8161121: VM::isSystemDomainLoader should consider platform class loader
Reviewed-by: alanb

8179222: SimpleConsoleLogger should protect against MissingResourceException
Summary: SimpleConsoleLogger now emulates the behaviour of java.util.logging.Formatter, trapping MissingResourceException and using the key as the message if the ResourceBundle has no match for that key.
Reviewed-by: naoto

8177530: Module system implementation refresh (4/2017)
Reviewed-by: mchung, alanb
Contributed-by: alan.bateman@oracle.com, mandy.chung@oracle.com

8177835: System.LoggerFinder#getLogger or getLocalizedLogger does not throw NPE
Reviewed-by: rriggs, mchung

8163162: The separation between system loggers and application loggers should take the extension loader in consideration.
Summary: DefaultLoggerFinder.isSystem is changed to return 'true' for classes loaded from the platform loader and its ancestors. This means that classes loaded by the platform loader will get exactly the same kind of loggers than classes loaded by the boot (null) loader.
Reviewed-by: rriggs, mchung

8155775: Re-examine naming of privileged methods to access System properties
Reviewed-by: mullan

8148568: LoggerFinder.getLogger and LoggerFinder.getLocalizedLogger should take a Module argument instead of a Class.
Summary: Changes System.LoggerFinder methods to take a Module argument instead of a Class.
Reviewed-by: mchung

8154231: Simplify access to System properties from JDK code
Reviewed-by: rriggs, chegar, weijun

8151571: InnocuousThread cannot be created during early startup
Reviewed-by: alanb, plevart, chegar

8150840: Add an internal system property to control the default level of System.Logger when java.logging is not present.
Reviewed-by: mchung, rriggs

8149653: Move sun.misc.InnocuousThread to jdk.internal.misc
Reviewed-by: mchung, rriggs

8136494: Update "@since 1.9" to "@since 9" to match java.version.specification
Reviewed-by: alanb, chegar, lancea, prr

8145544: Move sun.misc.VM to jdk.internal.misc
Reviewed-by: alanb, mullan, weijun

8145680: Remove unnecessary explicit initialization of volatile variables in java.base
Reviewed-by: alanb, chegar, jfranck, shade

8145686: SimpleConsoleLogger and LogRecord should take advantage of StackWalker to skip classes implementing System.Logger
Summary: methods defined on classes implementing System.Logger will be skipped when looking for the calling method.
Reviewed-by: mchung

8144214: Some log messages will be discarded when VM is bootstrapping
Summary: use logp instead of log.
Reviewed-by: dfuchs

8143911: Reintegrate JEP 259: Stack-Walking API
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dfuchs, bchristi, psandoz, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: Mandy Chung <mandy.chung@oracle.com>, Brent Christian <brent.christian@oracle.com>, Daniel Fuchs <daniel.fuchs@oracle.com>, Hamlin Li <huaming.li@oracle.com>

8143931: Back out JDK-8140450
Reviewed-by: coleenp

8140450: Implement JEP 259: Stack-Walking API
Reviewed-by: coleenp, dfuchs, bchristi, psandoz, sspitsyn
Contributed-by: Mandy Chung <mandy.chung@oracle.com>, Brent Christian <brent.christian@oracle.com>, Daniel Fuchs <daniel.fuchs@oracle.com>, Hamlin Li <huaming.li@oracle.com>

8140364: JEP 264 Platform Logger API and Service Implementation
Summary: Initial implementation for JEP 264 Platform Logger API and Service
Reviewed-by: mchung, psandoz, rriggs