8020547: Event based tracing needs a UNICODE string type Reviewed-by: egahlin, rbackman, dcubed, brutisso, acorn

Merge

8004872: Early loading of HashMap and StringValue under -XX:+AggressiveOpts can be removed Summary: this fix also removes the -XX:+UseStringCache option Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn, iklam

Merge

Merge

8020701: Avoid crashes in WatcherThread Reviewed-by: acorn, dcubed, dsimms

8020697: jniCheck.cpp:check_is_obj_array asserts on TypeArrayKlass::cast(aOop->klass()) Reviewed-by: dcubed, fparain, dholmes Contributed-by: David Simms <david.simms@oracle.com>

Merge

8020309: Eliminate InstanceKlass::_cached_class_file_len. Summary: Use JvmtiCachedClassFileData. Reviewed-by: iklam, sspitsyn, dcubed

8017498: JVM crashes when native code calls sigaction(sig) where sig>=0x20 Summary: Added (sig < MAXSIGNUM) check in jsig.c Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn

8016131: nsk/sysdict/vm/stress/chain tests crash the VM in 'entry_frame_is_first()' Reviewed-by: jrose, kvn, mgronlun

6671508: JNI GetPrimitiveArrayCritical should not be callable on object arrays Summary: Checked JNI now reports error for Get/ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical on object arrays Reviewed-by: dholmes, acorn Contributed-by: david.simms@oracle.com

8015759: hotspot changes needed to compile with Visual Studio 2012 Reviewed-by: anthony, dholmes, dcubed Contributed-by: Tim Bell <timothy.bell@oracle.com>

Merge

8019324: assert(_f2 == 0 || _f2 == f2) failed: illegal field change Reviewed-by: dholmes, rbackman Contributed-by: David Simms <david.simms@oracle.com>

Merge

Merge

7162400: Intermittent java.io.IOException: Bad file number during HotSpotVirtualMachine.executeCommand Summary: Intermittent java.io.IOException: Bad file number during HotSpotVirtualMachine.executeCommand Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, sspitsyn, mgerdin, ctornqvi, dsamersoff

Merge

8012241: NMT huge memory footprint, it usually leads to OOME Summary: Enforce memory limitation on NMT to prevent JVM OOM Reviewed-by: acorn, dcubed, minqi

7143807: ResourceMark nesting problem in stringStream Reviewed-by: kvn, dcubed

8020797: new hotspot build - hs25-b43 Reviewed-by: jcoomes

Added tag jdk8-b100 for changeset 9493b1a85536

Added tag jdk8-b100 for changeset 2c6e85d3bb72

Added tag jdk8-b100 for changeset 3d34036aae4e

Merge

Merge

Merge

Merge

8020586: Warning produced for an incorrect file Summary: Always using DeferredLintHandler.immediateHandler when processing import classes Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

8019942: Graph inference: avoid redundant computation during bound incorporation Summary: Bound incorporation should not perform same operation multiple times Reviewed-by: jjg

8019340: varargs-related warnings are meaningless on signature-polymorphic methods such as MethodHandle.invokeExact Summary: Disable certain varargs warnings when compiling polymorphic signature calls Reviewed-by: jjg

8020149: Graph inference: wrong logic for picking best variable to solve Summary: Replace logic for selecting best inference leaf in the graph during an unsticking round Reviewed-by: jjg

8016640: compiler hangs if the generics arity of a base class is wrong Summary: Check.checkCompatibleConcretes hang when javac creates synthetic supertypes for 269 model API Reviewed-by: jjg

7041019: Bogus type-variable substitution with array types with dependencies on accessibility check Summary: call to upperBound() when performing type-variable substitution on element type leads to unsoundness Reviewed-by: jjg

8020286: Wrong diagnostic after compaction Summary: compact diagnostic shows the least relevant method in the list Reviewed-by: jjg

8020147: Spurious errors when compiling nested stuck lambdas Summary: Scope of deferred types is not copied correctly; postAttr analyzer should not run on stuck expressions Reviewed-by: jjg

8012238: Nested method capture and inference 8008200: java/lang/Class/asSubclass/BasicUnit.java fails to compile Summary: Inference support should be more flexible w.r.t. nested method calls returning captured types Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8016175: Add bottom-up type-checking support for unambiguous method references Summary: Type-checking of non-overloaded method references should be independent from target-type Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8012242: Lambda compatibility and checked exceptions Summary: Inference variables in 'throws' clause with no constraints should be inferred as RuntimeException Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8020278: NPE in javadoc Reviewed-by: mcimadamore, vromero

8013404: Unclear spec for target typing with conditional operator (?:) Summary: Fix previously ignored test Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8020214: TEST_BUG: test/tools/javap/8007907/JavapReturns0AfterClassNotFoundTest.java broken Reviewed-by: jjg

Merge

8019824: very long error messages on inference error Summary: Inference error messages shows several spurious captured variables generated during an inference loop Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8016702: use of ternary operator in lambda expression gives incorrect results Summary: Constant types erroneously creep in during inference Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8016059: Cannot compile following lambda 8016060: Lambda isn't compiled with return statement Summary: Spurious error triggered during unnecessary recovery round Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero

8019480: Javac crashes when method is called on a type-variable receiver from lambda expression Summary: Logic for shortcircuiting speculative attribution doesn't handle type-variable receivers Reviewed-by: jjg, vromero