8186088: ConstantPoolCache::_resolved_references is not a JNIHandle
Summary: Make an OopHandle type to replace jobject to encapsulate these oop pointers in metadata and module entry.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, dholmes, jiangli, twisti

8172791: Issues with JEP 270 (ReservedStackArea)
Reviewed-by: dcubed, thartmann
Contributed-by: aph@redhat.com

8167659: Access of mark word should use oopDesc::mark_offset_in_bytes() instead of '0'
Summary: Use oopDesc::mark_offset_in_bytes() when addressing mark word, instead of '0'.
Reviewed-by: dholmes, coleenp

8171392: Move Klass pointers outside of ConstantPool entries so ConstantPool can be read-only
Summary: Added _resolved_klasses; moved _resolved_references to ConstantPoolCache, etc.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, lfoltan, simonis, aph

8163014: Mysterious/wrong value for "long" frame local variable on 64-bit
Summary: The high byte of a long variable on a 64-bit platform is now zeroed when it is pushed to stack.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dlong

8146697: VM crashes in test Test7005594
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

8153535: Convert TraceRedefineClasses to Unified Logging
Reviewed-by: rprotacio, coleenp

8132051: Better byte behavior
Reviewed-by: bdelsart, roland, kvn, jrose, ahgross
Contributed-by: coleen.phillimore@oracle.com, roland.westerlin@oracle.com, vladimir.kozlov@oracle.com, john.r.rose@oracle.com

8152358: code and comment cleanups found during the hunt for 8077392
Reviewed-by: gthornbr, kvn, cvarming

8152065: TraceBytecodes breaks the interpreter expression stack
Summary: Move trace_bytecode to InterpreterRuntime and make trace_bytecode an IRT_LEAF so that safepoints are not allowed.
Reviewed-by: jiangli, dholmes, dcubed

8074457: Remove the non-Zero CPP Interpreter
Summary: Remove cppInterpreter assembly files and reorganize InterpreterGenerator includes
Reviewed-by: goetz, bdelsart

8046936: JEP 270: Reserved Stack Areas for Critical Sections
Reviewed-by: acorn, dcubed

8136421: JEP 243: Java-Level JVM Compiler Interface
Reviewed-by: ihse, alanb, roland, coleenp, iveresov, kvn, kbarrett

Merge

8136525: Generate interpreter entries only once and avoid unnecessary jump to jump
Reviewed-by: coleenp, twisti, aph

8135085: Change Method::_intrinsic_id from u1 to u2
Summary: Convert Method::_intrinsic_id from u1 to u2 to expand id range over 255.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, iklam, jiangli
Contributed-by: aleksey.shipilev@oracle.com

8076373: In 32-bit VM interpreter and compiled code process NaN values differently
Summary: Change interpreter to use XMM registers on x86_32 if they are available. Add stubs for methods transforming from/to int/long float/double.
Reviewed-by: kvn, mcberg

8081320: Backout JDK-8059340: ConstantPool::_resolved_references is missing in heap dump
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, coleenp

Merge

8059340: ConstantPool::_resolved_references is missing in heap dump
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, stefank, twisti

6811960: x86 biasedlocking epoch expired rare bug
Summary: It is now guaranteed that biased_locking_enter will be passed a valid tmp_reg.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dcubed, kvn

8074717: Merge interp_masm files for x86 _32 and _64
Summary: Merge interp_masm_x86 files into one.
Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, hseigel, mockner

8004128: NPG: remove stackwalking in Threads::gc_prologue and gc_epilogue code
Summary: remove bcx and mdx handling. We no longer have to convert bytecode pointers to indices for GC since Methods aren't moved.
Reviewed-by: mgerdin, kvn

8039975: SIGSEGV in MethodData::next_data(ProfileData*)
Summary: profiling code in interpreter broken when argument profiling is off.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, kvn

8026253: New type profiling points: sparc support
Summary: c1 and interpreter support for new type profiling on sparc
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti

8026251: New type profiling points: parameters to methods
Summary: x86 interpreter and c1 type profiling for parameters on method entries
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti