[7u60] Request for approval: 7194607, 8005128, 8006542, 8006546, 8006731

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

Hello,

Requesting approval to backport from JDK 8 first chunk (5 of 12 fixes) 
of the JSR-292 support
in the JVMTI HotSwap API (includes RedefineClasses, RetransformClasses 
and PopFrame).

All the fixes below:
  - have a label 7u60-critical-approved
  - have been already integrated into the JDK 8 and tested in the 
hotspot-rt nightly for several months


   https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-7194607
   jdk8 changeset: 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/hotspot/rev/64812523d72e
   7u: 
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/7u_webrevs/7194607
   Review thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2012-October/007354.html

  https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8005128
   jdk8 changeset: 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hsx25/hotspot/rev/edd76a5856f7
   7u webrev: 
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/7u_webrevs/8005128
   Review thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2013-January/008002.html

  https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8006542
   jdk8 changeset: 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hsx25/hotspot/rev/9bf5f643d1cf
   7u webrev: 
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/7u_webrevs/8006542
   Review thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2013-January/008080.html

  https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8006546
   jdk8 changeset: 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hsx25/hotspot/rev/dc31f560d6e7
   7u webrev: 
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/7u_webrevs/8006546
   Review thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2013-January/008149.html

  https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8006731
   jdk8 changeset: 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hsx25/hotspot/rev/79c1bb8fce5d
   7u webrev: 
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/7u_webrevs/8006731
   Review thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2013-January/008150.html


  Accumulative webrev based on the hsx/jdk7u-dev repo:
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2014/hotspot/7u_port/JSR292-chunk1/


Thanks,
Serguei