6983296: build sanity checks for jdk7 should require SS12u1 Reviewed-by: ohair

6984287: Regularize how GC parallel workers are specified. Summary: Associate number of GC workers with the workgang as opposed to the task. Reviewed-by: johnc, ysr

Merge

6989736: fix mapfile warnings on solaris Reviewed-by: kvn, iveresov, jcoomes

6988018: dtrace/hotspot/MethodInvocation/MethodInvocation002 crashes with client compiler Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn, kamg

6979458: VM crashes when -XX:ObjectAlignmentInBytes is too big Summary: Set upper limit 256 for ObjectAlignmentInBytes value. Reviewed-by: never, iveresov

6989368: Regression in scimark2.MonteCarlo in jdk7_b112 on Linux Summary: Fix ciMethod::instructions_size() to return correct value Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

6968348: Byteswapped memory access can point to wrong location after JIT Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn, iveresov

6916062: assert(_inserts <= _insert_limit,"hash table overflow") in NodeHash::hash_insert Summary: Missing check for not empty worklist when puting memory node back on worklist and expecting address type update. Reviewed-by: never

6988346: 6986046 breaks tiered Summary: adjusted profiling code generation to use the new ValueStack implementation; lowered optimization level for c1_LinearScan.cpp on solaris x64. Reviewed-by: kvn, never

6988303: 6986046 breaks build with recent gcc Summary: fixes build break Reviewed-by: never, kvn

6987634: JSR 292 assert(start_bci() >= 0 && start_bci() < code_size()) failed: correct osr_bci argument Reviewed-by: never, kvn

6987763: assert(kind() == EmptyExceptionState) failed: only EmptyExceptionStates can be modified Reviewed-by: roland, kvn, iveresov

6987115: Non-tiered compilation policy creates unnecessary C1 threads Summary: Fixed NonTieredCompPolicy::compiler_count() to return correct thread count. Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn

Merge