[8u40] Request for approval for bulk integration of hs25.40-b18

[Alejandro E Murillo]

Requesting approval to integrate hs25.40-b18 into jdk8u40-b14.

A webrev is available at:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~amurillo/8u40/hs25.40-b18-jdk8u40-b14.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 jdk9 repository.

8046268: compiler/whitebox/ tests fail : must be osr_compiled
8056240: Investigate increased GC remark time after class unloading changes in CRM Fuse
8057043: Type annotations not retained during class redefine / retransform
8058715: stability issues when being launched as an embedded JVM via JNI
8059216: Make PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime print information about stopping threads
8059780: SPECjvm2008-MPEG performance regressions on x64 platforms
8060454: [TESTBUG] Whitebox tests fail with -XX:CompileThreshold=100
8061486: [TESTBUG] compiler/whitebox/ tests fail : must be osr_compiled (reappeared in nightlies)
8061651: Interface to the Lookup Index Cache to improve URLClassPath search time
8061817: Whitebox.deoptimizeMethod() does not deoptimize all OSR versions of method
8061983: [TESTBUG] compiler/whitebox/MakeMethodNotCompilableTest.java fails with "must not be in queue"
8062169: Multiple OSR compilations issued for same bci
8062589: new hotspot build - hs25.40-b18

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Alejandro