8197828: Null pointer dereference in MultiNode::proj_out_or_null Summary: Added a null check for the return value of AllocateNode::initialization(). Reviewed-by: kvn, shade, dlong

8193373: Cleanup ElfFile and family Summary: Cleanup elf decoder and added test Reviewed-by: minqi, coleenp

8197945: Qurarantine failing condy tests Reviewed-by: coleenp, lfoltan, kbarrett

8196920: VerifierTest_1A.java and VerifierTest_1B.java fail: assert(receiver_klass->is_subtype_of(static_receiver_klass)) failed: actual receiver must be subclass of static receiver klass Summary: add an unverifiable method to the test class Reviewed-by: dholmes, iklam

8197857: fieldDescriptor prints incorrect 32-bit representation of compressed oops Reviewed-by: coleenp

8197772: metaspace uses global operator new/delete for gtest testing Summary: Inherit ChunkManagerReturnTestImpl from CHeapObj Reviewed-by: kbarrett, zgu

8197789: os::SuspendedThreadTask causes references to global operator delete Summary: make destructor non-virtual and protected Reviewed-by: kbarrett

Merge

8197608: MacroAssembler::unimplemented calls global operator new[] Summary: Removed C heap allocation of string buffers. Reviewed-by: kvn, shade

Merge

8197454: Need Access decorator for storing oop into uninitialized location Summary: Repurpose ARRAYCOPY_DEST_NOT_INITIALIZED to AS_DEST_NOT_INITIALIZED. Reviewed-by: eosterlund, coleenp

8196786: [PPC64+s390] ConstantDynamic support Reviewed-by: psandoz, dsamersoff

8197563: assert(is_Loop()) crash in PhaseIdealLoop::try_move_store_before_loop() Summary: Don't move store out of the loop if head is not a LoopNode. Reviewed-by: kvn, thartmann

7127700: G1: Replace G1PLAB with PLAB Reviewed-by: sjohanss, kbarrett

8194994: Remove redundant string streams used for logging Reviewed-by: rehn, iklam, coleenp

8195103: Refactor out card table from CardTableModRefBS to flatten the BarrierSet hierarchy Reviewed-by: kbarrett, tschatzl