--- a/.hgtags	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/.hgtags	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@
 cc83359f5e5eb46dd9176b0a272390b1a0a51fdc hs24.60-b01
 c373a733d5d5147f99eaa2b91d6b937c28214fc9 jdk7u45-b33
 0bcb43482f2ac5615437541ffb8dc0f79ece3148 jdk7u45-b34
+12ea8d416f105f5971c808c89dddc1006bfc4c53 jdk7u45-b35
 429884602206fcf5314c8b953c06d54d337558ca jdk7u51-b00
 68f03ff066f2341b89b52a6d6e21ae09de008351 jdk7u51-b01
 67910a581eca113847c5320c49436a9816c5d5c6 jdk7u51-b02
@@ -623,6 +624,26 @@
 6c6a2299029ad02fa2820b8ff8c61c2bbcae799c jdk7u51-b13
 a398ddc79d2310ad37b131cc3794b3cf574f088e jdk7u51-b30
 cf4110c35afb10456d8264c47b7cde1c20150cab jdk7u51-b31
+208419914859dd77abdb5ec755b32c237ee6e4eb jdk7u51-b33
+f8457a75bdb5052f1d8c547027a926f9b755b808 jdk7u51-b34
+dee2a38ef6b26534c44c550ef4da2c3146c612c2 jdk7u55-b00
+ac0063b4452bc724e8648e64f4b2d495054bb308 jdk7u55-b01
+408028d410e316a99495c42df0031018890c22fe jdk7u55-b02
+50fb91504dd8cdf410eb956075442daf3aacf1db jdk7u55-b03
+3be3b8a032a5508646c1c5620cee18d3e69fc708 jdk7u55-b04
+b86119fa2748bd91ae4984ff2264da92b6626f8c jdk7u55-b05
+260d919d52e500a0b20f911fade2a7710474067a jdk7u55-b06
+8cf6e0a3a0651c4132ae034c2b68ddf4eb5c4d88 jdk7u55-b07
+049fd2cef85bf2d557dd7dd8a90a6831a8168ce4 jdk7u55-b08
+9b238ab164e6d1cf9cfb560827d88ef8a7d8c898 jdk7u55-b09
+573d8d080af9eff48aa3b8f0696d8874ce36fbb1 jdk7u55-b09
+36f8bd4dd467ae4183340842fd7158ac3309b826 jdk7u55-b10
+49cada8e39b9215b9fd8b9183743f92625587cfc jdk7u55-b11
+aadc864abd1ced3049bf59ce32786a07997ba190 jdk7u55-b12
+b021fd817a0177b31d1e3d65127a27458e85801e jdk7u55-b13
+d27b468d5f3be3329ff1ff342f3347e6b2e0303b jdk7u55-b30
+dff9147a781672f20bb0577a94233264ea4a95d1 jdk7u55-b14
+8175599864880938d68d0a515fa561043d7d5fd0 jdk7u55-b31
 ae4adc1492d1c90a70bd2d139a939fc0c8329be9 jdk7u60-b00
 af1fc2868a2b919727bfbb0858449bd991bbee4a jdk7u40-b60
 cc83359f5e5eb46dd9176b0a272390b1a0a51fdc hs24.60-b01
@@ -647,3 +668,7 @@
 6f74afd8577eb4b6a0e6f7b25cfef7d6f7d92e5f jdk7u60-b10
 a2ac67a2c1cc867a8d6b525ab1df17204186e636 jdk7u60-b11
 903304e152fc584b85cbf241fd293f8dcf1c6605 icedtea-2.5pre03
+cae50351dcece6e5bf215eabf958c5d669ffff1f jdk7u60-b12
+5853131ba4b448c5d89a3f0aa501fdf07f3b473c jdk7u60-b13
+b226be2040f971855626f5b88cb41a7d5299fea0 jdk7u60-b14
+2871f345b7e5585e20dc7aa91035967fe774cfba jdk7u60-b15

--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/arm.make	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/arm.make	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 Obj_Files += bsd_arm.o
 
-LIBS += $(EXT_LIBS_PATH)/sflt_glibc.a 
+ifneq ($(EXT_LIBS_PATH),)
+  LIBS += $(EXT_LIBS_PATH)/sflt_glibc.a 
+endif
 
 CFLAGS += -DVM_LITTLE_ENDIAN

--- a/make/linux/makefiles/arm.make	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/arm.make	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 Obj_Files += linux_arm.o
 
-LIBS += $(EXT_LIBS_PATH)/sflt_glibc.a 
+ifneq ($(EXT_LIBS_PATH),)
+  LIBS += $(EXT_LIBS_PATH)/sflt_glibc.a 
+endif
 
 CFLAGS += -DVM_LITTLE_ENDIAN

--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
 
 #define MAX_PATH    (2 * K)
 
+#define MAX_SECS 100000000
+
 // for timer info max values which include all bits
 #define ALL_64_BITS CONST64(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
 
@@ -2531,7 +2533,6 @@
     sem_t _semaphore;
 };
 
-
 Semaphore::Semaphore() {
   sem_init(&_semaphore, 0, 0);
 }
@@ -2553,8 +2554,22 @@
 }
 
 bool Semaphore::timedwait(unsigned int sec, int nsec) {
+
   struct timespec ts;
-  unpackTime(&ts, false, (sec * NANOSECS_PER_SEC) + nsec);
+  // Semaphore's are always associated with CLOCK_REALTIME
+  os::Linux::clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+  // see unpackTime for discussion on overflow checking
+  if (sec >= MAX_SECS) {
+    ts.tv_sec += MAX_SECS;
+    ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+  } else {
+    ts.tv_sec += sec;
+    ts.tv_nsec += nsec;
+    if (ts.tv_nsec >= NANOSECS_PER_SEC) {
+      ts.tv_nsec -= NANOSECS_PER_SEC;
+      ++ts.tv_sec; // note: this must be <= max_secs
+    }
+  }
 
   while (1) {
     int result = sem_timedwait(&_semaphore, &ts);
@@ -5875,7 +5890,6 @@
  * is no need to track notifications.
  */
 
-#define MAX_SECS 100000000
 /*
  * This code is common to linux and solaris and will be moved to a
  * common place in dolphin.

--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -2661,6 +2661,11 @@
                      "Short length on BootstrapMethods in class file %s",
                      CHECK);
 
+  guarantee_property(attribute_byte_length > sizeof(u2),
+                     "Invalid BootstrapMethods attribute length %u in class file %s",
+                     attribute_byte_length,
+                     CHECK);
+
   // The attribute contains a counted array of counted tuples of shorts,
   // represending bootstrap specifiers:
   //    length*{bootstrap_method_index, argument_count*{argument_index}}

--- a/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/objArrayKlass.cpp	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         if (element_is_null ||
             Klass::cast((new_val->klass()))->is_subtype_of(bound)) {
           bs->write_ref_field_pre(p, new_val);
-          *p = *from;
+          *p = element;
         } else {
           // We must do a barrier to cover the partial copy.
           const size_t pd = pointer_delta(p, dst, (size_t)heapOopSize);

--- a/src/share/vm/opto/output.cpp	Wed Apr 16 16:09:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/output.cpp	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@
   uint*      jmp_offset = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(uint,nblocks);
   uint*      jmp_size   = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(uint,nblocks);
   int*       jmp_nidx   = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(int ,nblocks);
+
+  // Collect worst case block paddings
+  int* block_worst_case_pad = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(int, nblocks);
+  memset(block_worst_case_pad, 0, nblocks * sizeof(int));
+
   DEBUG_ONLY( uint *jmp_target = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(uint,nblocks); )
   DEBUG_ONLY( uint *jmp_rule = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(uint,nblocks); )
 
@@ -461,6 +466,7 @@
           last_avoid_back_to_back_adr += max_loop_pad;
         }
         blk_size += max_loop_pad;
+        block_worst_case_pad[i + 1] = max_loop_pad;
       }
     }
 
@@ -500,9 +506,16 @@
         if (bnum > i) { // adjust following block's offset
           offset -= adjust_block_start;
         }
+
+        // This block can be a loop header, account for the padding
+        // in the previous block.
+        int block_padding = block_worst_case_pad[i];
+        assert(i == 0 || block_padding == 0 || br_offs >= block_padding, "Should have at least a padding on top");
         // In the following code a nop could be inserted before
         // the branch which will increase the backward distance.
-        bool needs_padding = ((uint)br_offs == last_may_be_short_branch_adr);
+        bool needs_padding = ((uint)(br_offs - block_padding) == last_may_be_short_branch_adr);
+        assert(!needs_padding || jmp_offset[i] == 0, "padding only branches at the beginning of block");
+
         if (needs_padding && offset <= 0)
           offset -= nop_size;
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio.java	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @bug 8028391
+ * @summary Verify that MaxHeapFreeRatio flag is manageable
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=0 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=100 TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=50 -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=50 TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=51 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=52 TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=75 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=100 TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio
+ */
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.TestDynamicVMOption;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.DynamicVMOptionChecker;
+
+public class TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio extends TestDynamicVMOption {
+
+    public static final String MinFreeRatioFlagName = "MinHeapFreeRatio";
+    public static final String MaxFreeRatioFlagName = "MaxHeapFreeRatio";
+
+    public TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio() {
+        super(MaxFreeRatioFlagName);
+    }
+
+    public void test() {
+
+        int minHeapFreeValue = DynamicVMOptionChecker.getIntValue(MinFreeRatioFlagName);
+        System.out.println(MinFreeRatioFlagName + " = " + minHeapFreeValue);
+
+        testPercentageValues();
+
+        checkInvalidValue(Integer.toString(minHeapFreeValue - 1));
+        checkValidValue(Integer.toString(minHeapFreeValue));
+        checkValidValue("100");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        new TestDynMaxHeapFreeRatio().test();
+    }
+
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio.java	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @bug 8028391
+ * @summary Verify that MinHeapFreeRatio flag is manageable
+ * @library /testlibrary
+ * @run main TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=0 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=100 TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=50 -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=50 TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=51 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=52 TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=75 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=100 TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio
+ */
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.TestDynamicVMOption;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.DynamicVMOptionChecker;
+
+public class TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio extends TestDynamicVMOption {
+
+    public static final String MinFreeRatioFlagName = "MinHeapFreeRatio";
+    public static final String MaxFreeRatioFlagName = "MaxHeapFreeRatio";
+
+    public TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio() {
+        super(MinFreeRatioFlagName);
+    }
+
+    public void test() {
+        int maxHeapFreeValue = DynamicVMOptionChecker.getIntValue(MaxFreeRatioFlagName);
+        System.out.println(MaxFreeRatioFlagName + " = " + maxHeapFreeValue);
+
+        testPercentageValues();
+
+        checkInvalidValue(Integer.toString(maxHeapFreeValue + 1));
+        checkValidValue(Integer.toString(maxHeapFreeValue));
+        checkValidValue("0");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        new TestDynMinHeapFreeRatio().test();
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/testlibrary/com/oracle/java/testlibrary/DynamicVMOptionChecker.java	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.java.testlibrary;
+
+import com.sun.management.HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean;
+import com.sun.management.VMOption;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Simple class to check writeability, invalid and valid values for VMOption
+ */
+public class DynamicVMOptionChecker {
+
+    /**
+     * Reads VM option from PlatformMXBean and parse it to integer value
+     *
+     * @param name of option
+     * @return parsed value
+     */
+    public static int getIntValue(String name) {
+
+        VMOption option = ManagementFactory.
+                getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class).
+                getVMOption(name);
+
+        return Integer.parseInt(option.getValue());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that VM option is dynamically writable
+     *
+     * @param name
+     * @throws RuntimeException if option if not writable
+     * @return always true
+     */
+    public static boolean checkIsWritable(String name) {
+        VMOption option = ManagementFactory.
+                getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class).
+                getVMOption(name);
+
+        if (!option.isWriteable()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(name + " is not writable");
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that value cannot be set
+     *
+     * @param name of flag
+     * @param value string representation of value to set
+     * @throws RuntimeException on error - when expected exception hasn't been thrown
+     */
+    public static void checkInvalidValue(String name, String value) {
+        // should throw
+        try {
+            ManagementFactory.
+                    getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class).
+                    setVMOption(name, value);
+
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        throw new RuntimeException("Expected IllegalArgumentException was not thrown, " + name + "= " + value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that value can be set
+     *
+     * @param name of flag to set
+     * @param value string representation of value to set
+     * @throws RuntimeException on error - when value in VM is not equal to origin
+     */
+    public static void checkValidValue(String name, String value) {
+        ManagementFactory.
+                getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class).
+                setVMOption(name, value);
+
+        VMOption option = ManagementFactory.
+                getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class).
+                getVMOption(name);
+
+        if (!option.getValue().equals(value)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Actual value of " + name + " \"" + option.getValue()
+                    + "\" not equal origin \"" + value + "\"");
+        }
+    }
+
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/testlibrary/com/oracle/java/testlibrary/TestDynamicVMOption.java	Thu Apr 17 17:52:25 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.java.testlibrary;
+
+/**
+ * Simple class to check writeability, invalid and valid values for concrete VMOption
+ */
+public class TestDynamicVMOption {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final int value;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param name of VM option to test
+     */
+    public TestDynamicVMOption(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.value = DynamicVMOptionChecker.getIntValue(name);
+        System.out.println(this.name + " = " + this.value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that this value can accept valid percentage values and cannot accept invalid percentage values
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    public void testPercentageValues() {
+        checkInvalidValue(Integer.toString(Integer.MIN_VALUE));
+        checkInvalidValue(Integer.toString(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
+        checkInvalidValue("-10");
+        checkInvalidValue("190");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads VM option from PlatformMXBean and parse it to integer value
+     *
+     * @return value
+     */
+    public int getIntValue() {
+        return DynamicVMOptionChecker.getIntValue(this.name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that this VM option is dynamically writable
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException if option if not writable
+     * @return true
+     */
+    public boolean checkIsWritable() throws RuntimeException {
+        return DynamicVMOptionChecker.checkIsWritable(this.name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that value for this VM option cannot be set
+     *
+     * @param value to check
+     * @throws RuntimeException on error - when expected exception hasn't been thrown
+     */
+    public void checkInvalidValue(String value) {
+        DynamicVMOptionChecker.checkInvalidValue(this.name, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that value for this VM option can be set
+     *
+     * @param value to check
+     * @throws RuntimeException on error - when value in VM is not equal to origin
+     */
+    public void checkValidValue(String value) {
+        DynamicVMOptionChecker.checkValidValue(this.name, value);
+    }
+
+}