8012292: optimized build with GCC broken Summary: Some #ifndef PRODUCT should be #ifdef ASSERT Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti Contributed-by: gdub <duboscq@ssw.jku.at>

8012037: Test8009761.java "Failed: init recursive calls: 7224. After deopt 58824" Summary: test shouldn't be run with a modified CompileThreshold Reviewed-by: kvn

Merge

8012902: remove use of global operator new - take 2 Summary: The fix of 8010992, disable use of global operator new and new[] which caused failure on some tests. This takes two of the bugs also add ALLOW_OPERATOR_NEW_USAGE to prevent crash for third party code calling operator new of jvm on certain platforms. Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, zgu Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

8014138: Add VM option to facilitate the writing of CDS tests Summary: Added the -XX:SharedArchiveFile option. Reviewed-by: coleenp, ccheung, acorn, dcubed, zgu

8014448: Purge PrintCompactFieldsSavings Summary: Remove obsolete debugging code. Reviewed-by: dholmes, kvn Contributed-by: Aleksey Shipilev <aleksey.shipilev@oracle.com>

8005056: NPG: Crash after redefining java.lang.Object Summary: Need to walk array class vtables replacing old methods too if j.l.o redefined Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dcubed, ctornqvi

Merge

Merge

8003557: NPG: Klass* const k should be const Klass* k. Summary: With NPG, const KlassOop klass which is in fact a definition converted to Klass* const, which is not the original intention. The right usage is converting them to const Klass*. Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn Contributed-by: yumin.qi@oracle.com

Merge

8008255: jvmtiExport.cpp::post_to_env() does not check malloc() return Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes, sla

Merge

Merge