8043611: Move timing dependent benchmark for apply2call specialization to currently_failing. It is dependent that nothing takes machine time when doing the two runs, causing spurious assertions. Suggest running octane.raytrace manually instead to verify that this works, or incorporating it in the nightly test suite Reviewed-by: sundar, attila

8043633: In order to remove global state outside of contexts, make sure Timing class is an instance and not a static global collection of data. Move into Context. Move -Dnashorn.timing to an official logging option. Reviewed-by: sundar, attila

8043605: Enable history for empty property maps Reviewed-by: jlaskey, sundar

8043608: Make equality tests inline better Reviewed-by: lagergren, sundar

8043504: Octane test harness was missing argument to print_always at one callsite, causing erroneous logging Reviewed-by: sundar, attila

8043431: Fix yet another corner case of JDK-8041995 Reviewed-by: hannesw, lagergren

8034206: Make parts of code pipeline reusable in order to facilitate faster warmup and faster lazy compilation. Reviewed-by: hannesw, attila

8043235: Type-based optimizations interfere with continuation methods Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren

8043133: Fix corner cases of JDK-8041995 Reviewed-by: hannesw, lagergren

8044154: Nashorn : all tests failed with java.security.AccessControlException Reviewed-by: attila, sundar

8043137: Collapse long sequences of NOP in Nashorn bytecode output Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren

8043004: Reduce variability at JavaAdapter call sites Reviewed-by: lagergren, sundar