE) && !(dest == T_FLOAT || dest == T_DOUBLE) ||
-          !(src == T_FLOAT || src == T_DOUBLE) &&  (dest == T_FLOAT || dest == T_DOUBLE)) {
-        err = "adapter cannot convert beween floating and fixed-point"; break;
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_ref_to_prim:
-      if (src != T_OBJECT || !is_java_primitive(dest)
-          || argument() != Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::box_klass(dest))->java_mirror()) {
-        err = "adapter requires primitive dest conversion subfield"; break;
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-      if (!is_java_primitive(src) || dest != T_OBJECT) {
-        err = "adapter requires primitive src conversion subfield"; break;
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_swap_args:
-      {
-        if (!src || !dest) {
-          err = "adapter requires src/dest conversion subfields for swap"; break;
-        }
-        int src_size  = type2size[src];
-        if (src_size != type2size[dest]) {
-          err = "adapter requires equal sizes for src/dest"; break;
-        }
-        int src_slot   = argslot;
-        int dest_slot  = vminfo;
-        int src_arg    = argnum;
-        int dest_arg   = argument_slot_to_argnum(src_mtype(), dest_slot);
-        verify_vmargslot(mh, dest_arg, dest_slot, CHECK);
-        if (!(dest_slot >= src_slot + src_size) &&
-            !(src_slot >= dest_slot + src_size)) {
-          err = "source, destination slots must be distinct"; break;
-        } else if (!(src_slot > dest_slot)) {
-          err = "source of swap must be deeper in stack"; break;
-        }
-        err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), dest_arg),
-                                         java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(dst_mtype(), src_arg),
-                                         dest_arg);
-        if (err == NULL)
-          err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), src_arg),
-                                           java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(dst_mtype(), dest_arg),
-                                           src_arg);
-        break;
-      }
-    case _adapter_rot_args:
-      {
-        if (!src || !dest) {
-          err = "adapter requires src/dest conversion subfields for rotate"; break;
-        }
-        int src_slot   = argslot;
-        int limit_raw  = vminfo;
-        bool rot_down  = (src_slot < limit_raw);
-        int limit_bias = (rot_down ? MethodHandles::OP_ROT_ARGS_DOWN_LIMIT_BIAS : 0);
-        int limit_slot = limit_raw - limit_bias;
-        int src_arg    = argnum;
-        int limit_arg  = argument_slot_to_argnum(src_mtype(), limit_slot);
-        verify_vmargslot(mh, limit_arg, limit_slot, CHECK);
-        if (src_slot == limit_slot) {
-          err = "source, destination slots must be distinct"; break;
-        }
-        if (!rot_down) {  // rotate slots up == shift arguments left
-          // limit_slot is an inclusive lower limit
-          assert((src_slot > limit_slot) && (src_arg < limit_arg), "");
-          // rotate up: [limit_slot..src_slot-ss] --> [limit_slot+ss..src_slot]
-          // that is:   [src_arg+1..limit_arg] --> [src_arg..limit_arg-1]
-          for (int i = src_arg+1; i <= limit_arg && err == NULL; i++) {
-            err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), i),
-                                             java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(dst_mtype(), i-1),
-                                             i);
-          }
-        } else { // rotate slots down == shfit arguments right
-          // limit_slot is an exclusive upper limit
-          assert((src_slot < limit_slot - limit_bias) && (src_arg > limit_arg + limit_bias), "");
-          // rotate down: [src_slot+ss..limit_slot) --> [src_slot..limit_slot-ss)
-          // that is:     (limit_arg..src_arg-1] --> (dst_arg+1..src_arg]
-          for (int i = limit_arg+1; i <= src_arg-1 && err == NULL; i++) {
-            err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), i),
-                                             java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(dst_mtype(), i+1),
-                                             i);
-          }
-        }
-        if (err == NULL) {
-          int dest_arg = (rot_down ? limit_arg+1 : limit_arg);
-          err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), src_arg),
-                                           java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(dst_mtype(), dest_arg),
-                                           src_arg);
-        }
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_spread_args:
-    case _adapter_collect_args:
-    case _adapter_fold_args:
-      {
-        bool is_spread = (ek == _adapter_spread_args);
-        bool is_fold   = (ek == _adapter_fold_args);
-        BasicType coll_type = is_spread ? src : dest;
-        BasicType elem_type = is_spread ? dest : src;
-        // coll_type is type of args in collected form (or T_VOID if none)
-        // elem_type is common type of args in spread form (or T_VOID if missing or heterogeneous)
-        if (coll_type == 0 || elem_type == 0) {
-          err = "adapter requires src/dest subfields for spread or collect"; break;
-        }
-        if (is_spread && coll_type != T_OBJECT) {
-          err = "spread adapter requires object type for argument bundle"; break;
-        }
-        Handle spread_mtype = (is_spread ? dst_mtype : src_mtype);
-        int spread_slot = argslot;
-        int spread_arg  = argnum;
-        int slots_pushed = stack_move / stack_move_unit();
-        int coll_slot_count = type2size[coll_type];
-        int spread_slot_count = (is_spread ? slots_pushed : -slots_pushed) + coll_slot_count;
-        if (is_fold)  spread_slot_count = argument_slot_count(arg_mtype());
-        if (!is_spread) {
-          int init_slots = argument_slot_count(src_mtype());
-          int coll_slots = argument_slot_count(arg_mtype());
-          if (spread_slot_count > init_slots ||
-              spread_slot_count != coll_slots) {
-            err = "collect adapter has inconsistent arg counts"; break;
-          }
-          int next_slots = argument_slot_count(dst_mtype());
-          int unchanged_slots_in  = (init_slots - spread_slot_count);
-          int unchanged_slots_out = (next_slots - coll_slot_count - (is_fold ? spread_slot_count : 0));
-          if (unchanged_slots_in != unchanged_slots_out) {
-            err = "collect adapter continuation has inconsistent arg counts"; break;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      break;
-    default:
-      if (src != 0 || dest != 0) {
-        err = "adapter has spurious src/dest conversion subfields"; break;
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    // Check the stack_move subfield.
-    // It must always report the net change in stack size, positive or negative.
-    int slots_pushed = stack_move / stack_move_unit();
-    switch (ek) {
-    case _adapter_prim_to_prim:
-    case _adapter_ref_to_prim:
-    case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-      if (slots_pushed != type2size[dest] - type2size[src]) {
-        err = "wrong stack motion for primitive conversion";
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_dup_args:
-      if (slots_pushed <= 0) {
-        err = "adapter requires conversion subfield slots_pushed > 0";
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_drop_args:
-      if (slots_pushed >= 0) {
-        err = "adapter requires conversion subfield slots_pushed < 0";
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_collect_args:
-    case _adapter_fold_args:
-      if (slots_pushed > 2) {
-        err = "adapter requires conversion subfield slots_pushed <= 2";
-      }
-      break;
-    case _adapter_spread_args:
-      if (slots_pushed < -1) {
-        err = "adapter requires conversion subfield slots_pushed >= -1";
-      }
-      break;
-    default:
-      if (stack_move != 0) {
-        err = "adapter has spurious stack_move conversion subfield";
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-    if (err == NULL && stack_move != slots_pushed * stack_move_unit()) {
-      err = "stack_move conversion subfield must be multiple of stack_move_unit";
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    // Make sure this adapter's stack pushing is accurately recorded.
-    int slots_pushed = stack_move / stack_move_unit();
-    int this_vmslots = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(mh());
-    int target_vmslots = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmslots(target());
-    int target_pushes = decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(target());
-    if (slots_pushed != (target_vmslots - this_vmslots)) {
-      err = "stack_move inconsistent with previous and current MethodType vmslots";
-    } else {
-      int this_pushes = decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(mh());
-      if (slots_pushed + target_pushes != this_pushes) {
-        if (this_pushes == 0)
-          err = "adapter push count not initialized";
-        else
-          err = "adapter push count is wrong";
-      }
-    }
-
-    // While we're at it, check that the stack motion decoder works:
-    DEBUG_ONLY(int this_pushes = decode_MethodHandle_stack_pushes(mh()));
-    assert(this_pushes == slots_pushed + target_pushes, "AMH stack motion must be correct");
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL && vminfo != 0) {
-    switch (ek) {
-    case _adapter_swap_args:
-    case _adapter_rot_args:
-    case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-    case _adapter_collect_args:
-    case _adapter_fold_args:
-      break;                // OK
-    default:
-      err = "vminfo subfield is reserved to the JVM";
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Do additional ad hoc checks.
-  if (err == NULL) {
-    switch (ek) {
-    case _adapter_retype_only:
-      err = check_method_type_passthrough(src_mtype(), dst_mtype(), false);
-      break;
-
-    case _adapter_retype_raw:
-      err = check_method_type_passthrough(src_mtype(), dst_mtype(), true);
-      break;
-
-    case _adapter_check_cast:
-      {
-        // The actual value being checked must be a reference:
-        err = check_argument_type_change(java_lang_invoke_MethodType::ptype(src_mtype(), argnum),
-                                         object_java_mirror(), argnum);
-        if (err != NULL)  break;
-
-        // The output of the cast must fit with the destination argument:
-        Handle cast_class = argument;
-        err = check_method_type_conversion(src_mtype(),
-                                           argnum, cast_class(),
-                                           dst_mtype());
-      }
-      break;
-
-      // %%% TO DO: continue in remaining cases to verify src/dst_mtype if VerifyMethodHandles
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err != NULL) {
-    throw_InternalError_for_bad_conversion(conversion, err, THREAD);
-    return;
-  }
-
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::init_AdapterMethodHandle(Handle mh, Handle target, int argnum, TRAPS) {
-  Handle argument   = java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::argument(mh());
-  int    argslot    = java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::vmargslot(mh());
-  jint   conversion = java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::conversion(mh());
-  jint   conv_op    = adapter_conversion_op(conversion);
-
-  // adjust the adapter code to the internal EntryKind enumeration:
-  EntryKind ek_orig = adapter_entry_kind(conv_op);
-  EntryKind ek_opt  = ek_orig;  // may be optimized
-  EntryKind ek_try;             // temp
-
-  // Finalize the vmtarget field (Java initialized it to null).
-  if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(target())) {
-    throw_InternalError_for_bad_conversion(conversion, "bad target", THREAD);
-    return;
-  }
-  java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::set_vmtarget(mh(), target());
-
-  int stack_move = adapter_conversion_stack_move(conversion);
-  BasicType src  = adapter_conversion_src_type(conversion);
-  BasicType dest = adapter_conversion_dest_type(conversion);
-  int vminfo     = adapter_conversion_vminfo(conversion); // should be zero
-
-  int slots_pushed = stack_move / stack_move_unit();
-
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles) {
-    verify_AdapterMethodHandle(mh, argnum, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  const char* err = NULL;
-
-  if (!conv_op_supported(conv_op)) {
-    err = "adapter not yet implemented in the JVM";
-  }
-
-  // Now it's time to finish the case analysis and pick a MethodHandleEntry.
-  switch (ek_orig) {
-  case _adapter_retype_only:
-  case _adapter_retype_raw:
-  case _adapter_check_cast:
-  case _adapter_dup_args:
-  case _adapter_drop_args:
-    // these work fine via general case code
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_prim_to_prim:
-    {
-      // Non-subword cases are {int,float,long,double} -> {int,float,long,double}.
-      // And, the {float,double} -> {int,long} cases must be handled by Java.
-      switch (type2size[src] *4+ type2size[dest]) {
-      case 1 *4+ 1:
-        assert(src == T_INT || is_subword_type(src), "source is not float");
-        // Subword-related cases are int -> {boolean,byte,char,short}.
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_i2i;
-        vminfo = adapter_prim_to_prim_subword_vminfo(dest);
-        break;
-      case 2 *4+ 1:
-        if (src == T_LONG && (dest == T_INT || is_subword_type(dest))) {
-          ek_opt = _adapter_opt_l2i;
-          vminfo = adapter_prim_to_prim_subword_vminfo(dest);
-        } else if (src == T_DOUBLE && dest == T_FLOAT) {
-          ek_opt = _adapter_opt_d2f;
-        } else {
-          goto throw_not_impl;        // runs user code, hence could block
-        }
-        break;
-      case 1 *4+ 2:
-        if ((src == T_INT || is_subword_type(src)) && dest == T_LONG) {
-          ek_opt = _adapter_opt_i2l;
-        } else if (src == T_FLOAT && dest == T_DOUBLE) {
-          ek_opt = _adapter_opt_f2d;
-        } else {
-          goto throw_not_impl;        // runs user code, hence could block
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        goto throw_not_impl;        // runs user code, hence could block
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_ref_to_prim:
-    {
-      switch (type2size[dest]) {
-      case 1:
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_unboxi;
-        vminfo = adapter_unbox_subword_vminfo(dest);
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_unboxl;
-        break;
-      default:
-        goto throw_not_impl;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-    {
-      // vminfo will be the location to insert the return value
-      vminfo = argslot;
-      ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_ref;
-      ensure_vmlayout_field(target, CHECK);
-      // for MethodHandleWalk:
-      if (java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::is_instance(argument()))
-        ensure_vmlayout_field(argument, CHECK);
-      if (!OptimizeMethodHandles)  break;
-      switch (type2size[src]) {
-      case 1:
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_filter_S0_ref + argslot);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_collect_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == argslot) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == 1 &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == T_OBJECT, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-        // else downgrade to variable slot:
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_1_ref;
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_collect_2_S0_ref + argslot);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_collect_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == argslot) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == 2 &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == T_OBJECT, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-        // else downgrade to variable slot:
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_2_ref;
-        break;
-      default:
-        goto throw_not_impl;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_swap_args:
-  case _adapter_rot_args:
-    {
-      int swap_slots = type2size[src];
-      int src_slot   = argslot;
-      int dest_slot  = vminfo;
-      int rotate     = (ek_orig == _adapter_swap_args) ? 0 : (src_slot > dest_slot) ? 1 : -1;
-      switch (swap_slots) {
-      case 1:
-        ek_opt = (!rotate    ? _adapter_opt_swap_1 :
-                  rotate > 0 ? _adapter_opt_rot_1_up : _adapter_opt_rot_1_down);
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        ek_opt = (!rotate    ? _adapter_opt_swap_2 :
-                  rotate > 0 ? _adapter_opt_rot_2_up : _adapter_opt_rot_2_down);
-        break;
-      default:
-        goto throw_not_impl;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_spread_args:
-    {
-      // vminfo will be the required length of the array
-      int array_size = (slots_pushed + 1) / (type2size[dest] == 2 ? 2 : 1);
-      vminfo = array_size;
-      // general case
-      switch (dest) {
-      case T_BOOLEAN : // fall through to T_BYTE:
-      case T_BYTE    : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_byte;    break;
-      case T_CHAR    : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_char;    break;
-      case T_SHORT   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_short;   break;
-      case T_INT     : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_int;     break;
-      case T_LONG    : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_long;    break;
-      case T_FLOAT   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_float;   break;
-      case T_DOUBLE  : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_double;  break;
-      case T_OBJECT  : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_ref;     break;
-      case T_VOID    : if (array_size != 0)  goto throw_not_impl;
-                       ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_ref;     break;
-      default        : goto throw_not_impl;
-      }
-      assert(array_size == 0 ||  // it doesn't matter what the spreader is
-             (ek_adapter_opt_spread_count(ek_opt) == -1 &&
-              (ek_adapter_opt_spread_type(ek_opt) == dest ||
-               (ek_adapter_opt_spread_type(ek_opt) == T_BYTE && dest == T_BOOLEAN))),
-             err_msg("dest=%d ek_opt=%d", dest, ek_opt));
-
-      if (array_size <= 0) {
-        // since the general case does not handle length 0, this case is required:
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_spread_0;
-        break;
-      }
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT) {
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_spread_1_ref - 1 + array_size);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_spread_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_spread_count(ek_try) == array_size) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_spread_type(ek_try) == dest, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-    break;
-
-  case _adapter_collect_args:
-    {
-      int elem_slots = argument_slot_count(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(argument()));
-      // vminfo will be the location to insert the return value
-      vminfo = argslot;
-      ensure_vmlayout_field(target, CHECK);
-      ensure_vmlayout_field(argument, CHECK);
-
-      // general case:
-      switch (dest) {
-      default       : if (!is_subword_type(dest))  goto throw_not_impl;
-                    // else fall through:
-      case T_INT    : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_int;     break;
-      case T_LONG   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_long;    break;
-      case T_FLOAT  : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_float;   break;
-      case T_DOUBLE : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_double;  break;
-      case T_OBJECT : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_ref;     break;
-      case T_VOID   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_void;    break;
-      }
-      assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_opt) == -1 &&
-             ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_opt) == -1 &&
-             (ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_opt) == dest ||
-              ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_opt) == T_INT && is_subword_type(dest)),
-             "");
-
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT && elem_slots == 1 && OptimizeMethodHandles) {
-        // filter operation on a ref
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_filter_S0_ref + argslot);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_collect_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == argslot) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == elem_slots &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == dest, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_1_ref;
-        break;
-      }
-
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT && elem_slots == 2 && OptimizeMethodHandles) {
-        // filter of two arguments
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_collect_2_S0_ref + argslot);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_collect_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == argslot) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == elem_slots &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == dest, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_2_ref;
-        break;
-      }
-
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT && OptimizeMethodHandles) {
-        // try to use a fixed length adapter
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_collect_0_ref + elem_slots);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_collect_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == elem_slots) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == -1 &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == dest, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
-      break;
-    }
-
-  case _adapter_fold_args:
-    {
-      int elem_slots = argument_slot_count(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(argument()));
-      // vminfo will be the location to insert the return value
-      vminfo = argslot + elem_slots;
-      ensure_vmlayout_field(target, CHECK);
-      ensure_vmlayout_field(argument, CHECK);
-
-      switch (dest) {
-      default       : if (!is_subword_type(dest))  goto throw_not_impl;
-                    // else fall through:
-      case T_INT    : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_int;     break;
-      case T_LONG   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_long;    break;
-      case T_FLOAT  : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_float;   break;
-      case T_DOUBLE : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_double;  break;
-      case T_OBJECT : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_ref;     break;
-      case T_VOID   : ek_opt = _adapter_opt_fold_void;    break;
-      }
-      assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_opt) == -1 &&
-             ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_opt) == -1 &&
-             (ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_opt) == dest ||
-              ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_opt) == T_INT && is_subword_type(dest)),
-             "");
-
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT && elem_slots == 0 && OptimizeMethodHandles) {
-        // if there are no args, just pretend it's a collect
-        ek_opt = _adapter_opt_collect_0_ref;
-        break;
-      }
-
-      if (dest == T_OBJECT && OptimizeMethodHandles) {
-        // try to use a fixed length adapter
-        ek_try = EntryKind(_adapter_opt_fold_1_ref - 1 + elem_slots);
-        if (ek_try < _adapter_opt_fold_LAST &&
-            ek_adapter_opt_collect_count(ek_try) == elem_slots) {
-          assert(ek_adapter_opt_collect_slot(ek_try) == -1 &&
-                 ek_adapter_opt_collect_type(ek_try) == dest, "");
-          ek_opt = ek_try;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
-      break;
-    }
-
-  default:
-    // should have failed much earlier; must be a missing case here
-    assert(false, "incomplete switch");
-    // and fall through:
-
-  throw_not_impl:
-    if (err == NULL)
-      err = "unknown adapter type";
-    break;
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL && (vminfo & CONV_VMINFO_MASK) != vminfo) {
-    // should not happen, since vminfo is used to encode arg/slot indexes < 255
-    err = "vminfo overflow";
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL && !have_entry(ek_opt)) {
-    err = "adapter stub for this kind of method handle is missing";
-  }
-
-  if (err == NULL && ek_opt == ek_orig) {
-    switch (ek_opt) {
-    case _adapter_prim_to_prim:
-    case _adapter_ref_to_prim:
-    case _adapter_prim_to_ref:
-    case _adapter_swap_args:
-    case _adapter_rot_args:
-    case _adapter_collect_args:
-    case _adapter_fold_args:
-    case _adapter_spread_args:
-      // should be handled completely by optimized cases; see above
-      err = "init_AdapterMethodHandle should not issue this";
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (err != NULL) {
-    throw_InternalError_for_bad_conversion(conversion, err_msg("%s: conv_op %d ek_opt %d", err, conv_op, ek_opt), THREAD);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Rebuild the conversion value; maybe parts of it were changed.
-  jint new_conversion = adapter_conversion(conv_op, src, dest, stack_move, vminfo);
-
-  // Finalize the conversion field.  (Note that it is final to Java code.)
-  java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle::set_conversion(mh(), new_conversion);
-
-  if (java_lang_invoke_CountingMethodHandle::is_instance(mh())) {
-    assert(ek_orig == _adapter_retype_only, "only one handled");
-    ek_opt = _adapter_opt_profiling;
-  }
-
-  // Done!
-  java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::set_vmentry(mh(), entry(ek_opt));
-
-  // There should be enough memory barriers on exit from native methods
-  // to ensure that the MH is fully initialized to all threads before
-  // Java code can publish it in global data structures.
-}
-
-void MethodHandles::ensure_vmlayout_field(Handle target, TRAPS) {
-  Handle mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(target()));
-  Handle mtform(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodType::form(mtype()));
-  if (mtform.is_null()) { THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError()); }
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MethodTypeForm::vmlayout_offset_in_bytes() > 0) {
-    if (java_lang_invoke_MethodTypeForm::vmlayout(mtform()) == NULL) {
-      // fill it in
-      Handle erased_mtype(THREAD, java_lang_invoke_MethodTypeForm::erasedType(mtform()));
-      TempNewSymbol erased_signature
-        = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(erased_mtype(), /*intern:*/true, CHECK);
-      methodOop cookie
-        = SystemDictionary::find_method_handle_invoke(vmSymbols::invokeExact_name(),
-                                                      erased_signature,
-                                                      SystemDictionaryHandles::Object_klass(),
-                                                      THREAD);
-      java_lang_invoke_MethodTypeForm::init_vmlayout(mtform(), cookie);
-    }
-  }
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodTypeForm::vmslots(mtform()) == argument_slot_count(mtype()), "must agree");
-}
-
-#ifdef ASSERT
-
-extern "C"
-void print_method_handle(oop mh);
-
-static void stress_method_handle_walk_impl(Handle mh, TRAPS) {
-  if (StressMethodHandleWalk) {
-    // Exercise the MethodHandleWalk code in various ways and validate
-    // the resulting method oop.  Some of these produce output so they
-    // are guarded under Verbose.
-    ResourceMark rm;
-    HandleMark hm;
-    if (Verbose) {
-      print_method_handle(mh());
-    }
-    TempNewSymbol name = SymbolTable::new_symbol("invoke", CHECK);
-    Handle mt = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh());
-    TempNewSymbol signature = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(mt(), true, CHECK);
-    MethodHandleCompiler mhc(mh, name, signature, 10000, false, CHECK);
-    methodHandle m = mhc.compile(CHECK);
-    if (Verbose) {
-      m->print_codes();
-    }
-    InterpreterOopMap mask;
-    OopMapCache::compute_one_oop_map(m, m->code_size() - 1, &mask);
-    // compile to object code if -Xcomp or WizardMode
-    if ((WizardMode ||
-         CompilationPolicy::must_be_compiled(m))
-        && !instanceKlass::cast(m->method_holder())->is_not_initialized()
-        && CompilationPolicy::can_be_compiled(m)) {
-      // Force compilation
-      CompileBroker::compile_method(m, InvocationEntryBci,
-                                    CompilationPolicy::policy()->initial_compile_level(),
-                                    methodHandle(), 0, "StressMethodHandleWalk",
-                                    CHECK);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-static void stress_method_handle_walk(Handle mh, TRAPS) {
-  stress_method_handle_walk_impl(mh, THREAD);
-  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
-    oop ex = PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-    CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
-    tty->print("StressMethodHandleWalk: ");
-    java_lang_Throwable::print(ex, tty);
-    tty->cr();
-  }
-}
-#else
-
-static void stress_method_handle_walk(Handle mh, TRAPS) {}
-
-#endif
-
 //
-// Here are the native methods on sun.invoke.MethodHandleImpl.
+// Here are the native methods in java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives
 // They are the private interface between this JVM and the HotSpot-specific
 // Java code that implements JSR 292 method handles.
 //
 // Note:  We use a JVM_ENTRY macro to define each of these, for this is the way
 // that intrinsic (non-JNI) native methods are defined in HotSpot.
 //
-
-// direct method handles for invokestatic or invokespecial
-// void init(DirectMethodHandle self, MemberName ref, boolean doDispatch, Class<?> caller);
-JVM_ENTRY(void, MHN_init_DMH(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mh_jh,
-                             jobject target_jh, jboolean do_dispatch, jobject caller_jh)) {
-  ResourceMark rm;              // for error messages
-
-  // This is the guy we are initializing:
-  if (mh_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "self is null"); }
-  Handle mh(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mh_jh));
-
-  // Early returns out of this method leave the DMH in an unfinished state.
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmentry(mh()) == NULL, "must be safely null");
-
-  // which method are we really talking about?
-  if (target_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "target is null"); }
-  Handle target(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(target_jh));
-  if (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(target()) &&
-      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(target()) == VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED) {
-    MethodHandles::resolve_MemberName(target, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-  methodHandle m = MethodHandles::decode_method(target(), receiver_limit, decode_flags);
-  if (m.is_null()) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "no such method"); }
-
-  // The trusted Java code that calls this method should already have performed
-  // access checks on behalf of the given caller.  But, we can verify this.
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles && caller_jh != NULL) {
-    KlassHandle caller(THREAD, java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(caller_jh)));
-    // If this were a bytecode, the first access check would be against
-    // the "reference class" mentioned in the CONSTANT_Methodref.
-    // We don't know at this point which class that was, and if we
-    // check against m.method_holder we might get the wrong answer.
-    // So we just make sure to handle this check when the resolution
-    // happens, when we call resolve_MemberName.
-    //
-    // (A public class can inherit public members from private supers,
-    // and it would be wrong to check access against the private super
-    // if the original symbolic reference was against the public class.)
-    //
-    // If there were a bytecode, the next step would be to lookup the method
-    // in the reference class, then then check the method's access bits.
-    // Emulate LinkResolver::check_method_accessability.
-    klassOop resolved_klass = m->method_holder();
-    if (!Reflection::verify_field_access(caller->as_klassOop(),
-                                         resolved_klass, resolved_klass,
-                                         m->access_flags(),
-                                         true)) {
-      // %%% following cutout belongs in Reflection::verify_field_access?
-      bool same_pm = Reflection::is_same_package_member(caller->as_klassOop(),
-                                                        resolved_klass, THREAD);
-      if (!same_pm) {
-        THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), m->name_and_sig_as_C_string());
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  MethodHandles::init_DirectMethodHandle(mh, m, (do_dispatch != JNI_FALSE), CHECK);
-  stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
-}
-JVM_END
-
-// bound method handles
-JVM_ENTRY(void, MHN_init_BMH(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mh_jh,
-                             jobject target_jh, int argnum)) {
-  ResourceMark rm;              // for error messages
-
-  // This is the guy we are initializing:
-  if (mh_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "self is null"); }
-  Handle mh(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mh_jh));
-
-  // Early returns out of this method leave the BMH in an unfinished state.
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmentry(mh()) == NULL, "must be safely null");
-
-  if (target_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "target is null"); }
-  Handle target(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(target_jh));
-
-  if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(target())) {
-    // Target object is a reflective method.  (%%% Do we need this alternate path?)
-    Untested("init_BMH of non-MH");
-    if (argnum != 0) { THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError()); }
-    KlassHandle receiver_limit; int decode_flags = 0;
-    methodHandle m = MethodHandles::decode_method(target(), receiver_limit, decode_flags);
-    MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle_with_receiver(mh, m,
-                                                       receiver_limit,
-                                                       decode_flags,
-                                                       CHECK);
-  } else {
-    // Build a BMH on top of a DMH or another BMH:
-    MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, CHECK);
-  }
-
-  if (StressMethodHandleWalk) {
-    if (mh->klass() == SystemDictionary::BoundMethodHandle_klass())
-      stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
-    // else don't, since the subclass has not yet initialized its own fields
-  }
-}
-JVM_END
-
-// adapter method handles
-JVM_ENTRY(void, MHN_init_AMH(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mh_jh,
-                             jobject target_jh, int argnum)) {
-  // This is the guy we are initializing:
-  if (mh_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "self is null"); }
-  if (target_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "target is null"); }
-  Handle mh(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mh_jh));
-  Handle target(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(target_jh));
-
-  // Early returns out of this method leave the AMH in an unfinished state.
-  assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmentry(mh()) == NULL, "must be safely null");
-
-  MethodHandles::init_AdapterMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, CHECK);
-  stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
-}
-JVM_END
-
-// method type forms
-JVM_ENTRY(void, MHN_init_MT(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject erased_jh)) {
-  if (erased_jh == NULL)  return;
-  if (TraceMethodHandles) {
-    tty->print("creating MethodType form ");
-    if (WizardMode || Verbose) {   // Warning: this calls Java code on the MH!
-      // call Object.toString()
-      Symbol* name = vmSymbols::toString_name();
-      Symbol* sig = vmSymbols::void_string_signature();
-      JavaCallArguments args(Handle(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(erased_jh)));
-      JavaValue result(T_OBJECT);
-      JavaCalls::call_virtual(&result, SystemDictionary::Object_klass(), name, sig,
-                              &args, CHECK);
-      Handle str(THREAD, (oop)result.get_jobject());
-      java_lang_String::print(str, tty);
-    }
-    tty->cr();
-  }
-}
-JVM_END
-
-// debugging and reflection
-JVM_ENTRY(jobject, MHN_getTarget(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mh_jh, jint format)) {
-  Handle mh(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve(mh_jh));
-  if (!java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::is_instance(mh())) {
-    THROW_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalArgumentException());
-  }
-  oop target = MethodHandles::encode_target(mh, format, CHECK_NULL);
-  return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, target);
-}
-JVM_END
-
 JVM_ENTRY(jint, MHN_getConstant(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jint which)) {
   switch (which) {
-  case MethodHandles::GC_JVM_PUSH_LIMIT:
-    guarantee(MethodHandlePushLimit >= 2 && MethodHandlePushLimit <= 0xFF,
-              "MethodHandlePushLimit parameter must be in valid range");
-    return MethodHandlePushLimit;
-  case MethodHandles::GC_JVM_STACK_MOVE_UNIT:
-    // return number of words per slot, signed according to stack direction
-    return MethodHandles::stack_move_unit();
-  case MethodHandles::GC_CONV_OP_IMPLEMENTED_MASK:
-    return MethodHandles::adapter_conversion_ops_supported_mask();
   case MethodHandles::GC_COUNT_GWT:
 #ifdef COMPILER2
     return true;
@@ -2872,64 +942,54 @@
 JVM_END
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-#define EACH_NAMED_CON(template) \
-  /* hold back this one until JDK stabilizes */ \
-  /* template(MethodHandles,GC_JVM_PUSH_LIMIT) */  \
-  /* hold back this one until JDK stabilizes */ \
-  /* template(MethodHandles,GC_JVM_STACK_MOVE_UNIT) */ \
-  /* hold back this one until JDK stabilizes */ \
-  /* template(MethodHandles,GC_OP_ROT_ARGS_DOWN_LIMIT_BIAS) */ \
-    template(MethodHandles,ETF_HANDLE_OR_METHOD_NAME) \
-    template(MethodHandles,ETF_DIRECT_HANDLE) \
-    template(MethodHandles,ETF_METHOD_NAME) \
-    template(MethodHandles,ETF_REFLECT_METHOD) \
+#define EACH_NAMED_CON(template, requirement) \
+    template(MethodHandles,GC_COUNT_GWT) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_IS_METHOD) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_IS_CONSTRUCTOR) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_IS_FIELD) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_IS_TYPE) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_SEARCH_SUPERCLASSES) \
     template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_SEARCH_INTERFACES) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,VM_INDEX_UNINITIALIZED) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_RETYPE_ONLY) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_RETYPE_RAW) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_CHECK_CAST) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_PRIM_TO_PRIM) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_REF_TO_PRIM) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_PRIM_TO_REF) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_SWAP_ARGS) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_ROT_ARGS) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_DUP_ARGS) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_DROP_ARGS) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_COLLECT_ARGS) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,OP_SPREAD_ARGS) \
-      /* hold back this one until JDK stabilizes */ \
-      /*template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_OP_LIMIT)*/  \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_OP_MASK) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_VMINFO_MASK) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_VMINFO_SHIFT) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_OP_SHIFT) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_DEST_TYPE_SHIFT) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_SRC_TYPE_SHIFT) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_STACK_MOVE_SHIFT) \
-    template(java_lang_invoke_AdapterMethodHandle,CONV_STACK_MOVE_MASK) \
+    template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT) \
+    template(java_lang_invoke_MemberName,MN_REFERENCE_KIND_MASK) \
+    template(MethodHandles,GC_LAMBDA_SUPPORT) \
     /*end*/
 
+#define IGNORE_REQ(req_expr) /* req_expr */
 #define ONE_PLUS(scope,value) 1+
-static const int con_value_count = EACH_NAMED_CON(ONE_PLUS) 0;
+static const int con_value_count = EACH_NAMED_CON(ONE_PLUS, IGNORE_REQ) 0;
 #define VALUE_COMMA(scope,value) scope::value,
-static const int con_values[con_value_count+1] = { EACH_NAMED_CON(VALUE_COMMA) 0 };
+static const int con_values[con_value_count+1] = { EACH_NAMED_CON(VALUE_COMMA, IGNORE_REQ) 0 };
 #define STRING_NULL(scope,value) #value "\0"
-static const char con_names[] = { EACH_NAMED_CON(STRING_NULL) };
+static const char con_names[] = { EACH_NAMED_CON(STRING_NULL, IGNORE_REQ) };
+
+static bool advertise_con_value(int which) {
+  if (which < 0)  return false;
+  bool ok = true;
+  int count = 0;
+#define INC_COUNT(scope,value) \
+  ++count;
+#define CHECK_REQ(req_expr) \
+  if (which < count)  return ok; \
+  ok = (req_expr);
+  EACH_NAMED_CON(INC_COUNT, CHECK_REQ);
+#undef INC_COUNT
+#undef CHECK_REQ
+  assert(count == con_value_count, "");
+  if (which < count)  return ok;
+  return false;
+}
 
 #undef ONE_PLUS
 #undef VALUE_COMMA
 #undef STRING_NULL
 #undef EACH_NAMED_CON
-#endif
+#endif // PRODUCT
 
 JVM_ENTRY(jint, MHN_getNamedCon(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jint which, jobjectArray box_jh)) {
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-  if (which >= 0 && which < con_value_count) {
+  if (advertise_con_value(which)) {
+    assert(which >= 0 && which < con_value_count, "");
     int con = con_values[which];
     objArrayHandle box(THREAD, (objArrayOop) JNIHandles::resolve(box_jh));
     if (box.not_null() && box->klass() == Universe::objectArrayKlassObj() && box->length() > 0) {
@@ -2965,13 +1025,14 @@
 JVM_END
 
 // void resolve(MemberName self, Class<?> caller)
-JVM_ENTRY(void, MHN_resolve_Mem(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh, jclass caller_jh)) {
-  if (mname_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "mname is null"); }
+JVM_ENTRY(jobject, MHN_resolve_Mem(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh, jclass caller_jh)) {
+  if (mname_jh == NULL) { THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "mname is null"); }
   Handle mname(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mname_jh));
 
   // The trusted Java code that calls this method should already have performed
   // access checks on behalf of the given caller.  But, we can verify this.
-  if (VerifyMethodHandles && caller_jh != NULL) {
+  if (VerifyMethodHandles && caller_jh != NULL &&
+      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(mname()) != NULL) {
     klassOop reference_klass = java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(mname()));
     if (reference_klass != NULL) {
       // Emulate LinkResolver::check_klass_accessability.
@@ -2979,15 +1040,97 @@
       if (!Reflection::verify_class_access(caller,
                                            reference_klass,
                                            true)) {
-        THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), Klass::cast(reference_klass)->external_name());
+        THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), Klass::cast(reference_klass)->external_name());
       }
     }
   }
 
-  MethodHandles::resolve_MemberName(mname, CHECK);
+  Handle resolved = MethodHandles::resolve_MemberName(mname, CHECK_NULL);
+  if (resolved.is_null()) {
+    int flags = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::flags(mname());
+    int ref_kind = (flags >> REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT) & REFERENCE_KIND_MASK;
+    if (!MethodHandles::ref_kind_is_valid(ref_kind)) {
+      THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "obsolete MemberName format");
+    }
+    if ((flags & ALL_KINDS) == IS_FIELD) {
+      THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_NoSuchMethodError(), "field resolution failed");
+    } else if ((flags & ALL_KINDS) == IS_METHOD ||
+               (flags & ALL_KINDS) == IS_CONSTRUCTOR) {
+      THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_NoSuchFieldError(), "method resolution failed");
+    } else {
+      THROW_MSG_NULL(vmSymbols::java_lang_LinkageError(), "resolution failed");
+    }
+  }
+
+  return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, resolved());
 }
 JVM_END
 
+static jlong find_member_field_offset(oop mname, bool must_be_static, TRAPS) {
+  if (mname == NULL ||
+      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mname) == NULL) {
+    THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "mname not resolved");
+  } else {
+    int flags = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::flags(mname);
+    if ((flags & IS_FIELD) != 0 &&
+        (must_be_static
+         ? (flags & JVM_ACC_STATIC) != 0
+         : (flags & JVM_ACC_STATIC) == 0)) {
+      int vmindex = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname);
+      return (jlong) vmindex;
+    }
+  }
+  const char* msg = (must_be_static ? "static field required" : "non-static field required");
+  THROW_MSG_0(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), msg);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+JVM_ENTRY(jlong, MHN_objectFieldOffset(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh)) {
+  return find_member_field_offset(JNIHandles::resolve(mname_jh), false, THREAD);
+}
+JVM_END
+
+JVM_ENTRY(jlong, MHN_staticFieldOffset(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh)) {
+  return find_member_field_offset(JNIHandles::resolve(mname_jh), true, THREAD);
+}
+JVM_END
+
+JVM_ENTRY(jobject, MHN_staticFieldBase(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh)) {
+  // use the other function to perform sanity checks:
+  jlong ignore = find_member_field_offset(JNIHandles::resolve(mname_jh), true, CHECK_NULL);
+  oop clazz = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::clazz(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mname_jh));
+  return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, clazz);
+}
+JVM_END
+
+JVM_ENTRY(jobject, MHN_getMemberVMInfo(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls, jobject mname_jh)) {
+  if (mname_jh == NULL)  return NULL;
+  Handle mname(THREAD, JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(mname_jh));
+  intptr_t vmindex  = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmindex(mname());
+  Handle   vmtarget = java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(mname());
+  objArrayHandle result = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::Object_klass(), 2, CHECK_NULL);
+  jvalue vmindex_value; vmindex_value.j = (long)vmindex;
+  oop x = java_lang_boxing_object::create(T_LONG, &vmindex_value, CHECK_NULL);
+  result->obj_at_put(0, x);
+  x = NULL;
+  if (vmtarget.is_null() || vmtarget->is_instance()) {
+    x = vmtarget();
+  } else if (vmtarget->is_klass()) {
+    x = Klass::cast((klassOop) vmtarget())->java_mirror();
+  } else {
+    Handle mname2 = MethodHandles::new_MemberName(CHECK_NULL);
+    if (vmtarget->is_method())
+      x = MethodHandles::init_method_MemberName(mname2(), methodOop(vmtarget()), false, NULL);
+    else
+      x = MethodHandles::init_MemberName(mname2(), vmtarget());
+  }
+  result->obj_at_put(1, x);
+  return JNIHandles::make_local(env, result());
+}
+JVM_END
+
+
+
 //  static native int getMembers(Class<?> defc, String matchName, String matchSig,
 //          int matchFlags, Class<?> caller, int skip, MemberName[] results);
 JVM_ENTRY(jint, MHN_getMembers(JNIEnv *env, jobject igcls,
@@ -3053,45 +1196,6 @@
 }
 JVM_END
 
-methodOop MethodHandles::resolve_raise_exception_method(TRAPS) {
-  if (_raise_exception_method != NULL) {
-    // no need to do it twice
-    return raise_exception_method();
-  }
-  // LinkResolver::resolve_invokedynamic can reach this point
-  // because an invokedynamic has failed very early (7049415)
-  KlassHandle MHN_klass = SystemDictionaryHandles::MethodHandleNatives_klass();
-  if (MHN_klass.not_null()) {
-    TempNewSymbol raiseException_name = SymbolTable::new_symbol("raiseException", CHECK_NULL);
-    TempNewSymbol raiseException_sig = SymbolTable::new_symbol("(ILjava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)V", CHECK_NULL);
-    methodOop raiseException_method  = instanceKlass::cast(MHN_klass->as_klassOop())
-                  ->find_method(raiseException_name, raiseException_sig);
-    if (raiseException_method != NULL && raiseException_method->is_static()) {
-      return raiseException_method;
-    }
-  }
-  // not found; let the caller deal with it
-  return NULL;
-}
-void MethodHandles::raise_exception(int code, oop actual, oop required, TRAPS) {
-  methodOop raiseException_method = resolve_raise_exception_method(CHECK);
-  if (raiseException_method != NULL &&
-      instanceKlass::cast(raiseException_method->method_holder())->is_not_initialized()) {
-    instanceKlass::cast(raiseException_method->method_holder())->initialize(CHECK);
-    // it had better be resolved by now, or maybe JSR 292 failed to load
-    raiseException_method = raise_exception_method();
-  }
-  if (raiseException_method == NULL) {
-    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_InternalError(), "no raiseException method");
-  }
-  JavaCallArguments args;
-  args.push_int(code);
-  args.push_oop(actual);
-  args.push_oop(required);
-  JavaValue result(T_VOID);
-  JavaCalls::call(&result, raiseException_method, &args, CHECK);
-}
-
 JVM_ENTRY(jobject, MH_invoke_UOE(JNIEnv *env, jobject igmh, jobjectArray igargs)) {
     TempNewSymbol UOE_name = SymbolTable::new_symbol("java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException", CHECK_NULL);
     THROW_MSG_NULL(UOE_name, "MethodHandle.invoke cannot be invoked reflectively");
@@ -3121,39 +1225,30 @@
 #define MT    JLINV"MethodType;"
 #define MH    JLINV"MethodHandle;"
 #define MEM   JLINV"MemberName;"
-#define AMH   JLINV"AdapterMethodHandle;"
-#define BMH   JLINV"BoundMethodHandle;"
-#define DMH   JLINV"DirectMethodHandle;"
 
 #define CC (char*)  /*cast a literal from (const char*)*/
 #define FN_PTR(f) CAST_FROM_FN_PTR(void*, &f)
 
 // These are the native methods on java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.
-static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
-  // void init(MemberName self, AccessibleObject ref)
-  {CC"init",                      CC"("AMH""MH"I)V",                     FN_PTR(MHN_init_AMH)},
-  {CC"init",                      CC"("BMH""OBJ"I)V",                    FN_PTR(MHN_init_BMH)},
-  {CC"init",                      CC"("DMH""OBJ"Z"CLS")V",               FN_PTR(MHN_init_DMH)},
-  {CC"init",                      CC"("MT")V",                           FN_PTR(MHN_init_MT)},
+static JNINativeMethod required_methods_JDK8[] = {
   {CC"init",                      CC"("MEM""OBJ")V",                     FN_PTR(MHN_init_Mem)},
   {CC"expand",                    CC"("MEM")V",                          FN_PTR(MHN_expand_Mem)},
-  {CC"resolve",                   CC"("MEM""CLS")V",                     FN_PTR(MHN_resolve_Mem)},
-  {CC"getTarget",                 CC"("MH"I)"OBJ,                        FN_PTR(MHN_getTarget)},
+  {CC"resolve",                   CC"("MEM""CLS")"MEM,                   FN_PTR(MHN_resolve_Mem)},
   {CC"getConstant",               CC"(I)I",                              FN_PTR(MHN_getConstant)},
   //  static native int getNamedCon(int which, Object[] name)
   {CC"getNamedCon",               CC"(I["OBJ")I",                        FN_PTR(MHN_getNamedCon)},
   //  static native int getMembers(Class<?> defc, String matchName, String matchSig,
   //          int matchFlags, Class<?> caller, int skip, MemberName[] results);
-  {CC"getMembers",                CC"("CLS""STRG""STRG"I"CLS"I["MEM")I", FN_PTR(MHN_getMembers)}
-};
-
-static JNINativeMethod call_site_methods[] = {
+  {CC"getMembers",                CC"("CLS""STRG""STRG"I"CLS"I["MEM")I", FN_PTR(MHN_getMembers)},
+  {CC"objectFieldOffset",         CC"("MEM")J",                          FN_PTR(MHN_objectFieldOffset)},
   {CC"setCallSiteTargetNormal",   CC"("CS""MH")V",                       FN_PTR(MHN_setCallSiteTargetNormal)},
-  {CC"setCallSiteTargetVolatile", CC"("CS""MH")V",                       FN_PTR(MHN_setCallSiteTargetVolatile)}
+  {CC"setCallSiteTargetVolatile", CC"("CS""MH")V",                       FN_PTR(MHN_setCallSiteTargetVolatile)},
+  {CC"staticFieldOffset",         CC"("MEM")J",                          FN_PTR(MHN_staticFieldOffset)},
+  {CC"staticFieldBase",           CC"("MEM")"OBJ,                        FN_PTR(MHN_staticFieldBase)},
+  {CC"getMemberVMInfo",           CC"("MEM")"OBJ,                        FN_PTR(MHN_getMemberVMInfo)}
 };
 
 static JNINativeMethod invoke_methods[] = {
-  // void init(MemberName self, AccessibleObject ref)
   {CC"invoke",                    CC"(["OBJ")"OBJ,                       FN_PTR(MH_invoke_UOE)},
   {CC"invokeExact",               CC"(["OBJ")"OBJ,                       FN_PTR(MH_invokeExact_UOE)}
 };
@@ -3161,8 +1256,6 @@
 // This one function is exported, used by NativeLookup.
 
 JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_RegisterMethodHandleMethods(JNIEnv *env, jclass MHN_class)) {
-  assert(MethodHandles::spot_check_entry_names(), "entry enum is OK");
-
   if (!EnableInvokeDynamic) {
     warning("JSR 292 is disabled in this JVM.  Use -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+EnableInvokeDynamic to enable.");
     return;  // bind nothing
@@ -3171,34 +1264,32 @@
   assert(!MethodHandles::enabled(), "must not be enabled");
   bool enable_MH = true;
 
-  {
+  jclass MH_class = NULL;
+  if (SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass() == NULL) {
+    enable_MH = false;
+  } else {
+    oop mirror = Klass::cast(SystemDictionary::MethodHandle_klass())->java_mirror();
+    MH_class = (jclass) JNIHandles::make_local(env, mirror);
+  }
+
+  int status;
+
+  if (enable_MH) {
     ThreadToNativeFromVM ttnfv(thread);
-    int status = env->RegisterNatives(MHN_class, methods, sizeof(methods)/sizeof(JNINativeMethod));
-    if (!env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
-      const char* L_MH_name = (JLINV "MethodHandle");
-      const char* MH_name = L_MH_name+1;
-      jclass MH_class = env->FindClass(MH_name);
+
+    status = env->RegisterNatives(MHN_class, required_methods_JDK8, sizeof(required_methods_JDK8)/sizeof(JNINativeMethod));
+    if (status == JNI_OK && !env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
       status = env->RegisterNatives(MH_class, invoke_methods, sizeof(invoke_methods)/sizeof(JNINativeMethod));
     }
-    if (!env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
-      status = env->RegisterNatives(MHN_class, call_site_methods, sizeof(call_site_methods)/sizeof(JNINativeMethod));
-    }
-    if (env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
+    if (status != JNI_OK || env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
       warning("JSR 292 method handle code is mismatched to this JVM.  Disabling support.");
       enable_MH = false;
       env->ExceptionClear();
     }
-
   }
 
-  if (enable_MH) {
-    methodOop raiseException_method = MethodHandles::resolve_raise_exception_method(CHECK);
-    if (raiseException_method != NULL) {
-      MethodHandles::set_raise_exception_method(raiseException_method);
-    } else {
-      warning("JSR 292 method handle code is mismatched to this JVM.  Disabling support.");
-      enable_MH = false;
-    }
+  if (TraceInvokeDynamic) {
+    tty->print_cr("MethodHandle support loaded (using LambdaForms)");
   }
 
   if (enable_MH) {