RFR: 8190287: Update JDK's internal ASM to ASMv6

[Kumar Srinivasan]

Hi Remi,

Are you ok with the ASMv6 changes ?

Thanks
Kumar

On 10/27/2017 10:12 AM, Kumar Srinivasan wrote:
> Hello Remi, Sundar and others,
>
> Please review the webrev [1] to update JDK's internal ASM to v6.
>
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> patches commented with //
>
> Highlights of changes:
> 1. updated ASMv6 // jdk-new-asmv6.patch
> 2. changes to jlink and jar to add ModuleMainClass and ModulePackages 
> attributes //jdk-new-asm-update.patch
> 3. adjustments to jdk tests  //jdk-new-asm-test.patch
> 4. minor adjustments  to hotspot tests //jdk-new-hotspot-test.patch
>
> Tests:
> jdk_tier1, jdk_tier2, testset hotspot, hotspot_tier1, nashorn ant tests,
> Alan has also run several tests.
>
> Big thanks to Alan for #2 and #3 as part of [3].
>
> Thanks
> Kumar
>
> [1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ksrini/8190287/webrev.00/index.html
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8190287
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8186236
>