8019972: PPC64 (part 9): platform files for interpreter only VM. Summary: With this change the HotSpot core build works on Linux/PPC64. The VM succesfully executes simple test programs. Reviewed-by: kvn

Merge

8019926: PPC64 (part 106): Make hsdis build and work on Linux/PPC64 Summary: Make hsdis work on Linux/PPC64 and AIX/PPC64 Reviewed-by: kvn

Merge

Merge

8019973: PPC64 (part 11): Fix IA64 preprocessor conditionals on AIX. Summary: On AIX 7.1 systemcfg.h defines IA64 unconditionally, so test for !AIX where IA64 is used. Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn

8019922: PPC64 (part 8): Implement Linux/PPC64 support in HotSpot makefiles Summary: HotSpot make changes to build the HotSpot on Linux/PPC64 Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn

8020121: PPC64: fix build in cppInterpreter after 8019519 Reviewed-by: kvn

8019519: PPC64 (part 105): C interpreter: implement support for jvmti early return. Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, kvn

8019518: PPC64 (part 103): cppInterpreter: implement support for compressed Oops Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

8019517: PPC64 (part 102): cppInterpreter: implement G1 support Reviewed-by: kvn

8016696: PPC64 (part 4): add relocation for trampoline stubs Summary: A trampoline allows to encode a small branch in the code, even if there is the chance that this branch can not reach all possible code locations. If the relocation finds that a branch is too far for the instruction in the code, it can patch it to jump to the trampoline where is sufficient space for a far branch. Needed on PPC. Reviewed-by: kvn, bdelsart, jrose

Merge

8017317: PPC64 (part 7): cppInterpreter: implement support for biased locking Reviewed-by: kvn, dholmes

8017313: PPC64 (part 6): stack handling improvements Summary: Precompute limit for stack overflow check. Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp

Merge

Merge

8016586: PPC64 (part 3): basic changes for PPC64 Summary: added #includes needed for ppc64 port. Renamed _MODEL_ppc to _MODEL_ppc_32 and renamed corresponding old _ppc files to _ppc_32. Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn

8016491: PPC64 (part 2): Clean up PPC defines. Summary: Distinguish PPC, PPC64 and PPC32. PPC should guard code needed on any PPC system. PPC32 and PPC64 should guard code needed in a port for the ppc64 or ppc32 instruction set. Reviewed-by: kvn

8016476: PPC64 (part 1): reenable CORE build Summary: reenable CORE build on PPC64 Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn, coleenp

8031498: Cleanup and re-factorize PhaseChaitin::build_ifg_physical Summary: Created sub-functions, added data structures, improved naming and removed unnecessary code Reviewed-by: kvn, roland, rbackman

Merge

8009738: compiler/6826736/Test.java times out on big machines Summary: Added -Xmx256m -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 to the test @run command. Verified that 256m is enough to trigger old 6826736 bug. Reviewed-by: kvn

Merge

8032490: Remove -XX:+-UseOldInlining Summary: Move the option to obsolete options list, purge the redundant compiler code. Reviewed-by: kvn, jrose

8027422: assert(_gvn.type(obj)->higher_equal(tjp)) failed: cast_up is no longer needed Summary: type methods shouldn't always operate on speculative part Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8035132: [TESTBUG] test/runtime/lambda-features/InvokespecialInterface.java test has unrecognized option Summary: add IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions for product mode run Reviewed-by: ctornqvi, dholmes

8034249: need more workarounds for suspend equivalent condition issue Summary: Collect data at safepoint, do not rely on thread suspension Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes Contributed-by: serguei.spitsyn@oracle.com

8034080: Remove the USDT1 dtrace code from Hotspot Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

Merge

8027146: Class loading verification failure if GC occurs in Universe::flush_dependents_on Summary: Remove search in system dictionary and hacks, replace with verifying in CLD::_klasses list. Reviewed-by: dcubed, acorn

8007710: runtime/7158988/FieldMonitor.java fails with com.sun.jdi.VMDisconnectedException: Connection closed Reviewed-by: sla, jbachorik, sspitsyn

8034860: Fatal error due to incorrect thread state during nightly testing Summary: use the HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION and CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION macros Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, dcubed

Merge

Merge

7127191: SA JSDB does not display native symbols correctly for transported Linux cores Summary: Better handle SA_ALTROOT Reviewed-by: sla, sspitsyn

8034781: [TESTBUG] runtime/ClassFileUnsupportedClassFileVersion.java unable to find or load main class Summary: Passed empty string to ProcessBuilder which caused problems on Linux, fixed by checking string length Reviewed-by: lfoltan, sla, mseledtsov

Merge

8028785: [parfait] warnings from b116 for hotspot.src.share.vm.prims: JNI exception pending Summary: added JNI exception pending check in several files under src/share/vm/prims directory Reviewed-by: coleenp, minqi

Merge

8030350: Enable additional compiler warnings for GCC Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp, erikj, tbell, ihse

8023667: SA: ExceptionBlob and other C2 classes not available in client VM Summary: Ignore error of intialization of C2 only variables Reviewed-by: sla, dholmes

8033215: clang: node.cpp:284 IDX_INIT macro use uninitialized field _out Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn

Merge

Merge

8032816: THIRDPARTYREADME LittleCMS preamble missing JRE 8 & JDK 8 Reviewed-by: lana

7129980: Third Party License Readme update for JDK8 Reviewed-by: lana, tbell

Merge

8033426: Scale initial NewSize using NewRatio if not set on command line Summary: Now using NewRatio to size initial NewSize if not specified on commandline. Reviewed-by: jmasa, jwilhelm

8026849: Fix typos in the GC code, part 2 Summary: Fixed typos in assert messages, flag descriptions and verbose messages Reviewed-by: stefank, tschatzl

8033923: Use BufferingOopClosure for G1 code root scanning Reviewed-by: mgerdin, brutisso

Merge

8033764: Remove the usage of StarTask from BufferingOopClosure Reviewed-by: mgerdin, brutisso, tschatzl

Merge

8033922: G1: Back out 8033601 and go back to use the to-obj for chunked arrays. Reviewed-by: stefank, tschatzl

8033545: Missing volatile specifier in Bitmap::par_put_range_within_word Summary: The method Bitmap::par_put_range_within_word reloads the original value during a CAS, which may be optimized away. Instead of reloading, use the value returned by Atomic::cmpxchg_ptr() for further processing. Reviewed-by: tschatzl, brutisso, tonyp Contributed-by: Matthias Braun <matthia.braun@sap.com>

8031703: Missing post-barrier in ReferenceProcessor Reviewed-by: tonyp, tschatzl

8033443: Test8000311 fails after latest changes to parallelize string and symbol table unlink Summary: When string and symbol table unlink are not performed in parallel, the claim index we check is not updated, and so a guarantee fails. Take this into account when checking the guarantee. Reviewed-by: brutisso, jwilhelm

8033601: G1: Make array chunking use the same length field as the other young GCs Summary: Use the old copy length instead of the length of the forwarded object for chunked arrays. Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl

8028254: gc/arguments/TestMinInitialErgonomics.java failed with unexpected initial heap size Reviewed-by: brutisso, tschatzl, sjohanss