8138922: StubCodeDesc constructor publishes partially-constructed objects on StubCodeDesc::_list Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp, dholmes

8149141: Optimized build is broken Reviewed-by: kvn, kbarrett

8149797: Compilation fails with "assert(in_hash) failed: node should be in igvn hash table" Summary: node replaced by dominating dead cast during parsing Reviewed-by: kvn

Merge

8149740: NPEs when executing some HotSpotConstantReflectionProvider with null args Reviewed-by: twisti, dnsimon

8149472: NPE when executing HotSpotConstantReflectionProvider::constantEquals with null first arg Reviewed-by: twisti, kvn, dnsimon

Merge

8149543: range check CastII nodes should not be split through Phi Summary: splitting range check CastIIs through loop induction Phi prevents further optimizations Reviewed-by: kvn, mcberg

8149421: Vectorized Post Loops Summary: add vectorised post loop for counted loops with vectors. Reviewed-by: kvn

8143542: C2 doesn't eliminate identical checks Summary: Two identical Ifs back to back can be merged Reviewed-by: kvn

8148564: compiler/intrinsics/string/TestStringIntrinsics2.java times out Summary: Test should not run with -Xcomp because MaxInlineSize is large. Reviewed-by: kvn, simonis

8149689: [JVMCI] CodeInstaller::pd_patch_DataSectionReference should be able to throw exceptions Reviewed-by: kvn

8149695: [JVMCI] add missing Checkstyle configuration file Reviewed-by: kvn

8145700: Uninitialised variable in macroAssembler_x86.cpp:7038 Summary: Added missing local variable initializations. Reviewed-by: kvn, vlivanov, thartmann, mcberg Contributed-by: Rahul Raghavan <rahul.v.raghavan@oracle.com>