6914002: unsigned compare problem after 5057818 Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

Merge

6908267: Zero fails to unlock synchronized native methods on exception Reviewed-by: never Contributed-by: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>

6893268: additional dynamic language related optimizations in C2 Summary: C2 needs some additional optimizations to be able to handle MethodHandle invokes and invokedynamic instructions at the best performance. Reviewed-by: kvn, never

6829187: compiler optimizations required for JSR 292 Summary: C2 implementation for invokedynamic support. Reviewed-by: kvn, never

6913075: EA identifies escape state incorrectly after 6895383 fix Summary: EA incorrectly identifies escape state of an allocation passed as call argument. Reviewed-by: never

6893081: method handle & invokedynamic code needs additional cleanup (post 6815692, 6858164) Summary: During the work for 6829187 we have fixed a number of basic bugs which are logically grouped with 6815692 and 6858164 but which must be reviewed and pushed separately. Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Merge

6894206: JVM needs a way to traverse method handle structures Summary: We need a way to walk chained method handles in the JVM to call the right methods and to generate required bytecode adapters for the compilers. Reviewed-by: kvn

6913869: Zero assert fix Summary: Zero currently won't build on zSeries or PowerPC machines with assertions turned on. Reviewed-by: twisti Contributed-by: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>