8148146: Integrate new internal Unsafe entry points, and basic intrinsic support for VarHandles Reviewed-by: psandoz, kvn, jrose, adinn, simonis, coleenp

8007986: GrowableArray should implement binary search Summary: binary search method for GrowableArray Reviewed-by: vlivanov, jrose

8150180: String.value contents should be trusted Reviewed-by: vlivanov, redestad, jrose, twisti

8145333: -XX:+EnableJVMCI -XX:+UseJVMCICompiler -XX:-EnableJVMCI makes JVM crash Summary: JVMCI Flags are checked for consistency after parse. Reviewed-by: twisti

Merge

8149916: Test case for 8149797 Reviewed-by: kvn

8150102: C1 should fold arraylength for constant/trusted arrays Reviewed-by: vlivanov, kvn

8148786: xml.tranform fails on x86-64 Summary: CCP computes wrong type for CountedLoop iv Phi Reviewed-by: kvn

8087341: C2 doesn't optimize redundant memory operations with G1 Summary: effect of memory barrier in post barrier is too wide Reviewed-by: kvn, aph Contributed-by: adinn <adinn@redhat.com>

Merge

8141619: Develop new tests for JVMCI compilerToVM class' CP related methods Reviewed-by: twisti, dpochepk

8141618: Change JVMCI compilerToVM constant pool tests to support CP cache Reviewed-by: twisti, dpochepk

8141616: Add new methods to the java Whitebox API Reviewed-by: kvn, dpochepk

8149655: PPC64: Implement CompactString intrinsics Reviewed-by: goetz, kvn

8067014: LinearScan::is_sorted significantly slows down fastdebug builds' performance Reviewed-by: vlivanov, shade