8222534: VerifyBeforeExit is not honored when System.exit is called Reviewed-by: coleenp, rehn

8222955: Optimize String.replace(CharSequence, CharSequence) for common cases Reviewed-by: redestad, tvaleev

8223412: tier1 build failure after 8222893 Summary: disable the test in PRODUCT Reviewed-by: dcubed, pliden, kvn

8221509: Refactor assert( G1CollectedHeap::used() == recalculate_used() ) with better message Reviewed-by: tschatzl, manc

8222893: markOopDesc::print_on() is a bit confused Summary: Add print_on for ObjectMonitor and make markOop printing sensible and add test. Reviewed-by: dcubed, pchilanomate

8222665: Update Graal Reviewed-by: kvn

8221542: ~15% performance degradation due to less optimized inline decision Reviewed-by: vlivanov, coleenp

8219902: C2: MemNode::can_see_stored_value() ignores casts which carry control dependency Reviewed-by: kvn

8223171: Redundant nmethod dependencies for effectively final methods Reviewed-by: dlong

8219483: j.l.c.ClassDesc::nested(String, String...) doesn't throw NPE if any arg is null Reviewed-by: darcy

8222667: vmTestbase/nsk/jdi/ThreadStartRequest/addThreadFilter/addthreadfilter002/TestDescription.java failed with "event IS NOT a breakpoint" Reviewed-by: gadams, sspitsyn, jcbeyler, cjplummer

8219991: New fix of the deadlock in sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl Reviewed-by: alanb, dfuchs

8223395: PPC64: Improve comments in the JVM signal handler to match ISA text Reviewed-by: mdoerr

8223267: Fix incorrect usage of GCTraceTime in g1FullCollector and g1CollectedHeap Reviewed-by: kbarrett, tschatzl

8223359: JDK-8221359 breaks TestG1ParallelPhases.java Summary: Removed check for SATBFiltering event. Reviewed-by: tschatzl

8223174: Pattern.compile() can throw confusing NegativeArraySizeException Reviewed-by: martin