8177648: getResponseCode() throws IllegalArgumentException caused by protocol error while following redirect Reviewed-by: michaelm, chegar, dfuchs Contributed-by: jai.forums2013@gmail.com

Thread metadata to include excluded threads, thread sampler to exclude excluded threads, thread name friend

8222363: Update ServerSocket.isBound spec to reflect implementation after close Reviewed-by: dfuchs

8224878: Use JVMFlag parameters instead of name strings Reviewed-by: gziemski, dholmes, jrose

8229836: Remove include of globals.hpp from allocation.hpp Reviewed-by: coleenp, kbarrett

epoch aware serialization tagging

typeset serialization cache

stacktrace serialization cache

fix merge error

New metadata system for oldobjects built on top of simplified tagging model. Caching and serialization improvements. Flushpoint checkpoint with chunkheader contents.

8230116: Test workaround to Klass::_class_loader_data sometimes NULL problem Summary: This is a low frequency problem that we are seeing internally, this patch is mostly to rule out one theory. Reviewed-by: dcubed

8230104: JNU_IsInstanceOfByName needs const parameter Reviewed-by: alanb, rriggs Contributed-by: andrewluotechnologies@outlook.com

8229485: Add decrementExact(), incrementExact(), and negateExact() to java.lang.StrictMath Summary: three methods are added to StrictMath for consistency with Math. Tests are updated accordingly. Reviewed-by: bpb, lancea, igerasim, dfuchs, joehw, rriggs Contributed-by: Julia Boes <julia.boes@oracle.com>

8230058: Replace exception from sun.rmi.runtime.Log#getSource() with StackWalker Reviewed-by: mchung, rriggs Contributed-by: kustos@gmx.net

8230011: Consolidate duplicated classpath parsing code in classLoader.cpp Reviewed-by: ccheung, fparain