--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/CompilerToVM.java	Tue Aug 23 13:44:26 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/CompilerToVM.java	Tue Aug 23 15:16:45 2016 +0000
@@ -244,17 +244,21 @@
     native void resolveInvokeDynamicInPool(HotSpotConstantPool constantPool, int cpi);
 
     /**
-     * Ensures that the type referenced by the entry for a
+     * If {@code cpi} denotes an entry representing a
      * <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-2.html#jvms-2.9">signature
-     * polymorphic</a> method at index {@code cpi} in {@code constantPool} is loaded and
-     * initialized.
-     *
-     * The behavior of this method is undefined if {@code cpi} does not denote an entry representing
-     * a signature polymorphic method.
+     * polymorphic</a> method, this method ensures that the type referenced by the entry is loaded
+     * and initialized. It {@code cpi} does not denote a signature polymorphic method, this method
+     * does nothing.
      */
     native void resolveInvokeHandleInPool(HotSpotConstantPool constantPool, int cpi);
 
     /**
+     * Gets the list of type names (in the format of {@link JavaType#getName()}) denoting the
+     * classes that define signature polymorphic methods.
+     */
+    native String[] getSignaturePolymorphicHolders();
+
+    /**
      * Gets the resolved type denoted by the entry at index {@code cpi} in {@code constantPool}.
      *
      * The behavior of this method is undefined if {@code cpi} does not denote an entry representing
@@ -610,4 +614,5 @@
      * @return the number of bytes required for deoptimization of this frame state
      */
     native int interpreterFrameSize(BytecodeFrame frame);
+
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantPool.java	Tue Aug 23 13:44:26 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantPool.java	Tue Aug 23 15:16:45 2016 +0000
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
      * @return constant pool tag
      */
     private JVM_CONSTANT getTagAt(int index) {
-        assertBounds(index);
+        assert checkBounds(index);
         HotSpotVMConfig config = config();
         final long metaspaceConstantPoolTags = UNSAFE.getAddress(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config.constantPoolTagsOffset);
         final int tag = UNSAFE.getByteVolatile(null, metaspaceConstantPoolTags + config.arrayU1DataOffset + index);
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
      * @return constant pool entry
      */
     private long getEntryAt(int index) {
-        assertBounds(index);
+        assert checkBounds(index);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getAddress(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
      * @return integer constant pool entry at index
      */
     private int getIntAt(int index) {
-        assertTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Integer);
+        assert checkTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Integer);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getInt(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
      * @return long constant pool entry
      */
     private long getLongAt(int index) {
-        assertTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Long);
+        assert checkTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Long);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getLong(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
      * @return float constant pool entry
      */
     private float getFloatAt(int index) {
-        assertTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Float);
+        assert checkTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Float);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getFloat(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
      * @return float constant pool entry
      */
     private double getDoubleAt(int index) {
-        assertTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Double);
+        assert checkTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.Double);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getDouble(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
      * @return {@code JVM_CONSTANT_NameAndType} constant pool entry
      */
     private int getNameAndTypeAt(int index) {
-        assertTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.NameAndType);
+        assert checkTag(index, JVM_CONSTANT.NameAndType);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         return UNSAFE.getInt(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
     }
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
      * @return klass reference index
      */
     private int getUncachedKlassRefIndexAt(int index) {
-        assertTagIsFieldOrMethod(index);
+        assert checkTagIsFieldOrMethod(index);
         int offset = index * runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getTarget().wordSize;
         final int refIndex = UNSAFE.getInt(getMetaspaceConstantPool() + config().constantPoolSize + offset);
         // klass ref index is in the low 16-bits.
@@ -449,23 +449,27 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Asserts that the constant pool index {@code index} is in the bounds of the constant pool.
+     * Checks that the constant pool index {@code index} is in the bounds of the constant pool.
      *
      * @param index constant pool index
+     * @throws AssertionError if the check fails
      */
-    private void assertBounds(int index) {
+    private boolean checkBounds(int index) {
         assert 0 <= index && index < length() : "index " + index + " not between 0 and " + length();
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Asserts that the constant pool tag at index {@code index} is equal to {@code tag}.
+     * Checks that the constant pool tag at index {@code index} is equal to {@code tag}.
      *
      * @param index constant pool index
      * @param tag expected tag
+     * @throws AssertionError if the check fails
      */
-    private void assertTag(int index, JVM_CONSTANT tag) {
+    private boolean checkTag(int index, JVM_CONSTANT tag) {
         final JVM_CONSTANT tagAt = getTagAt(index);
         assert tagAt == tag : "constant pool tag at index " + index + " is " + tagAt + " but expected " + tag;
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -473,10 +477,12 @@
      * or a {@link JVM_CONSTANT#MethodRef}, or a {@link JVM_CONSTANT#InterfaceMethodref}.
      *
      * @param index constant pool index
+     * @throws AssertionError if the check fails
      */
-    private void assertTagIsFieldOrMethod(int index) {
+    private boolean checkTagIsFieldOrMethod(int index) {
         final JVM_CONSTANT tagAt = getTagAt(index);
         assert tagAt == JVM_CONSTANT.Fieldref || tagAt == JVM_CONSTANT.MethodRef || tagAt == JVM_CONSTANT.InterfaceMethodref : tagAt;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -523,7 +529,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public String lookupUtf8(int cpi) {
-        assertTag(cpi, JVM_CONSTANT.Utf8);
+        assert checkTag(cpi, JVM_CONSTANT.Utf8);
         return compilerToVM().getSymbol(getEntryAt(cpi));
     }
 
@@ -690,11 +696,10 @@
                     UNSAFE.ensureClassInitialized(klass);
                 }
                 if (tag == JVM_CONSTANT.MethodRef) {
-                    if (Bytecodes.isInvokeHandleAlias(opcode)) {
+                    if (Bytecodes.isInvokeHandleAlias(opcode) && isSignaturePolymorphicHolder(type)) {
                         final int methodRefCacheIndex = rawIndexToConstantPoolIndex(cpi, opcode);
-                        if (isInvokeHandle(methodRefCacheIndex, type)) {
-                            compilerToVM().resolveInvokeHandleInPool(this, methodRefCacheIndex);
-                        }
+                        assert checkTag(compilerToVM().constantPoolRemapInstructionOperandFromCache(this, methodRefCacheIndex), JVM_CONSTANT.MethodRef);
+                        compilerToVM().resolveInvokeHandleInPool(this, methodRefCacheIndex);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -708,11 +713,26 @@
                 // nothing
                 break;
         }
+
     }
 
-    private boolean isInvokeHandle(int methodRefCacheIndex, HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl klass) {
-        assertTag(compilerToVM().constantPoolRemapInstructionOperandFromCache(this, methodRefCacheIndex), JVM_CONSTANT.MethodRef);
-        return ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(klass, getNameOf(methodRefCacheIndex), runtime().getHostJVMCIBackend().getMetaAccess());
+    // Lazily initialized.
+    private static String[] signaturePolymorphicHolders;
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if {@code type} contains signature polymorphic methods.
+     */
+    private static boolean isSignaturePolymorphicHolder(final HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl type) {
+        String name = type.getName();
+        if (signaturePolymorphicHolders == null) {
+            signaturePolymorphicHolders = compilerToVM().getSignaturePolymorphicHolders();
+        }
+        for (String holder : signaturePolymorphicHolders) {
+            if (name.equals(holder)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     @Override

--- a/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ResolvedJavaMethod.java	Tue Aug 23 13:44:26 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/jdk.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ResolvedJavaMethod.java	Tue Aug 23 15:16:45 2016 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 package jdk.vm.ci.meta;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
 import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -330,22 +329,4 @@
     }
 
     SpeculationLog getSpeculationLog();
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if the method identified by its holder and name is a
-     * <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-2.html#jvms-2.9">signature
-     * polymorphic</a> method.
-     */
-    static boolean isSignaturePolymorphic(JavaType holder, String name, MetaAccessProvider metaAccess) {
-        if (!holder.getName().equals("Ljava/lang/invoke/MethodHandle;")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        ResolvedJavaType methodHandleType = metaAccess.lookupJavaType(MethodHandle.class);
-        Signature signature = metaAccess.parseMethodDescriptor("([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;");
-        ResolvedJavaMethod method = methodHandleType.findMethod(name, signature);
-        if (method == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return method.isNative() && method.isVarArgs();
-    }
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp	Tue Aug 23 13:44:26 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp	Tue Aug 23 15:16:45 2016 +0000
@@ -1266,10 +1266,23 @@
 
 C2V_VMENTRY(void, resolveInvokeHandleInPool, (JNIEnv*, jobject, jobject jvmci_constant_pool, jint index))
   constantPoolHandle cp = CompilerToVM::asConstantPool(jvmci_constant_pool);
-  CallInfo callInfo;
-  LinkResolver::resolve_invoke(callInfo, Handle(), cp, index, Bytecodes::_invokehandle, CHECK);
-  ConstantPoolCacheEntry* cp_cache_entry = cp_cache_entry = cp->cache()->entry_at(cp->decode_cpcache_index(index));
-  cp_cache_entry->set_method_handle(cp, callInfo);
+  KlassHandle holder = cp->klass_ref_at(index, CHECK);
+  Symbol* name = cp->name_ref_at(index);
+  if (MethodHandles::is_signature_polymorphic_name(holder(), name)) {
+    CallInfo callInfo;
+    LinkResolver::resolve_invoke(callInfo, Handle(), cp, index, Bytecodes::_invokehandle, CHECK);
+    ConstantPoolCacheEntry* cp_cache_entry = cp_cache_entry = cp->cache()->entry_at(cp->decode_cpcache_index(index));
+    cp_cache_entry->set_method_handle(cp, callInfo);
+  }
+C2V_END
+
+C2V_VMENTRY(jobject, getSignaturePolymorphicHolders, (JNIEnv*, jobject))
+  objArrayHandle holders = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::String_klass(), 2, CHECK_NULL);
+  Handle mh = java_lang_String::create_from_str("Ljava/lang/invoke/MethodHandle;", CHECK_NULL);
+  Handle vh = java_lang_String::create_from_str("Ljava/lang/invoke/VarHandle;", CHECK_NULL);
+  holders->obj_at_put(0, mh());
+  holders->obj_at_put(1, vh());
+  return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, holders());
 C2V_END
 
 C2V_VMENTRY(jboolean, shouldDebugNonSafepoints, (JNIEnv*, jobject))
@@ -1511,6 +1524,7 @@
   {CC "resolveInvokeDynamicInPool",                   CC "(" HS_CONSTANT_POOL "I)V",                                                        FN_PTR(resolveInvokeDynamicInPool)},
   {CC "resolveInvokeHandleInPool",                    CC "(" HS_CONSTANT_POOL "I)V",                                                        FN_PTR(resolveInvokeHandleInPool)},
   {CC "resolveMethod",                                CC "(" HS_RESOLVED_KLASS HS_RESOLVED_METHOD HS_RESOLVED_KLASS ")" HS_RESOLVED_METHOD, FN_PTR(resolveMethod)},
+  {CC "getSignaturePolymorphicHolders",               CC "()[" STRING,                                                                      FN_PTR(getSignaturePolymorphicHolders)},
   {CC "getVtableIndexForInterfaceMethod",             CC "(" HS_RESOLVED_KLASS HS_RESOLVED_METHOD ")I",                                     FN_PTR(getVtableIndexForInterfaceMethod)},
   {CC "getClassInitializer",                          CC "(" HS_RESOLVED_KLASS ")" HS_RESOLVED_METHOD,                                      FN_PTR(getClassInitializer)},
   {CC "hasFinalizableSubclass",                       CC "(" HS_RESOLVED_KLASS ")Z",                                                        FN_PTR(hasFinalizableSubclass)},

--- a/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.runtime.test/src/jdk/vm/ci/runtime/test/TestResolvedJavaMethod.java	Tue Aug 23 13:44:26 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/test/compiler/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.runtime.test/src/jdk/vm/ci/runtime/test/TestResolvedJavaMethod.java	Tue Aug 23 15:16:45 2016 +0000
@@ -33,19 +33,16 @@
 
 package jdk.vm.ci.runtime.test;
 
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantPool;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ExceptionHandler;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
-import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaType;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Member;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -57,10 +54,13 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantPool;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ExceptionHandler;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaType;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link ResolvedJavaMethod}.
@@ -407,20 +407,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void isSignaturePolymorphicTest() {
-        ResolvedJavaType methodHandleType = metaAccess.lookupJavaType(MethodHandle.class);
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "invokeExact", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "invoke", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "invokeBasic", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "linkToVirtual", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "linkToStatic", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "linkToSpecial", metaAccess));
-        assertTrue(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "linkToInterface", metaAccess));
-        assertFalse(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(methodHandleType, "type", metaAccess));
-        assertFalse(ResolvedJavaMethod.isSignaturePolymorphic(metaAccess.lookupJavaType(Object.class), "toString", metaAccess));
-    }
-
     /**
      * All public non-final methods should be available in the vtable.
      */