diff --git a/make/bsd/Makefile b/make/bsd/Makefile
index 7c047e9907072a7e056d01b3ff25a897b882b5cb..e95bb05502d5959b982d588789b0bc75997481e3 100644
--- a/make/bsd/Makefile
+++ b/make/bsd/Makefile
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 
 # Along with VM, Serviceability Agent (SA) is built for SA/JDI binding.
 # JDI binding on SA produces two binaries:
-#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is build before building libjvm[_g].so
+#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is built before building libjvm.so
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/sa.make
-#  2. libsa[_g].so     - Native library for SA - This is built after
-#                        libjsig[_g].so (signal interposition library)
+#  2. libsa.so         - Native library for SA - This is built after
+#                        libjsig.so (signal interposition library)
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/vm.make
 # If $(GAMMADIR)/agent dir is not present, SA components are not built.
 
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ VARIANTARCH = $(subst i386,i486,$(ZERO_LIBARCH))
 #
 # What you get with each target:
 #
-# debug*     - "thin" libjvm_g - debug info linked into the gamma_g launcher
+# debug*     - "thin" libjvm - debug info linked into the gamma launcher
 # fastdebug* - optimized compile, but with asserts enabled
-# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm_g - debug info linked into libjvm_g.so
+# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm - debug info linked into libjvm.so
 # optimized* - optimized compile, no asserts
 # profiled*  - gprof
 # product*   - the shippable thing:  optimized compile, no asserts, -DPRODUCT
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/buildtree.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/buildtree.make
index 800b68d225e5d2b351a14bf5fa6d70c2f954eb39..b8d92f6a4fc4109a51a160b1adbbafa4bd72d8fc 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/buildtree.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/buildtree.make
@@ -449,12 +449,7 @@ test_gamma:  $(BUILDTREE_MAKE) $(GAMMADIR)/make/test/Queens.java
 	echo "  exit 0"; \
 	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
-	echo "# Use gamma_g if it exists"; \
-	echo ""; \
 	echo "GAMMA_PROG=gamma"; \
-	echo "if [ -f gamma_g ]; then "; \
-	echo "  GAMMA_PROG=gamma_g"; \
-	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
 	echo "if [ \"$(OS_VENDOR)\" = \"Darwin\" ]; then "; \
 	echo "  # Ensure architecture for gamma and JAVA_HOME is the same."; \
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/debug.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/debug.make
index f0aec179723c88f3255e044d0d88fb75ec4c3946..5849ed67eedf13a9942e79aabe968e4eaa02b4e3 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/debug.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/debug.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, 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
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ _JUNK_ := $(shell echo -e >&2 ""\
  "Please use 'make jvmg' to build debug JVM.                            \n" \
  "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make
index 98ce02f7e2978c33b4be582e0ede99d1ad133f9d..d325f2082dd678b362dcd4cffdf259526def5665 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/dtrace.make
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ DtraceOutDir = $(GENERATED)/dtracefiles
 # Bsd does not build libjvm_db, does not compile on macosx
 # disabled in build: rule in vm.make
 JVM_DB = libjvm_db
-#LIBJVM_DB = libjvm_db.dylib
-LIBJVM_DB = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_db.dylib
+LIBJVM_DB = libjvm_db.dylib
 
 JVM_DTRACE = jvm_dtrace
-#LIBJVM_DTRACE = libjvm_dtrace.dylib
-LIBJVM_DTRACE = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_dtrace.dylib
+LIBJVM_DTRACE = libjvm_dtrace.dylib
 
 JVMOFFS = JvmOffsets
 JVMOFFS.o = $(JVMOFFS).o
@@ -80,9 +78,7 @@ ISA = $(subst i386,i486,$(BUILDARCH))
 ifneq ("${ISA}","${BUILDARCH}")
 
 XLIBJVM_DB = 64/$(LIBJVM_DB)
-XLIBJVM_DB_G = 64/$(LIBJVM_DB_G)
 XLIBJVM_DTRACE = 64/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE)
-XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G = 64/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G)
 XARCH = $(subst sparcv9,v9,$(shell echo $(ISA)))
 
 $(XLIBJVM_DB): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS).h $(LIBJVM_DB_MAPFILE)
@@ -90,14 +86,12 @@ $(XLIBJVM_DB): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS).h $(LIBJVM_DB_MAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p 64/ ; \
 	$(CC) $(SYMFLAG) -xarch=$(XARCH) -D$(TYPE) -I. -I$(GENERATED) \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DB) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c #-lc
-#	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DB_G) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB) $(XLIBJVM_DB_G); }
 
 $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).h $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p 64/ ; \
 	$(CC) $(SYMFLAG) -xarch=$(XARCH) -D$(TYPE) -I. \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DTRACE) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c #-lc -lthread -ldoor
-#	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE) $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G); }
 
 endif # ifneq ("${ISA}","${BUILDARCH}")
 
@@ -141,13 +135,11 @@ $(LIBJVM_DB): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS.o) $(XLIBJVM_DB) $(LIBJVM_D
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) -I. -I$(GENERATED) \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DB) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c -Wall # -lc
-#	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DB_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_DB_G); }
 
 $(LIBJVM_DTRACE): $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE) $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).h $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) -I.  \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DTRACE) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c #-lc -lthread -ldoor
-#	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G); }
 
 #$(DTRACE).d: $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/hotspot.d $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/hotspot_jni.d \
 #             $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/hs_private.d $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/jhelper.d
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/fastdebug.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/fastdebug.make
index c550d9bdde6cc4368f20784917a86d33eafe0bf5..c59310634c3dc191fa5155bd38fa420795c1ba3a 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/fastdebug.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/fastdebug.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/bsd/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = optimized
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DFASTDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
index f9451d84f77187ed378123d7998c245084e3398a..2cee1b0034ebe2474193828e30eb0fba06db210c 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ endif
 
 # Use the stabs format for debugging information (this is the default
 # on gcc-2.91). It's good enough, has all the information about line
-# numbers and local variables, and libjvm_g.so is only about 16M.
+# numbers and local variables, and libjvm.so is only about 16M.
 # Change this back to "-g" if you want the most expressive format.
-# (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm_g.so to 150M!)
+# (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm.so to 150M!)
 # Note: The Itanium gcc compiler crashes when using -gstabs.
 DEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
 DEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/jsig.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/jsig.make
index 80be2088677dafe6a2efb8c206bcc9cef04001b5..481ff72f0b5d8bf05eec43e058885382d51876d4 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/jsig.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/jsig.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2005, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, 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
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@
 
 # Rules to build signal interposition library, used by vm.make
 
-# libjsig[_g].so: signal interposition library
+# libjsig.so: signal interposition library
 JSIG   = jsig
-JSIG_G = $(JSIG)$(G_SUFFIX)
 
 ifeq ($(OS_VENDOR), Darwin)
   LIBJSIG   = lib$(JSIG).dylib
-  LIBJSIG_G = lib$(JSIG_G).dylib
 else
   LIBJSIG   = lib$(JSIG).so
-  LIBJSIG_G = lib$(JSIG_G).so
 endif
 
 JSIGSRCDIR = $(GAMMADIR)/src/os/$(Platform_os_family)/vm
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ $(LIBJSIG): $(JSIGSRCDIR)/jsig.c $(LIBJSIG_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making signal interposition lib...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
                          $(LFLAGS_JSIG) $(JSIG_DEBUG_CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJSIG_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJSIG_G); }
 
 install_jsig: $(LIBJSIG)
 	@echo "Copying $(LIBJSIG) to $(DEST_JSIG)"
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/jvmg.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/jvmg.make
index 3f1061a283060bcc9165216a24eecf68eed06b74..52dbdb94b980958df02488e21bbf1d69fc17dd16 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/jvmg.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/jvmg.make
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/BYFILE) -D_NMT_NOINLINE_
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/bsd/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/optimized.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/optimized.make
index 6090c978465c0ad06037ba94e3d0c243df229b29..6930997923e52e6ee32e3e8f49174f0753be544e 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/optimized.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/optimized.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, 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
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/bsd/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 VERSION = optimized
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make
index d27c0a6011cd312d398472315536db8b84a4598a..0d6fb0e86d0ab604ae35f0910faee337032988ca 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/product.make
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/bsd/makefiles/mapfile-vers-product
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 SYSDEFS += -DPRODUCT
 VERSION = optimized
 
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/saproc.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/saproc.make
index 24109f6d50f67062fd161f8805a243e1dffc3be4..4fb216b41f6a5fc46b2afcac4aba8212cca159bc 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/saproc.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/saproc.make
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@
 
 # Rules to build serviceability agent library, used by vm.make
 
-# libsaproc[_g].so: serviceability agent
+# libsaproc.so: serviceability agent
 SAPROC   = saproc
-SAPROC_G = $(SAPROC)$(G_SUFFIX)
 
 ifeq ($(OS_VENDOR), Darwin)
   LIBSAPROC   = lib$(SAPROC).dylib
-  LIBSAPROC_G = lib$(SAPROC_G).dylib
 else
   LIBSAPROC   = lib$(SAPROC).so
-  LIBSAPROC_G = lib$(SAPROC_G).so
 endif
 
 AGENT_DIR = $(GAMMADIR)/agent
@@ -114,7 +111,6 @@ $(LIBSAPROC): $(SASRCFILES) $(SAMAPFILE)
 	           $(SA_DEBUG_CFLAGS)                                   \
 	           -o $@                                                \
 	           $(SALIBS)
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBSAPROC_G); }
 
 install_saproc: $(BUILDLIBSAPROC)
 	$(QUIETLY) if [ -e $(LIBSAPROC) ] ; then             \
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
index e60535821b6e4665dcb022151f00635b1be54ba9..fbcfb06ced2f2bba9d802f851e14ed2370c978b2 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -138,11 +138,9 @@ include $(MAKEFILES_DIR)/dtrace.make
 JVM    = jvm
 ifeq ($(OS_VENDOR), Darwin)
   LIBJVM   = lib$(JVM).dylib
-  LIBJVM_G = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).dylib
   CFLAGS  += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE
 else
   LIBJVM   = lib$(JVM).so
-  LIBJVM_G = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).so
 endif
 
 SPECIAL_PATHS:=adlc c1 gc_implementation opto shark libadt
@@ -314,7 +312,6 @@ $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM); \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
-	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
 	}
 
 DEST_JVM = $(JDK_LIBDIR)/$(VM_SUBDIR)/$(LIBJVM)
diff --git a/make/linux/Makefile b/make/linux/Makefile
index 065ca0e83e77491d606e0770ce5e80cccf3ceece..e8ef90718a4a279011ef9230eecacee856c44b67 100644
--- a/make/linux/Makefile
+++ b/make/linux/Makefile
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 
 # Along with VM, Serviceability Agent (SA) is built for SA/JDI binding.
 # JDI binding on SA produces two binaries:
-#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is build before building libjvm[_g].so
+#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is built before building libjvm.so
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/sa.make
-#  2. libsa[_g].so     - Native library for SA - This is built after
-#                        libjsig[_g].so (signal interposition library)
+#  2. libsa.so         - Native library for SA - This is built after
+#                        libjsig.so (signal interposition library)
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/vm.make
 # If $(GAMMADIR)/agent dir is not present, SA components are not built.
 
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ VARIANTARCH = $(subst i386,i486,$(ZERO_LIBARCH))
 #
 # What you get with each target:
 #
-# debug*     - "thin" libjvm_g - debug info linked into the gamma_g launcher
+# debug*     - "thin" libjvm - debug info linked into the gamma launcher
 # fastdebug* - optimized compile, but with asserts enabled
-# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm_g - debug info linked into libjvm_g.so
+# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm - debug info linked into libjvm.so
 # optimized* - optimized compile, no asserts
 # profiled*  - gprof
 # product*   - the shippable thing:  optimized compile, no asserts, -DPRODUCT
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/buildtree.make b/make/linux/makefiles/buildtree.make
index 639c11f87c83b82b290083c2d2a3ca42ca440a68..960b8f316fb8671507a288ee6244d726980fec33 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/buildtree.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/buildtree.make
@@ -442,12 +442,7 @@ test_gamma:  $(BUILDTREE_MAKE) $(GAMMADIR)/make/test/Queens.java
 	echo "  exit 0"; \
 	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
-	echo "# Use gamma_g if it exists"; \
-	echo ""; \
 	echo "GAMMA_PROG=gamma"; \
-	echo "if [ -f gamma_g ]; then "; \
-	echo "  GAMMA_PROG=gamma_g"; \
-	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
 	echo "if [ \"$(OS_VENDOR)\" = \"Darwin\" ]; then "; \
 	echo "  # Ensure architecture for gamma and JAVA_HOME is the same."; \
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/debug.make b/make/linux/makefiles/debug.make
index 88a2ac033550f14ddd5c27c753b4bdfb881e2082..e51d4c192d22725be83544b30643fc4a189aa677 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/debug.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/debug.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, 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
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ _JUNK_ := $(shell echo -e >&2 ""\
  "Please use 'make jvmg' to build debug JVM.                            \n" \
  "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/fastdebug.make b/make/linux/makefiles/fastdebug.make
index 5b0569ca2ef956516a230610b9122c00e2f43bac..86ffc36b7c237bf4f28b003198cd10f7db6fd31e 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/fastdebug.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/fastdebug.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, 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
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = optimized
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DFASTDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
index 3bed2c8562faf72437093de3d950b5b526fd4697..9ef83664535f441a94c0e036854b9440601e61e6 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG_BINARIES), true)
 else
   # Use the stabs format for debugging information (this is the default
   # on gcc-2.91). It's good enough, has all the information about line
-  # numbers and local variables, and libjvm_g.so is only about 16M.
+  # numbers and local variables, and libjvm.so is only about 16M.
   # Change this back to "-g" if you want the most expressive format.
-  # (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm_g.so to 150M!)
+  # (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm.so to 150M!)
   # Note: The Itanium gcc compiler crashes when using -gstabs.
   DEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
   DEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/jsig.make b/make/linux/makefiles/jsig.make
index 1d013fcb1f69a7d9c2e3bc53a2aad8ae0133c5bf..a0c72453f546694b73f0c70534471e421880a217 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/jsig.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/jsig.make
@@ -24,17 +24,12 @@
 
 # Rules to build signal interposition library, used by vm.make
 
-# libjsig[_g].so: signal interposition library
+# libjsig.so: signal interposition library
 JSIG = jsig
 LIBJSIG = lib$(JSIG).so
 
-JSIG_G    = $(JSIG)$(G_SUFFIX)
-LIBJSIG_G = lib$(JSIG_G).so
-
 LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(JSIG).debuginfo
 LIBJSIG_DIZ         = lib$(JSIG).diz
-LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(JSIG_G).debuginfo
-LIBJSIG_G_DIZ       = lib$(JSIG_G).diz
 
 JSIGSRCDIR = $(GAMMADIR)/src/os/$(Platform_os_family)/vm
 
@@ -60,7 +55,6 @@ $(LIBJSIG): $(JSIGSRCDIR)/jsig.c $(LIBJSIG_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making signal interposition lib...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
                          $(LFLAGS_JSIG) $(JSIG_DEBUG_CFLAGS) -o $@ $< -ldl
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJSIG_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJSIG_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --only-keep-debug $@ $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --add-gnu-debuglink=$(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $@
@@ -72,11 +66,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJSIG_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/jvmg.make b/make/linux/makefiles/jvmg.make
index 3c0ae3a628e1e90394662afc2dc72275023dedfe..24047f7c3585d85747a0c8d511a80678b3a8963e 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/jvmg.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/jvmg.make
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/BYFILE) -D_NMT_NOINLINE_
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/optimized.make b/make/linux/makefiles/optimized.make
index c457107567b9a2cde51e521bb8de411f26ff2756..07470f0756a24216b7f1e44166d415c5db459dce 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/optimized.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/optimized.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, 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
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-debug
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 VERSION = optimized
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/product.make b/make/linux/makefiles/product.make
index a64d49f9d12ec2588b793e959fdf16c93ba732fd..be241f41c92d4d79c2fce9f1d9b4021e18a4b60b 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/product.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/product.make
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ CFLAGS$(HOTSPARC_GENERIC) += $(OPT_CFLAGS/BYFILE)
 # Linker mapfile
 MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/linux/makefiles/mapfile-vers-product
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 SYSDEFS += -DPRODUCT
 VERSION = optimized
 
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make
index cffafb8ad3db6f8cf1e280b72657baac663c9fe6..c2a82d717c96208ca03c34632740a3bd05f0acce 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/saproc.make
@@ -26,18 +26,13 @@ include $(GAMMADIR)/make/altsrc.make
 
 # Rules to build serviceability agent library, used by vm.make
 
-# libsaproc[_g].so: serviceability agent
+# libsaproc.so: serviceability agent
 
 SAPROC = saproc
 LIBSAPROC = lib$(SAPROC).so
 
-SAPROC_G = $(SAPROC)$(G_SUFFIX)
-LIBSAPROC_G = lib$(SAPROC_G).so
-
 LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(SAPROC).debuginfo
 LIBSAPROC_DIZ         = lib$(SAPROC).diz
-LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(SAPROC_G).debuginfo
-LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ       = lib$(SAPROC_G).diz
 
 AGENT_DIR = $(GAMMADIR)/agent
 
@@ -99,7 +94,6 @@ $(LIBSAPROC): $(SASRCFILES) $(SAMAPFILE)
 	           $(SA_DEBUG_CFLAGS)                                   \
 	           -o $@                                                \
 	           -lthread_db
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBSAPROC_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --only-keep-debug $@ $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --add-gnu-debuglink=$(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $@
@@ -111,11 +105,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
index d1d6869bb2383429def84c7babf1a79aebe06342..705b34bb100003062028a83981289147f07138d3 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -138,12 +138,9 @@ include $(MAKEFILES_DIR)/dtrace.make
 
 JVM      = jvm
 LIBJVM   = lib$(JVM).so
-LIBJVM_G = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).so
 
 LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(JVM).debuginfo
 LIBJVM_DIZ         = lib$(JVM).diz
-LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).debuginfo
-LIBJVM_G_DIZ       = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).diz
 
 SPECIAL_PATHS:=adlc c1 gc_implementation opto shark libadt
 
@@ -323,7 +320,6 @@ $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM);       \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
-	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
             if [ \"$(CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH)\" = \"\" ] ; then                    \
 	      if [ -x /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ] ; then                 \
 	        /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled;                               \
@@ -348,11 +344,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || ln -s $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/solaris/Makefile b/make/solaris/Makefile
index 3a71eb541a2990bb7078d5d311411447f4227dd6..4a47cb93716683776a7c1ae8d363d8b2ea8461ee 100644
--- a/make/solaris/Makefile
+++ b/make/solaris/Makefile
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 
 # Along with VM, Serviceability Agent (SA) is built for SA/JDI binding.
 # JDI binding on SA produces two binaries:
-#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is build before building libjvm[_g].so
+#  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is built before building libjvm.so
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/sa.make
-#  2. libsaproc[_g].so - Native library for SA - This is built after
-#                        libjsig[_g].so (signal interposition library)
+#  2. libsaproc.so     - Native library for SA - This is built after
+#                        libjsig.so (signal interposition library)
 #                        Please refer to ./makefiles/vm.make
 # If $(GAMMADIR)/agent dir is not present, SA components are not built.
 
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ endif
 #
 # What you get with each target:
 #
-# debug*     - "thin" libjvm_g - debug info linked into the gamma_g launcher
+# debug*     - "thin" libjvm - debug info linked into the gamma launcher
 # fastdebug* - optimized compile, but with asserts enabled
-# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm_g - debug info linked into libjvm_g.so
+# jvmg*      - "fat" libjvm - debug info linked into libjvm.so
 # optimized* - optimized compile, no asserts
 # profiled*  - gprof
 # product*   - the shippable thing:  optimized compile, no asserts, -DPRODUCT
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/buildtree.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/buildtree.make
index 3bca3dcee791bc4c56db1a280f25cdd089fc5abe..a9e5a401c002d1f0b0c48f69a469a724b69b7067 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/buildtree.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/buildtree.make
@@ -436,12 +436,7 @@ test_gamma:  $(BUILDTREE_MAKE) $(GAMMADIR)/make/test/Queens.java
 	echo "  exit 0"; \
 	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
-	echo "# Use gamma_g if it exists"; \
-	echo ""; \
 	echo "GAMMA_PROG=gamma"; \
-	echo "if [ -f gamma_g ]; then "; \
-	echo "  GAMMA_PROG=gamma_g"; \
-	echo "fi"; \
 	echo ""; \
 	echo "if [ \"$(OS_VENDOR)\" = \"Darwin\" ]; then "; \
 	echo "  # Ensure architecture for gamma and JAVA_HOME is the same."; \
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/debug.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/debug.make
index 60dc21b8a6a3f4a9e8e8655cc98b0e1bb965f8b2..602c07dc366583d6bbcc31632c3539a1f9aeb0e2 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/debug.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/debug.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1998, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, 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
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ _JUNK_ := $(shell echo >&2 ""\
  "Please use 'gnumake jvmg' to build debug JVM.                            \n" \
  "-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n")
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make
index 1473a0f67b2217c98cb6f42da4f651213722c5d5..111acdb0d9641b14df4f58bd3d66f5e6017c105c 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/dtrace.make
@@ -39,21 +39,15 @@ else
 
 JVM_DB = libjvm_db
 LIBJVM_DB = libjvm_db.so
-LIBJVM_DB_G = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_db.so
 
 LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO   = libjvm_db.debuginfo
 LIBJVM_DB_DIZ         = libjvm_db.diz
-LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_db.debuginfo
-LIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ       = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_db.diz
 
 JVM_DTRACE = jvm_dtrace
 LIBJVM_DTRACE = libjvm_dtrace.so
-LIBJVM_DTRACE_G = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_dtrace.so
 
 LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO   = libjvm_dtrace.debuginfo
 LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ         = libjvm_dtrace.diz
-LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_dtrace.debuginfo
-LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ       = libjvm$(G_SUFFIX)_dtrace.diz
 
 JVMOFFS = JvmOffsets
 JVMOFFS.o = $(JVMOFFS).o
@@ -96,25 +90,18 @@ ifneq ("${ISA}","${BUILDARCH}")
 
 XLIBJVM_DIR = 64
 XLIBJVM_DB = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB)
-XLIBJVM_DB_G = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB_G)
 XLIBJVM_DTRACE = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE)
-XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G)
 
 XLIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO       = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO)
 XLIBJVM_DB_DIZ             = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ)
-XLIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO     = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO)
-XLIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ           = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ)
 XLIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO   = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO)
 XLIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ         = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ)
-XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO)
-XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ       = $(XLIBJVM_DIR)/$(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ)
 
 $(XLIBJVM_DB): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c $(JVMOFFS).h $(LIBJVM_DB_MAPFILE)
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p $(XLIBJVM_DIR) ; \
 	$(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG/$(ISA)) -D$(TYPE) -I. -I$(GENERATED) \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DB) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c -lc
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DB_G) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB) $(XLIBJVM_DB_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # gobjcopy crashes on "empty" section headers with the SHF_ALLOC flag set.
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
@@ -137,13 +124,11 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
 # Do this part in the $(XLIBJVM_DIR) subdir so $(XLIBJVM_DIR) is not
 # in the archived name:
-	( cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && $(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO) )
-	$(RM) $(XLIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(XLIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ) ] || { cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ); }
+	( cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && $(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) )
+	$(RM) $(XLIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -152,7 +137,6 @@ $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(DTRACE_SRCD
 	$(QUIETLY) mkdir -p $(XLIBJVM_DIR) ; \
 	$(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG/$(ISA)) -D$(TYPE) -I. \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DTRACE) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c -lc -lthread -ldoor
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE) $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
 	$(QUIETLY) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $@
@@ -170,13 +154,11 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
 # Do this part in the $(XLIBJVM_DIR) subdir so $(XLIBJVM_DIR) is not
 # in the archived name:
-	( cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && $(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO) )
-	$(RM) $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ) ] || { cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ); }
+	( cd $(XLIBJVM_DIR) && $(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO))
+	$(RM) $(XLIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -224,7 +206,6 @@ $(LIBJVM_DB): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) -I. -I$(GENERATED) \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DB) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DB).c -lc
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DB_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_DB_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
 	$(QUIETLY) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $@
@@ -240,11 +221,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DB_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DB_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -252,7 +231,6 @@ $(LIBJVM_DTRACE): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(DTRACE_SRCDI
 	@echo Making $@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) -D$(TYPE) -I.  \
 		$(SHARED_FLAG) $(LFLAGS_JVM_DTRACE) -o $@ $(DTRACE_SRCDIR)/$(JVM_DTRACE).c -lc -lthread -ldoor
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
 	$(QUIETLY) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $@
@@ -268,11 +246,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO) 
+	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DTRACE_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
index 856b0eddded741d349330e9ae1bd4bb2cbb10008..fdafd773bd3835ba0d909521101ce3523db19de8 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/fastdebug.make
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/solaris/makefiles/mapfile-vers \
 # and mustn't be otherwise.
 MAPFILE_DTRACE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/solaris/makefiles/mapfile-vers-$(TYPE)
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = optimized
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DFASTDEBUG -DCHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
index 8b2be7a7177be1b2cadc75a723ce3b01b67bbb38..66ab8c55d6ad6eb38148503da2e59fe2e8314bbc 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ SHARED_FLAG = -shared
 
 # Use the stabs format for debugging information (this is the default 
 # on gcc-2.91). It's good enough, has all the information about line 
-# numbers and local variables, and libjvm_g.so is only about 16M. 
+# numbers and local variables, and libjvm.so is only about 16M. 
 # Change this back to "-g" if you want the most expressive format. 
-# (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm_g.so to 150M!) 
+# (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm.so to 150M!) 
 # Note: The Itanium gcc compiler crashes when using -gstabs. 
 DEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g 
 DEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g 
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/jsig.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/jsig.make
index 3a7204715ef45bb67a0823e8bb2ad54bdda51f89..59ac98401fceb0a48c662f5bffbf69b4d1bbf3da 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/jsig.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/jsig.make
@@ -24,17 +24,12 @@
 
 # Rules to build signal interposition library, used by vm.make
 
-# libjsig[_g].so: signal interposition library
+# libjsig.so: signal interposition library
 JSIG      = jsig
 LIBJSIG   = lib$(JSIG).so
 
-JSIG_G    = $(JSIG)$(G_SUFFIX)
-LIBJSIG_G = lib$(JSIG_G).so
-
 LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(JSIG).debuginfo
 LIBJSIG_DIZ         = lib$(JSIG).diz
-LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(JSIG_G).debuginfo
-LIBJSIG_G_DIZ       = lib$(JSIG_G).diz
 
 JSIGSRCDIR = $(GAMMADIR)/src/os/$(Platform_os_family)/vm
 
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ $(LIBJSIG): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(JSIGSRCDIR)/jsig.c
 	@echo Making signal interposition lib...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(CC) $(SYMFLAG) $(ARCHFLAG) $(SHARED_FLAG) $(PICFLAG) \
                          $(LFLAGS_JSIG) -o $@ $(JSIGSRCDIR)/jsig.c -ldl
-	[ -f $(LIBJSIG_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJSIG_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # gobjcopy crashes on "empty" section headers with the SHF_ALLOC flag set.
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
@@ -77,11 +71,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJSIG_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJSIG_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJSIG_DIZ) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBJSIG_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make
index 4605e13ff391e861367b7c48ee4f03f29c1617fe..c9102393c8f3ffde063897fc0b6ec8dc45c3fb18 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/jvmg.make
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ MAPFILE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/solaris/makefiles/mapfile-vers \
 # and mustn't be otherwise.
 MAPFILE_DTRACE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/solaris/makefiles/mapfile-vers-$(TYPE)
 
-G_SUFFIX = _g
 VERSION = debug
 SYSDEFS += -DASSERT -DDEBUG
 PICFLAGS = DEFAULT
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/optimized.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/optimized.make
index 87716a88be05a7dd3f683ea810a8fb48a06e01ab..08a8c347351c32edd10294101c61e8ac88373b07 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/optimized.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/optimized.make
@@ -62,5 +62,4 @@ MAPFILE_DTRACE = $(GAMMADIR)/make/solaris/makefiles/mapfile-vers-$(TYPE)
 # Set the environment variable HOTSPARC_GENERIC to "true"
 # to inhibit the effect of the previous line on CFLAGS.
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 VERSION = optimized
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make
index 76a905363799ff4fdbb1b86956635300c55faae5..0e26cbc82e11ba4a39da5f07767a1c58c23ab832 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/product.make
@@ -78,6 +78,5 @@ endif
 # and this macro is not used.
 # LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK += $(STRIP_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 
-G_SUFFIX =
 SYSDEFS += -DPRODUCT
 VERSION = optimized
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make
index 9e23761522505dccaa1d653bc96d28c46bffee14..822735a5112df4552e7da5b549db962a21660d3a 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make
@@ -24,20 +24,15 @@
 
 # Rules to build serviceability agent library, used by vm.make
 
-# libsaproc[_g].so: serviceability agent
+# libsaproc.so: serviceability agent
 
 SAPROC = saproc
 SADIS = sadis
 LIBSAPROC = lib$(SAPROC).so
 SADISOBJ = $(SADIS).o
 
-SAPROC_G = $(SAPROC)$(G_SUFFIX)
-LIBSAPROC_G = lib$(SAPROC_G).so
-
 LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(SAPROC).debuginfo
 LIBSAPROC_DIZ         = lib$(SAPROC).diz
-LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(SAPROC_G).debuginfo
-LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ       = lib$(SAPROC_G).diz
 
 AGENT_DIR = $(GAMMADIR)/agent
 
@@ -113,7 +108,6 @@ $(LIBSAPROC): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(SASRCFILES) $(SA
 	           $(SA_LFLAGS)                                         \
 	           -o $@                                                \
 	           -ldl -ldemangle -lthread -lc
-	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBSAPROC_G); }
 
 $(SADISOBJ): $(SADISSRCFILES)
 	           $(QUIETLY) $(CC)                                     \
@@ -146,11 +140,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || { ln -s $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO); }
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBSAPROC_DIZ) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
index d91cba3513172cda8e1463b4c6cf0d02dd731414..4a59e5ba638e81acf0ace99ac31923e091c4b405 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -157,12 +157,9 @@ include $(MAKEFILES_DIR)/fix_empty_sec_hdr_flags.make
 
 JVM      = jvm
 LIBJVM   = lib$(JVM).so
-LIBJVM_G = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).so
 
 LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO   = lib$(JVM).debuginfo
 LIBJVM_DIZ         = lib$(JVM).diz
-LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).debuginfo
-LIBJVM_G_DIZ       = lib$(JVM)$(G_SUFFIX).diz
 
 SPECIAL_PATHS:=adlc c1 dist gc_implementation opto shark libadt
 
@@ -291,8 +288,6 @@ ifeq ($(filter -sbfast -xsbfast, $(CFLAGS_BROWSE)),)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_VM) $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 	$(QUIETLY) rm -f $@.1 && ln -s $@ $@.1
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G)
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G).1 ] || ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
 # gobjcopy crashes on "empty" section headers with the SHF_ALLOC flag set.
 # Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
@@ -313,11 +308,9 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
     # implied else here is no stripping at all
     endif
   endif
-	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO) ] || ln -s $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
   ifeq ($(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES),1)
-	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO) $(LIBJVM_G_DEBUGINFO)
-	[ -f $(LIBJVM_G_DIZ) ] || { ln -s $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_G_DIZ); }
+	$(ZIPEXE) -q -y $(LIBJVM_DIZ) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO)
+	$(RM) $(LIBJVM_DEBUGINFO)
   endif
 endif
 endif # filter -sbfast -xsbfast
diff --git a/make/windows/build.make b/make/windows/build.make
index c215d595d982ad0e198258c6594ead500f3bd3fd..8a53ee5d4b1e56ef7aaf8f7cfc8b4dc6f88c02d1 100644
--- a/make/windows/build.make
+++ b/make/windows/build.make
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 # SA components are built if BUILD_WIN_SA=1 is specified.
 # See notes in README. This produces files:
 #  1. sa-jdi.jar       - This is built before building jvm.dll
-#  2. sawindbg[_g].dll - Native library for SA - This is built after jvm.dll
+#  2. sawindbg.dll     - Native library for SA - This is built after jvm.dll
 #                      - Also, .lib, .map, .pdb.
 #
 # Please refer to ./makefiles/sa.make
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ VARIANT_TEXT=Kernel
 !endif
 
 #########################################################################
-# Parameters for VERSIONINFO resource for jvm[_g].dll.
+# Parameters for VERSIONINFO resource for jvm.dll.
 # These can be overridden via the nmake.exe command line.
 # They are overridden by RE during the control builds.
 #
@@ -225,11 +225,6 @@ checkSA::
 
 #########################################################################
 
-# With the jvm_g.dll now being named jvm.dll, we can't build both and place
-#   the dll's in the same directory, so we only build one at a time,
-#   re-directing the output to different output directories (done by user
-#   of this makefile).
-#
 defaultTarget: product
 
 # The product or release build is an optimized build, and is the default
diff --git a/make/windows/projectfiles/compiler2/ADLCompiler.dsp b/make/windows/projectfiles/compiler2/ADLCompiler.dsp
index 8b524da4ce569d921fc6a3de594291a511b4ece9..a93b8c46eca4448120f73d3bc0c4e72e7372efb2 100644
--- a/make/windows/projectfiles/compiler2/ADLCompiler.dsp
+++ b/make/windows/projectfiles/compiler2/ADLCompiler.dsp
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD RSC /l 0x409
 BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
-# ADD BSC32 /o".\adlc\Debug\adlc_g.bsc"
+# ADD BSC32 /o".\adlc\Debug\adlc.bsc"
 # SUBTRACT BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
-# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /out:".\bin\adlc_g.exe"
+# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /out:".\bin\adlc.exe"
 
 !ENDIF 
 
diff --git a/make/windows/projectfiles/tiered/ADLCompiler.dsp b/make/windows/projectfiles/tiered/ADLCompiler.dsp
index 8b524da4ce569d921fc6a3de594291a511b4ece9..a93b8c46eca4448120f73d3bc0c4e72e7372efb2 100644
--- a/make/windows/projectfiles/tiered/ADLCompiler.dsp
+++ b/make/windows/projectfiles/tiered/ADLCompiler.dsp
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD RSC /l 0x409
 BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
-# ADD BSC32 /o".\adlc\Debug\adlc_g.bsc"
+# ADD BSC32 /o".\adlc\Debug\adlc.bsc"
 # SUBTRACT BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
-# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /out:".\bin\adlc_g.exe"
+# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386 /out:".\bin\adlc.exe"
 
 !ENDIF 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.cpp b/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.cpp
index 6b5548a195124189309471a052cbc4dde810f9f6..2a4a8f2981fb18d61296212e9d1a57c40cdceddd 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.cpp
@@ -496,21 +496,9 @@ void CodeBuffer::compute_final_layout(CodeBuffer* dest) const {
   dest->verify_section_allocation();
 }
 
-// Anonymous classes need mirror to keep the metadata alive but
-// for regular classes, the class_loader is sufficient.
+// Append an oop reference that keeps the class alive.
 static void append_oop_references(GrowableArray<oop>* oops, Klass* k) {
-  if (k->oop_is_instance()) {
-    InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(k);
-    if (ik->is_anonymous()) {
-      oop o = ik->java_mirror();
-      assert (o != NULL, "should have a mirror");
-      if (!oops->contains(o)) {
-        oops->append(o);
-      }
-      return;  // only need the mirror
-    }
-  }
-  oop cl = k->class_loader();
+  oop cl = k->klass_holder();
   if (cl != NULL && !oops->contains(cl)) {
     oops->append(cl);
   }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
index c4479bfcf692b9c0736e59fa9170821756ec233b..41e6815dbd02b866ba42496f447d84aa5e9662a3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@
 
 ClassLoaderData * ClassLoaderData::_the_null_class_loader_data = NULL;
 
-ClassLoaderData::ClassLoaderData(Handle h_class_loader) : _class_loader(h_class_loader()),
-  _metaspace(NULL), _unloading(false), _keep_alive(false), _klasses(NULL),
+ClassLoaderData::ClassLoaderData(Handle h_class_loader, bool is_anonymous) :
+  _class_loader(h_class_loader()),
+  _is_anonymous(is_anonymous), _keep_alive(is_anonymous), // initially
+  _metaspace(NULL), _unloading(false), _klasses(NULL),
   _claimed(0), _jmethod_ids(NULL), _handles(NULL), _deallocate_list(NULL),
   _next(NULL), _dependencies(NULL),
   _metaspace_lock(new Mutex(Monitor::leaf+1, "Metaspace allocation lock", true)) {
@@ -257,13 +259,6 @@ void ClassLoaderData::remove_class(Klass* scratch_class) {
   ShouldNotReachHere();   // should have found this class!!
 }
 
-
-bool ClassLoaderData::is_anonymous() const {
-  Klass* k = _klasses;
-  return (_keep_alive || (k != NULL && k->oop_is_instance() &&
-          InstanceKlass::cast(k)->is_anonymous()));
-}
-
 void ClassLoaderData::unload() {
   _unloading = true;
 
@@ -396,8 +391,7 @@ void ClassLoaderData::free_deallocate_list() {
 // These anonymous class loaders are to contain classes used for JSR292
 ClassLoaderData* ClassLoaderData::anonymous_class_loader_data(oop loader, TRAPS) {
   // Add a new class loader data to the graph.
-  ClassLoaderData* cld = ClassLoaderDataGraph::add(NULL, loader, CHECK_NULL);
-  return cld;
+  return ClassLoaderDataGraph::add(NULL, loader, CHECK_NULL);
 }
 
 const char* ClassLoaderData::loader_name() {
@@ -475,7 +469,9 @@ ClassLoaderData* ClassLoaderDataGraph::add(ClassLoaderData** cld_addr, Handle lo
   // Create one.
   ClassLoaderData* *list_head = &_head;
   ClassLoaderData* next = _head;
-  ClassLoaderData* cld = new ClassLoaderData(loader);
+
+  bool is_anonymous = (cld_addr == NULL);
+  ClassLoaderData* cld = new ClassLoaderData(loader, is_anonymous);
 
   if (cld_addr != NULL) {
     // First, Atomically set it
@@ -485,10 +481,6 @@ ClassLoaderData* ClassLoaderDataGraph::add(ClassLoaderData** cld_addr, Handle lo
       // Returns the data.
       return old;
     }
-  } else {
-    // Disallow unloading for this CLD during initialization if there is no
-    // class_loader oop to link this to.
-    cld->set_keep_alive(true);
   }
 
   // We won the race, and therefore the task of adding the data to the list of
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
index 71cd7b2a4fa5f5b45ce37db7f6b5a06eb206802e..0aaeeb45eb91569faccd14927838b76135540e45 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
   Mutex* _metaspace_lock;  // Locks the metaspace for allocations and setup.
   bool _unloading;         // true if this class loader goes away
   bool _keep_alive;        // if this CLD can be unloaded for anonymous loaders
+  bool _is_anonymous;      // if this CLD is for an anonymous class
   volatile int _claimed;   // true if claimed, for example during GC traces.
                            // To avoid applying oop closure more than once.
                            // Has to be an int because we cas it.
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
   void set_next(ClassLoaderData* next) { _next = next; }
   ClassLoaderData* next() const        { return _next; }
 
-  ClassLoaderData(Handle h_class_loader);
+  ClassLoaderData(Handle h_class_loader, bool is_anonymous);
   ~ClassLoaderData();
 
   void set_metaspace(Metaspace* m) { _metaspace = m; }
@@ -174,12 +175,12 @@ class ClassLoaderData : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
     return _the_null_class_loader_data;
   }
 
-  bool is_anonymous() const;
+  bool is_anonymous() const { return _is_anonymous; }
 
   static void init_null_class_loader_data() {
     assert(_the_null_class_loader_data == NULL, "cannot initialize twice");
     assert(ClassLoaderDataGraph::_head == NULL, "cannot initialize twice");
-    _the_null_class_loader_data = new ClassLoaderData((oop)NULL);
+    _the_null_class_loader_data = new ClassLoaderData((oop)NULL, false);
     ClassLoaderDataGraph::_head = _the_null_class_loader_data;
     assert(_the_null_class_loader_data->is_the_null_class_loader_data(), "Must be");
     if (DumpSharedSpaces) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
index bd76850ee3b4ff06a7796f61ab7ddf42715523ed..73ab865dc74c35b379c02900b6189b5b511e03fb 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/compiler/compileBroker.cpp
@@ -269,12 +269,10 @@ void CompileTask::initialize(int compile_id,
                              const char* comment,
                              bool is_blocking) {
   assert(!_lock->is_locked(), "bad locking");
-  InstanceKlass* holder = method->method_holder();
 
   _compile_id = compile_id;
   _method = method();
-  _method_holder = JNIHandles::make_global(
-        holder->is_anonymous() ? holder->java_mirror(): holder->class_loader());
+  _method_holder = JNIHandles::make_global(method->method_holder()->klass_holder());
   _osr_bci = osr_bci;
   _is_blocking = is_blocking;
   _comp_level = comp_level;
@@ -298,10 +296,7 @@ void CompileTask::initialize(int compile_id,
       } else {
         _hot_method = hot_method();
         // only add loader or mirror if different from _method_holder
-        InstanceKlass* hot_holder = hot_method->method_holder();
-        _hot_method_holder = JNIHandles::make_global(
-               hot_holder->is_anonymous() ? hot_holder->java_mirror() :
-                                            hot_holder->class_loader());
+        _hot_method_holder = JNIHandles::make_global(hot_method->method_holder()->klass_holder());
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
index ad59ab0632fd32386e40b48c9bdffc9d97db21df..ddbdbd68024e687d4f5aa6d280cd9150257e3b9b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ class InstanceKlass: public Klass {
     }
   }
 
+  // Oop that keeps the metadata for this class from being unloaded
+  // in places where the metadata is stored in other places, like nmethods
+  oop klass_holder() const {
+    return is_anonymous() ? java_mirror() : class_loader();
+  }
+
   // signers
   objArrayOop signers() const              { return _signers; }
   void set_signers(objArrayOop s)          { klass_oop_store((oop*)&_signers, s); }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
index 3e8c846990e7372faa30484173ff06d0c0ae9d77..be5d0c5293d33cfc7ef565abfad68c8221df6ba8 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ class Klass : public Metadata {
 
   oop class_loader() const;
 
+  virtual oop klass_holder() const      { return class_loader(); }
+
  protected:
   virtual Klass* array_klass_impl(bool or_null, int rank, TRAPS);
   virtual Klass* array_klass_impl(bool or_null, TRAPS);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp b/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
index 43d4d05022ed7e5b74b35a4480a4b79d0fd996d5..53b89e4d71c62324f1cc3f5e06d82a7ddf54ccdf 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/library_call.cpp
@@ -412,16 +412,16 @@ CallGenerator* Compile::make_vm_intrinsic(ciMethod* m, bool is_virtual) {
     break;
 
   case vmIntrinsics::_reverseBytes_c:
-    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesUS)) return false;
+    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesUS)) return NULL;
     break;
   case vmIntrinsics::_reverseBytes_s:
-    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesS))  return false;
+    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesS))  return NULL;
     break;
   case vmIntrinsics::_reverseBytes_i:
-    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesI))  return false;
+    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesI))  return NULL;
     break;
   case vmIntrinsics::_reverseBytes_l:
-    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesL))  return false;
+    if (!Matcher::match_rule_supported(Op_ReverseBytesL))  return NULL;
     break;
 
   case vmIntrinsics::_Reference_get: