[7u4] Request for approval for bulk integration of hs23-b08

[Alejandro E Murillo]

Requesting approval to integrate hs23-b08 into jdk7u4-b05.

A webrev is available at:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~amurillo/7u4/hs23-b08-jdk7u4-b05.webrev/

Pre-integration testing is in progress; the integration will proceed
only after SQE has analyzed the results and approved.

The fixes in the proposed integration are below.  All have undergone
nightly testing and are already in a jdk8 repository.

6593758: RFE: Enhance GC ergonomics to dynamically choose ParallelGCThreads
6890673: Eliminate allocations immediately after EA
7003454: order constants in constant table by number of references in code
7077312: Provide a CALL effect for instruct declaration in the ad file
7090968: Allow adlc register class to depend on runtime conditions
7097002: G1: remove a lot of unused / redundant code from the G1CollectorPolicy class
7104647: Adding a diagnostic command framework
7105605: Use EA info to optimize pointers compare
7106024: CMS: Removed unused code for precleaning in remark phase
7108383: JSR 292: JRuby bench_define_method_methods.rb: assert(slow_jvms != NULL) failed: miss path must not
7110017: is_headless_jre should be updated to reflect the new location of awt toolkit libraries
7110058: change default for ScavengeRootsInCode to 2
7110173: GCNotifier::pushNotification publishes stale data.
7110489: C1: 64-bit tiered with ForceUnreachable: assert(reachable(src)) failed: Address should be reachable
7110586: C2 generates incorrect results
7110718: -XX:MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount=0 crashes the JVM
7111795: G1: Various cleanups identified during walk through of changes for 6484965
7112034: Parallel CMS fails to properly mark reference objects
7112085: assert(fr.interpreter_frame_expression_stack_size()==0) failed: only handle empty stacks
7112308: Fix Visual Studio build for precompiled header
7112478: after 7105605 JRuby bench_define_method_methods.rb fails with NPE
7112743: G1: Reduce overhead of marking closure during evacuation pauses
7112997: Remove obsolete code ResetObjectsClosure and VerifyUpdateClosure
7113503: Bump the hs23 build number to 07
7114095: G1: assert(obj == oopDesc::load_decode_heap_oop(p)) failed: p should still be pointing to obj
7114303: G1: assert(_g1->mark_in_progress()) failed: shouldn't be here otherwise
7116081: USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER=0 triggers a single threaded build of the JVM
7116189: Export JVM_SetNativeThreadName from Hotspot
7116481: Commercial features in Hotspot must be gated by a switch
7116730: Revert 7116481: Commercial features in Hotspot must be gated by a switch
7116795: Tiered: enable by default for server
7117282: assert(base == NULL || t_adr->isa_rawptr() || !phase->type(base)
7117389: Add a framework for vendor-specific command line switch extensions to Hotspot
7117536: new hotspot build - hs23-b08
7117748: SA_APPLE_BOOT_JAVA and ALWAYS_PASS_TEST_GAMMA settings should not be required on MacOS X
7118202: G1: eden size unnecessarily drops to a minimum
7118648: disable compressed oops by default on MacOS X until 7118647 is fixed
7119584: UseParallelGC barrier task can be overwritten.


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Alejandro E Murillo, Java Performance
Phone:  (303) 955-2584.
Timezone: US/Mountain (UTC-0700)