8029396: PPC64 (part 212): Several memory ordering fixes in C-code.
Summary: memory ordering fixes in GC and other runtime code showing on PPC64.
Reviewed-by: kvn, coleenp
simonis [Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:19:09 +0100] rev 22857
8019929: PPC64 (part 107): Extend ELF-decoder to support PPC64 function descriptor tables
Summary: Extend ELF-decoder to support PPC64 function descriptor tables
Reviewed-by: kvn, zgu
8029015: PPC64 (part 216): opto: trap based null and range checks
Summary: On PPC64 use tdi instruction that does a compare and raises SIGTRAP for NULL and range checks.
Reviewed-by: kvn