--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Fri Jul 20 14:52:11 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.cpp	Fri Jul 20 12:19:28 2018 -0700
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@
   // Allocate private object used as system class loader lock
   _system_loader_lock_obj = oopFactory::new_intArray(0, CHECK);
   // Initialize basic classes
-  initialize_preloaded_classes(CHECK);
+  resolve_preloaded_classes(CHECK);
 }
 
 // Compact table of directions on the initialization of klasses:
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@
   0
 };
 
-bool SystemDictionary::initialize_wk_klass(WKID id, int init_opt, TRAPS) {
+bool SystemDictionary::resolve_wk_klass(WKID id, int init_opt, TRAPS) {
   assert(id >= (int)FIRST_WKID && id < (int)WKID_LIMIT, "oob");
   int  info = wk_init_info[id - FIRST_WKID];
   int  sid  = (info >> CEIL_LG_OPTION_LIMIT);
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
   return ((*klassp) != NULL);
 }
 
-void SystemDictionary::initialize_wk_klasses_until(WKID limit_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS) {
+void SystemDictionary::resolve_wk_klasses_until(WKID limit_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS) {
   assert((int)start_id <= (int)limit_id, "IDs are out of order!");
   for (int id = (int)start_id; id < (int)limit_id; id++) {
     assert(id >= (int)FIRST_WKID && id < (int)WKID_LIMIT, "oob");
@@ -1960,14 +1960,14 @@
     int sid  = (info >> CEIL_LG_OPTION_LIMIT);
     int opt  = (info & right_n_bits(CEIL_LG_OPTION_LIMIT));
 
-    initialize_wk_klass((WKID)id, opt, CHECK);
+    resolve_wk_klass((WKID)id, opt, CHECK);
   }
 
   // move the starting value forward to the limit:
   start_id = limit_id;
 }
 
-void SystemDictionary::initialize_preloaded_classes(TRAPS) {
+void SystemDictionary::resolve_preloaded_classes(TRAPS) {
   assert(WK_KLASS(Object_klass) == NULL, "preloaded classes should only be initialized once");
 
   // Create the ModuleEntry for java.base.  This call needs to be done here,
@@ -1979,14 +1979,14 @@
   // first do Object, then String, Class
 #if INCLUDE_CDS
   if (UseSharedSpaces) {
-    initialize_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Object_klass), scan, CHECK);
+    resolve_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Object_klass), scan, CHECK);
     // Initialize the constant pool for the Object_class
     Object_klass()->constants()->restore_unshareable_info(CHECK);
-    initialize_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Class_klass), scan, CHECK);
+    resolve_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Class_klass), scan, CHECK);
   } else
 #endif
   {
-    initialize_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Class_klass), scan, CHECK);
+    resolve_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Class_klass), scan, CHECK);
   }
 
   // Calculate offsets for String and Class classes since they are loaded and
@@ -2003,13 +2003,13 @@
   Universe::fixup_mirrors(CHECK);
 
   // do a bunch more:
-  initialize_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Reference_klass), scan, CHECK);
+  resolve_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(Reference_klass), scan, CHECK);
 
   // Preload ref klasses and set reference types
   InstanceKlass::cast(WK_KLASS(Reference_klass))->set_reference_type(REF_OTHER);
   InstanceRefKlass::update_nonstatic_oop_maps(WK_KLASS(Reference_klass));
 
-  initialize_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(PhantomReference_klass), scan, CHECK);
+  resolve_wk_klasses_through(WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(PhantomReference_klass), scan, CHECK);
   InstanceKlass::cast(WK_KLASS(SoftReference_klass))->set_reference_type(REF_SOFT);
   InstanceKlass::cast(WK_KLASS(WeakReference_klass))->set_reference_type(REF_WEAK);
   InstanceKlass::cast(WK_KLASS(FinalReference_klass))->set_reference_type(REF_FINAL);
@@ -2018,9 +2018,9 @@
   // JSR 292 classes
   WKID jsr292_group_start = WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(MethodHandle_klass);
   WKID jsr292_group_end   = WK_KLASS_ENUM_NAME(VolatileCallSite_klass);
-  initialize_wk_klasses_until(jsr292_group_start, scan, CHECK);
-  initialize_wk_klasses_through(jsr292_group_end, scan, CHECK);
-  initialize_wk_klasses_until(NOT_JVMCI(WKID_LIMIT) JVMCI_ONLY(FIRST_JVMCI_WKID), scan, CHECK);
+  resolve_wk_klasses_until(jsr292_group_start, scan, CHECK);
+  resolve_wk_klasses_through(jsr292_group_end, scan, CHECK);
+  resolve_wk_klasses_until(NOT_JVMCI(WKID_LIMIT) JVMCI_ONLY(FIRST_JVMCI_WKID), scan, CHECK);
 
   _box_klasses[T_BOOLEAN] = WK_KLASS(Boolean_klass);
   _box_klasses[T_CHAR]    = WK_KLASS(Character_klass);

--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.hpp	Fri Jul 20 14:52:11 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/systemDictionary.hpp	Fri Jul 20 12:19:28 2018 -0700
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 // that makes some minor distinctions, like whether the klass
 // is preloaded, optional, release-specific, etc.
 // The order of these definitions is significant; it is the order in which
-// preloading is actually performed by initialize_preloaded_classes.
+// preloading is actually performed by resolve_preloaded_classes.
 
 #define WK_KLASSES_DO(do_klass)                                                                                          \
   /* well-known classes */                                                                                               \
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@
 
   JVMCI_ONLY(static InstanceKlass* check_klass_Jvmci(InstanceKlass* k) { return k; })
 
-  static bool initialize_wk_klass(WKID id, int init_opt, TRAPS);
-  static void initialize_wk_klasses_until(WKID limit_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS);
-  static void initialize_wk_klasses_through(WKID end_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS) {
+  static bool resolve_wk_klass(WKID id, int init_opt, TRAPS);
+  static void resolve_wk_klasses_until(WKID limit_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS);
+  static void resolve_wk_klasses_through(WKID end_id, WKID &start_id, TRAPS) {
     int limit = (int)end_id + 1;
-    initialize_wk_klasses_until((WKID) limit, start_id, THREAD);
+    resolve_wk_klasses_until((WKID) limit, start_id, THREAD);
   }
 
 public:
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@
                                   ClassLoaderData* loader_data,
                                   TRAPS);
 
-  // Initialization
-  static void initialize_preloaded_classes(TRAPS);
+  // Resolve preloaded classes so they can be used like SystemDictionary::String_klass()
+  static void resolve_preloaded_classes(TRAPS);
 
   // Class loader constraints
   static void check_constraints(unsigned int hash,

--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Fri Jul 20 14:52:11 2018 -0400
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.cpp	Fri Jul 20 12:19:28 2018 -0700
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
   if (JVMCIRuntime::_well_known_classes_initialized == false) {
     guarantee(can_initialize_JVMCI(), "VM is not yet sufficiently booted to initialize JVMCI");
     SystemDictionary::WKID scan = SystemDictionary::FIRST_JVMCI_WKID;
-    SystemDictionary::initialize_wk_klasses_through(SystemDictionary::LAST_JVMCI_WKID, scan, CHECK);
+    SystemDictionary::resolve_wk_klasses_through(SystemDictionary::LAST_JVMCI_WKID, scan, CHECK);
     JVMCIJavaClasses::compute_offsets(CHECK);
     JVMCIRuntime::_well_known_classes_initialized = true;
   }