RFR [8u40] 8056084: Refactor Hashtable to allow implementations without rehashing support

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi Mikael,

On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 09:00 +0200, Mikael Gerdin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to backport this change in order to backport 8048268 which we need for 
> G1 performance in 8u40.
> 
> The patch didn't apply cleanly since StringTable was moved to a separate file 
> in 9. The StringTable patch hunks applied correctly to the relevant parts of 
> symbolTable.[ch]pp.
> 
> 
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mgerdin/8056084/8u/webrev/
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8056084
> 
> Review thread at:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2014-August/015039.html
> 

Looks good.

Thanks,
  Thomas