diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
index 8e94d834ad93883b413cf118b606a103f270480e..9331cc1246f6c5965d6a978e65b466f7c2525eab 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp
@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@ bool java_lang_String::equals(oop java_string, jchar* chars, int len) {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool java_lang_String::equals(oop str1, oop str2) {
+  assert(str1->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  assert(str2->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  typeArrayOop value1  = java_lang_String::value(str1);
+  int          offset1 = java_lang_String::offset(str1);
+  int          length1 = java_lang_String::length(str1);
+  typeArrayOop value2  = java_lang_String::value(str2);
+  int          offset2 = java_lang_String::offset(str2);
+  int          length2 = java_lang_String::length(str2);
+
+  if (length1 != length2) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < length1; i++) {
+    if (value1->char_at(i + offset1) != value2->char_at(i + offset2)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void java_lang_String::print(Handle java_string, outputStream* st) {
   oop          obj    = java_string();
   assert(obj->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(), "must be java_string");
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
index 8a8e801f38737c965fb63c56f770060bfb2cbb27..ffccf2f0e0c27bd58cacbd61173aef1f770eb967 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class java_lang_String : AllStatic {
   static unsigned int hash_string(oop java_string);
 
   static bool equals(oop java_string, jchar* chars, int len);
+  static bool equals(oop str1, oop str2);
 
   // Conversion between '.' and '/' formats
   static Handle externalize_classname(Handle java_string, TRAPS) { return char_converter(java_string, '/', '.', THREAD); }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp
index c00e9581759893825c9be96011f088c297432371..747ca870c2b5f863f567a1a1d40da40545b57612 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.cpp
@@ -807,6 +807,8 @@ void StringTable::possibly_parallel_oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
   }
 }
 
+// This verification is part of Universe::verify() and needs to be quick.
+// See StringTable::verify_and_compare() below for exhaustive verification.
 void StringTable::verify() {
   for (int i = 0; i < the_table()->table_size(); ++i) {
     HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* p = the_table()->bucket(i);
@@ -825,6 +827,162 @@ void StringTable::dump(outputStream* st) {
   the_table()->dump_table(st, "StringTable");
 }
 
+StringTable::VerifyRetTypes StringTable::compare_entries(
+                                      int bkt1, int e_cnt1,
+                                      HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr1,
+                                      int bkt2, int e_cnt2,
+                                      HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr2) {
+  // These entries are sanity checked by verify_and_compare_entries()
+  // before this function is called.
+  oop str1 = e_ptr1->literal();
+  oop str2 = e_ptr2->literal();
+
+  if (str1 == str2) {
+    tty->print_cr("ERROR: identical oop values (0x" PTR_FORMAT ") "
+                  "in entry @ bucket[%d][%d] and entry @ bucket[%d][%d]",
+                  str1, bkt1, e_cnt1, bkt2, e_cnt2);
+    return _verify_fail_continue;
+  }
+
+  if (java_lang_String::equals(str1, str2)) {
+    tty->print_cr("ERROR: identical String values in entry @ "
+                  "bucket[%d][%d] and entry @ bucket[%d][%d]",
+                  bkt1, e_cnt1, bkt2, e_cnt2);
+    return _verify_fail_continue;
+  }
+
+  return _verify_pass;
+}
+
+StringTable::VerifyRetTypes StringTable::verify_entry(int bkt, int e_cnt,
+                                      HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr,
+                                      StringTable::VerifyMesgModes mesg_mode) {
+
+  VerifyRetTypes ret = _verify_pass;  // be optimistic
+
+  oop str = e_ptr->literal();
+  if (str == NULL) {
+    if (mesg_mode == _verify_with_mesgs) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: NULL oop value in entry @ bucket[%d][%d]", bkt,
+                    e_cnt);
+    }
+    // NULL oop means no more verifications are possible
+    return _verify_fail_done;
+  }
+
+  if (str->klass() != SystemDictionary::String_klass()) {
+    if (mesg_mode == _verify_with_mesgs) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: oop is not a String in entry @ bucket[%d][%d]",
+                    bkt, e_cnt);
+    }
+    // not a String means no more verifications are possible
+    return _verify_fail_done;
+  }
+
+  unsigned int h = java_lang_String::hash_string(str);
+  if (e_ptr->hash() != h) {
+    if (mesg_mode == _verify_with_mesgs) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: broken hash value in entry @ bucket[%d][%d], "
+                    "bkt_hash=%d, str_hash=%d", bkt, e_cnt, e_ptr->hash(), h);
+    }
+    ret = _verify_fail_continue;
+  }
+
+  if (the_table()->hash_to_index(h) != bkt) {
+    if (mesg_mode == _verify_with_mesgs) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: wrong index value for entry @ bucket[%d][%d], "
+                    "str_hash=%d, hash_to_index=%d", bkt, e_cnt, h,
+                    the_table()->hash_to_index(h));
+    }
+    ret = _verify_fail_continue;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+// See StringTable::verify() above for the quick verification that is
+// part of Universe::verify(). This verification is exhaustive and
+// reports on every issue that is found. StringTable::verify() only
+// reports on the first issue that is found.
+//
+// StringTable::verify_entry() checks:
+// - oop value != NULL (same as verify())
+// - oop value is a String
+// - hash(String) == hash in entry (same as verify())
+// - index for hash == index of entry (same as verify())
+//
+// StringTable::compare_entries() checks:
+// - oops are unique across all entries
+// - String values are unique across all entries
+//
+int StringTable::verify_and_compare_entries() {
+  assert(StringTable_lock->is_locked(), "sanity check");
+
+  int  fail_cnt = 0;
+
+  // first, verify all the entries individually:
+  for (int bkt = 0; bkt < the_table()->table_size(); bkt++) {
+    HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr = the_table()->bucket(bkt);
+    for (int e_cnt = 0; e_ptr != NULL; e_ptr = e_ptr->next(), e_cnt++) {
+      VerifyRetTypes ret = verify_entry(bkt, e_cnt, e_ptr, _verify_with_mesgs);
+      if (ret != _verify_pass) {
+        fail_cnt++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Optimization: if the above check did not find any failures, then
+  // the comparison loop below does not need to call verify_entry()
+  // before calling compare_entries(). If there were failures, then we
+  // have to call verify_entry() to see if the entry can be passed to
+  // compare_entries() safely. When we call verify_entry() in the loop
+  // below, we do so quietly to void duplicate messages and we don't
+  // increment fail_cnt because the failures have already been counted.
+  bool need_entry_verify = (fail_cnt != 0);
+
+  // second, verify all entries relative to each other:
+  for (int bkt1 = 0; bkt1 < the_table()->table_size(); bkt1++) {
+    HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr1 = the_table()->bucket(bkt1);
+    for (int e_cnt1 = 0; e_ptr1 != NULL; e_ptr1 = e_ptr1->next(), e_cnt1++) {
+      if (need_entry_verify) {
+        VerifyRetTypes ret = verify_entry(bkt1, e_cnt1, e_ptr1,
+                                          _verify_quietly);
+        if (ret == _verify_fail_done) {
+          // cannot use the current entry to compare against other entries
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (int bkt2 = bkt1; bkt2 < the_table()->table_size(); bkt2++) {
+        HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr2 = the_table()->bucket(bkt2);
+        int e_cnt2;
+        for (e_cnt2 = 0; e_ptr2 != NULL; e_ptr2 = e_ptr2->next(), e_cnt2++) {
+          if (bkt1 == bkt2 && e_cnt2 <= e_cnt1) {
+            // skip the entries up to and including the one that
+            // we're comparing against
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if (need_entry_verify) {
+            VerifyRetTypes ret = verify_entry(bkt2, e_cnt2, e_ptr2,
+                                              _verify_quietly);
+            if (ret == _verify_fail_done) {
+              // cannot compare against this entry
+              continue;
+            }
+          }
+
+          // compare two entries, report and count any failures:
+          if (compare_entries(bkt1, e_cnt1, e_ptr1, bkt2, e_cnt2, e_ptr2)
+              != _verify_pass) {
+            fail_cnt++;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return fail_cnt;
+}
 
 // Create a new table and using alternate hash code, populate the new table
 // with the existing strings.   Set flag to use the alternate hash code afterwards.
diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.hpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.hpp
index 7a0031c9ab4162ef4252e011b2236ea90121b118..dc7d0337a0e05c87dd9944caa6cfafdf3d821080 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/symbolTable.hpp
@@ -311,6 +311,26 @@ public:
   static void verify();
   static void dump(outputStream* st);
 
+  enum VerifyMesgModes {
+    _verify_quietly    = 0,
+    _verify_with_mesgs = 1
+  };
+
+  enum VerifyRetTypes {
+    _verify_pass          = 0,
+    _verify_fail_continue = 1,
+    _verify_fail_done     = 2
+  };
+
+  static VerifyRetTypes compare_entries(int bkt1, int e_cnt1,
+                                        HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr1,
+                                        int bkt2, int e_cnt2,
+                                        HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr2);
+  static VerifyRetTypes verify_entry(int bkt, int e_cnt,
+                                     HashtableEntry<oop, mtSymbol>* e_ptr,
+                                     VerifyMesgModes mesg_mode);
+  static int verify_and_compare_entries();
+
   // Sharing
   static void copy_buckets(char** top, char*end) {
     the_table()->Hashtable<oop, mtSymbol>::copy_buckets(top, end);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp
index 2a9873957a85c6a95e9b7f6b5f307a1341632c14..ef51c9266628614ce3a2fa7f9d4e711454ceda60 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ static void calculate_fingerprints() {
     if (k->oop_is_instance()) {
       InstanceKlass* ik = InstanceKlass::cast(k);
       for (int i = 0; i < ik->methods()->length(); i++) {
-        ResourceMark rm;
         Method* m = ik->methods()->at(i);
-        (new Fingerprinter(m))->fingerprint();
+        Fingerprinter fp(m);
+        // The side effect of this call sets method's fingerprint field.
+        fp.fingerprint();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
index cf77300dcf07e8ab51a2b00ea2546afd22ca17e1..e56e80664f62e3ba2350a7ee351fbc98cf678aea 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
@@ -2769,24 +2769,17 @@ void InstanceKlass::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
   st->print(BULLET"field annotations:       "); fields_annotations()->print_value_on(st); st->cr();
   st->print(BULLET"field type annotations:  "); fields_type_annotations()->print_value_on(st); st->cr();
   {
-    ResourceMark rm;
-    // PreviousVersionInfo objects returned via PreviousVersionWalker
-    // contain a GrowableArray of handles. We have to clean up the
-    // GrowableArray _after_ the PreviousVersionWalker destructor
-    // has destroyed the handles.
-    {
-      bool have_pv = false;
-      PreviousVersionWalker pvw((InstanceKlass*)this);
-      for (PreviousVersionInfo * pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version();
-           pv_info != NULL; pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
-        if (!have_pv)
-          st->print(BULLET"previous version:  ");
-        have_pv = true;
-        pv_info->prev_constant_pool_handle()()->print_value_on(st);
-      }
-      if (have_pv)  st->cr();
-    } // pvw is cleaned up
-  } // rm is cleaned up
+    bool have_pv = false;
+    PreviousVersionWalker pvw(Thread::current(), (InstanceKlass*)this);
+    for (PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version();
+         pv_node != NULL; pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
+      if (!have_pv)
+        st->print(BULLET"previous version:  ");
+      have_pv = true;
+      pv_node->prev_constant_pool()->print_value_on(st);
+    }
+    if (have_pv) st->cr();
+  } // pvw is cleaned up
 
   if (generic_signature() != NULL) {
     st->print(BULLET"generic signature: ");
@@ -3317,34 +3310,34 @@ void InstanceKlass::add_previous_version(instanceKlassHandle ikh,
   Array<Method*>* old_methods = ikh->methods();
 
   if (cp_ref->on_stack()) {
-  PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = NULL;
-  if (emcp_method_count == 0) {
+    PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = NULL;
+    if (emcp_method_count == 0) {
       // non-shared ConstantPool gets a reference
-      pv_node = new PreviousVersionNode(cp_ref, !cp_ref->is_shared(), NULL);
-    RC_TRACE(0x00000400,
-        ("add: all methods are obsolete; flushing any EMCP refs"));
-  } else {
-    int local_count = 0;
+      pv_node = new PreviousVersionNode(cp_ref, NULL);
+      RC_TRACE(0x00000400,
+          ("add: all methods are obsolete; flushing any EMCP refs"));
+    } else {
+      int local_count = 0;
       GrowableArray<Method*>* method_refs = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtClass)
-        GrowableArray<Method*>(emcp_method_count, true);
-    for (int i = 0; i < old_methods->length(); i++) {
-      if (emcp_methods->at(i)) {
-          // this old method is EMCP. Save it only if it's on the stack
-          Method* old_method = old_methods->at(i);
-          if (old_method->on_stack()) {
-            method_refs->append(old_method);
+          GrowableArray<Method*>(emcp_method_count, true);
+      for (int i = 0; i < old_methods->length(); i++) {
+        if (emcp_methods->at(i)) {
+            // this old method is EMCP. Save it only if it's on the stack
+            Method* old_method = old_methods->at(i);
+            if (old_method->on_stack()) {
+              method_refs->append(old_method);
+            }
+          if (++local_count >= emcp_method_count) {
+            // no more EMCP methods so bail out now
+            break;
           }
-        if (++local_count >= emcp_method_count) {
-          // no more EMCP methods so bail out now
-          break;
         }
       }
-    }
       // non-shared ConstantPool gets a reference
-      pv_node = new PreviousVersionNode(cp_ref, !cp_ref->is_shared(), method_refs);
+      pv_node = new PreviousVersionNode(cp_ref, method_refs);
     }
     // append new previous version.
-  _previous_versions->append(pv_node);
+    _previous_versions->append(pv_node);
   }
 
   // Since the caller is the VMThread and we are at a safepoint, this
@@ -3445,6 +3438,8 @@ Method* InstanceKlass::method_with_idnum(int idnum) {
         return m;
       }
     }
+    // None found, return null for the caller to handle.
+    return NULL;
   }
   return m;
 }
@@ -3461,10 +3456,9 @@ unsigned char * InstanceKlass::get_cached_class_file_bytes() {
 // Construct a PreviousVersionNode entry for the array hung off
 // the InstanceKlass.
 PreviousVersionNode::PreviousVersionNode(ConstantPool* prev_constant_pool,
-  bool prev_cp_is_weak, GrowableArray<Method*>* prev_EMCP_methods) {
+  GrowableArray<Method*>* prev_EMCP_methods) {
 
   _prev_constant_pool = prev_constant_pool;
-  _prev_cp_is_weak = prev_cp_is_weak;
   _prev_EMCP_methods = prev_EMCP_methods;
 }
 
@@ -3480,99 +3474,38 @@ PreviousVersionNode::~PreviousVersionNode() {
   }
 }
 
-
-// Construct a PreviousVersionInfo entry
-PreviousVersionInfo::PreviousVersionInfo(PreviousVersionNode *pv_node) {
-  _prev_constant_pool_handle = constantPoolHandle();  // NULL handle
-  _prev_EMCP_method_handles = NULL;
-
-  ConstantPool* cp = pv_node->prev_constant_pool();
-  assert(cp != NULL, "constant pool ref was unexpectedly cleared");
-  if (cp == NULL) {
-    return;  // robustness
-  }
-
-  // make the ConstantPool* safe to return
-  _prev_constant_pool_handle = constantPoolHandle(cp);
-
-  GrowableArray<Method*>* method_refs = pv_node->prev_EMCP_methods();
-  if (method_refs == NULL) {
-    // the InstanceKlass did not have any EMCP methods
-    return;
-  }
-
-  _prev_EMCP_method_handles = new GrowableArray<methodHandle>(10);
-
-  int n_methods = method_refs->length();
-  for (int i = 0; i < n_methods; i++) {
-    Method* method = method_refs->at(i);
-    assert (method != NULL, "method has been cleared");
-    if (method == NULL) {
-      continue;  // robustness
-    }
-    // make the Method* safe to return
-    _prev_EMCP_method_handles->append(methodHandle(method));
-  }
-}
-
-
-// Destroy a PreviousVersionInfo
-PreviousVersionInfo::~PreviousVersionInfo() {
-  // Since _prev_EMCP_method_handles is not C-heap allocated, we
-  // don't have to delete it.
-}
-
-
 // Construct a helper for walking the previous versions array
-PreviousVersionWalker::PreviousVersionWalker(InstanceKlass *ik) {
+PreviousVersionWalker::PreviousVersionWalker(Thread* thread, InstanceKlass *ik) {
+  _thread = thread;
   _previous_versions = ik->previous_versions();
   _current_index = 0;
-  // _hm needs no initialization
   _current_p = NULL;
-}
-
-
-// Destroy a PreviousVersionWalker
-PreviousVersionWalker::~PreviousVersionWalker() {
-  // Delete the current info just in case the caller didn't walk to
-  // the end of the previous versions list. No harm if _current_p is
-  // already NULL.
-  delete _current_p;
-
-  // When _hm is destroyed, all the Handles returned in
-  // PreviousVersionInfo objects will be destroyed.
-  // Also, after this destructor is finished it will be
-  // safe to delete the GrowableArray allocated in the
-  // PreviousVersionInfo objects.
+  _current_constant_pool_handle = constantPoolHandle(thread, ik->constants());
 }
 
 
 // Return the interesting information for the next previous version
 // of the klass. Returns NULL if there are no more previous versions.
-PreviousVersionInfo* PreviousVersionWalker::next_previous_version() {
+PreviousVersionNode* PreviousVersionWalker::next_previous_version() {
   if (_previous_versions == NULL) {
     // no previous versions so nothing to return
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  delete _current_p;  // cleanup the previous info for the caller
-  _current_p = NULL;  // reset to NULL so we don't delete same object twice
+  _current_p = NULL;  // reset to NULL
+  _current_constant_pool_handle = NULL;
 
   int length = _previous_versions->length();
 
   while (_current_index < length) {
     PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = _previous_versions->at(_current_index++);
-    PreviousVersionInfo * pv_info = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtClass)
-                                          PreviousVersionInfo(pv_node);
-
-    constantPoolHandle cp_h = pv_info->prev_constant_pool_handle();
-    assert (!cp_h.is_null(), "null cp found in previous version");
 
-    // The caller will need to delete pv_info when they are done with it.
-    _current_p = pv_info;
-    return pv_info;
+    // Save a handle to the constant pool for this previous version,
+    // which keeps all the methods from being deallocated.
+    _current_constant_pool_handle = constantPoolHandle(_thread, pv_node->prev_constant_pool());
+    _current_p = pv_node;
+    return pv_node;
   }
 
-  // all of the underlying nodes' info has been deleted
   return NULL;
 } // end next_previous_version()
diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
index 3bd4e9de40c4e5b10f9627ac69a04878bcf3ce83..c3745ee24d41d67caf691c1487148e0c121637cb 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
@@ -1126,21 +1126,11 @@ class BreakpointInfo;
 
 
 // A collection point for interesting information about the previous
-// version(s) of an InstanceKlass. This class uses weak references to
-// the information so that the information may be collected as needed
-// by the system. If the information is shared, then a regular
-// reference must be used because a weak reference would be seen as
-// collectible. A GrowableArray of PreviousVersionNodes is attached
-// to the InstanceKlass as needed. See PreviousVersionWalker below.
+// version(s) of an InstanceKlass.  A GrowableArray of PreviousVersionNodes
+// is attached to the InstanceKlass as needed. See PreviousVersionWalker below.
 class PreviousVersionNode : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
  private:
-  // A shared ConstantPool is never collected so we'll always have
-  // a reference to it so we can update items in the cache. We'll
-  // have a weak reference to a non-shared ConstantPool until all
-  // of the methods (EMCP or obsolete) have been collected; the
-  // non-shared ConstantPool becomes collectible at that point.
-  ConstantPool*    _prev_constant_pool;  // regular or weak reference
-  bool    _prev_cp_is_weak;     // true if not a shared ConstantPool
+  ConstantPool*    _prev_constant_pool;
 
   // If the previous version of the InstanceKlass doesn't have any
   // EMCP methods, then _prev_EMCP_methods will be NULL. If all the
@@ -1149,8 +1139,8 @@ class PreviousVersionNode : public CHeapObj<mtClass> {
   GrowableArray<Method*>* _prev_EMCP_methods;
 
 public:
-  PreviousVersionNode(ConstantPool* prev_constant_pool, bool prev_cp_is_weak,
-    GrowableArray<Method*>* prev_EMCP_methods);
+  PreviousVersionNode(ConstantPool* prev_constant_pool,
+                      GrowableArray<Method*>* prev_EMCP_methods);
   ~PreviousVersionNode();
   ConstantPool* prev_constant_pool() const {
     return _prev_constant_pool;
@@ -1161,59 +1151,26 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-// A Handle-ized version of PreviousVersionNode.
-class PreviousVersionInfo : public ResourceObj {
- private:
-  constantPoolHandle   _prev_constant_pool_handle;
-  // If the previous version of the InstanceKlass doesn't have any
-  // EMCP methods, then _prev_EMCP_methods will be NULL. Since the
-  // methods cannot be collected while we hold a handle,
-  // _prev_EMCP_methods should never have a length of zero.
-  GrowableArray<methodHandle>* _prev_EMCP_method_handles;
-
-public:
-  PreviousVersionInfo(PreviousVersionNode *pv_node);
-  ~PreviousVersionInfo();
-  constantPoolHandle prev_constant_pool_handle() const {
-    return _prev_constant_pool_handle;
-  }
-  GrowableArray<methodHandle>* prev_EMCP_method_handles() const {
-    return _prev_EMCP_method_handles;
-  }
-};
-
-
-// Helper object for walking previous versions. This helper cleans up
-// the Handles that it allocates when the helper object is destroyed.
-// The PreviousVersionInfo object returned by next_previous_version()
-// is only valid until a subsequent call to next_previous_version() or
-// the helper object is destroyed.
+// Helper object for walking previous versions.
 class PreviousVersionWalker : public StackObj {
  private:
+  Thread*                               _thread;
   GrowableArray<PreviousVersionNode *>* _previous_versions;
   int                                   _current_index;
-  // Fields for cleaning up when we are done walking the previous versions:
-  // A HandleMark for the PreviousVersionInfo handles:
-  HandleMark                            _hm;
 
-  // It would be nice to have a ResourceMark field in this helper also,
-  // but the ResourceMark code says to be careful to delete handles held
-  // in GrowableArrays _before_ deleting the GrowableArray. Since we
-  // can't guarantee the order in which the fields are destroyed, we
-  // have to let the creator of the PreviousVersionWalker object do
-  // the right thing. Also, adding a ResourceMark here causes an
-  // include loop.
+  // A pointer to the current node object so we can handle the deletes.
+  PreviousVersionNode*                  _current_p;
 
-  // A pointer to the current info object so we can handle the deletes.
-  PreviousVersionInfo *                 _current_p;
+  // The constant pool handle keeps all the methods in this class from being
+  // deallocated from the metaspace during class unloading.
+  constantPoolHandle                    _current_constant_pool_handle;
 
  public:
-  PreviousVersionWalker(InstanceKlass *ik);
-  ~PreviousVersionWalker();
+  PreviousVersionWalker(Thread* thread, InstanceKlass *ik);
 
   // Return the interesting information for the next previous version
   // of the klass. Returns NULL if there are no more previous versions.
-  PreviousVersionInfo* next_previous_version();
+  PreviousVersionNode* next_previous_version();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
index d7a961edfbbc97b553c6790ee411d637faf3c257..d4fa736bdd981c5c8a6f3b24d278bfa0b536be00 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -1835,16 +1835,27 @@ JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassDeclaredFields(JNIEnv *env, jclass ofClass,
 }
 JVM_END
 
-JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods(JNIEnv *env, jclass ofClass, jboolean publicOnly))
-{
-  JVMWrapper("JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods");
+static bool select_method(methodHandle method, bool want_constructor) {
+  if (want_constructor) {
+    return (method->is_initializer() && !method->is_static());
+  } else {
+    return  (!method->is_initializer() && !method->is_overpass());
+  }
+}
+
+static jobjectArray get_class_declared_methods_helper(
+                                  JNIEnv *env,
+                                  jclass ofClass, jboolean publicOnly,
+                                  bool want_constructor,
+                                  Klass* klass, TRAPS) {
+
   JvmtiVMObjectAllocEventCollector oam;
 
   // Exclude primitive types and array types
   if (java_lang_Class::is_primitive(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(ofClass))
       || java_lang_Class::as_Klass(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(ofClass))->oop_is_array()) {
     // Return empty array
-    oop res = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::reflect_Method_klass(), 0, CHECK_NULL);
+    oop res = oopFactory::new_objArray(klass, 0, CHECK_NULL);
     return (jobjectArray) JNIHandles::make_local(env, res);
   }
 
@@ -1855,87 +1866,67 @@ JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods(JNIEnv *env, jclass ofClass,
 
   Array<Method*>* methods = k->methods();
   int methods_length = methods->length();
+
+  // Save original method_idnum in case of redefinition, which can change
+  // the idnum of obsolete methods.  The new method will have the same idnum
+  // but if we refresh the methods array, the counts will be wrong.
+  ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
+  GrowableArray<int>* idnums = new GrowableArray<int>(methods_length);
   int num_methods = 0;
 
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < methods_length; i++) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < methods_length; i++) {
     methodHandle method(THREAD, methods->at(i));
-    if (!method->is_initializer() && !method->is_overpass()) {
+    if (select_method(method, want_constructor)) {
       if (!publicOnly || method->is_public()) {
+        idnums->push(method->method_idnum());
         ++num_methods;
       }
     }
   }
 
   // Allocate result
-  objArrayOop r = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::reflect_Method_klass(), num_methods, CHECK_NULL);
+  objArrayOop r = oopFactory::new_objArray(klass, num_methods, CHECK_NULL);
   objArrayHandle result (THREAD, r);
 
-  int out_idx = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < methods_length; i++) {
-    methodHandle method(THREAD, methods->at(i));
-    if (!method->is_initializer() && !method->is_overpass()) {
-      if (!publicOnly || method->is_public()) {
-        oop m = Reflection::new_method(method, UseNewReflection, false, CHECK_NULL);
-        result->obj_at_put(out_idx, m);
-        ++out_idx;
+  // Now just put the methods that we selected above, but go by their idnum
+  // in case of redefinition.  The methods can be redefined at any safepoint,
+  // so above when allocating the oop array and below when creating reflect
+  // objects.
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_methods; i++) {
+    methodHandle method(THREAD, k->method_with_idnum(idnums->at(i)));
+    if (method.is_null()) {
+      // Method may have been deleted and seems this API can handle null
+      // Otherwise should probably put a method that throws NSME
+      result->obj_at_put(i, NULL);
+    } else {
+      oop m;
+      if (want_constructor) {
+        m = Reflection::new_constructor(method, CHECK_NULL);
+      } else {
+        m = Reflection::new_method(method, UseNewReflection, false, CHECK_NULL);
       }
+      result->obj_at_put(i, m);
     }
   }
-  assert(out_idx == num_methods, "just checking");
+
   return (jobjectArray) JNIHandles::make_local(env, result());
 }
+
+JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods(JNIEnv *env, jclass ofClass, jboolean publicOnly))
+{
+  JVMWrapper("JVM_GetClassDeclaredMethods");
+  return get_class_declared_methods_helper(env, ofClass, publicOnly,
+                                           /*want_constructor*/ false,
+                                           SystemDictionary::reflect_Method_klass(), THREAD);
+}
 JVM_END
 
 JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassDeclaredConstructors(JNIEnv *env, jclass ofClass, jboolean publicOnly))
 {
   JVMWrapper("JVM_GetClassDeclaredConstructors");
-  JvmtiVMObjectAllocEventCollector oam;
-
-  // Exclude primitive types and array types
-  if (java_lang_Class::is_primitive(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(ofClass))
-      || java_lang_Class::as_Klass(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(ofClass))->oop_is_array()) {
-    // Return empty array
-    oop res = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::reflect_Constructor_klass(), 0 , CHECK_NULL);
-    return (jobjectArray) JNIHandles::make_local(env, res);
-  }
-
-  instanceKlassHandle k(THREAD, java_lang_Class::as_Klass(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(ofClass)));
-
-  // Ensure class is linked
-  k->link_class(CHECK_NULL);
-
-  Array<Method*>* methods = k->methods();
-  int methods_length = methods->length();
-  int num_constructors = 0;
-
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < methods_length; i++) {
-    methodHandle method(THREAD, methods->at(i));
-    if (method->is_initializer() && !method->is_static()) {
-      if (!publicOnly || method->is_public()) {
-        ++num_constructors;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Allocate result
-  objArrayOop r = oopFactory::new_objArray(SystemDictionary::reflect_Constructor_klass(), num_constructors, CHECK_NULL);
-  objArrayHandle result(THREAD, r);
-
-  int out_idx = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < methods_length; i++) {
-    methodHandle method(THREAD, methods->at(i));
-    if (method->is_initializer() && !method->is_static()) {
-      if (!publicOnly || method->is_public()) {
-        oop m = Reflection::new_constructor(method, CHECK_NULL);
-        result->obj_at_put(out_idx, m);
-        ++out_idx;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  assert(out_idx == num_constructors, "just checking");
-  return (jobjectArray) JNIHandles::make_local(env, result());
+  return get_class_declared_methods_helper(env, ofClass, publicOnly,
+                                           /*want_constructor*/ true,
+                                           SystemDictionary::reflect_Constructor_klass(), THREAD);
 }
 JVM_END
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnvBase.hpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnvBase.hpp
index 929dcf22260d70153f34546b67f0298e003de4d0..265154683ba7d6b7fdf566d8df3a262014427dff 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnvBase.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnvBase.hpp
@@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ public:
   VMOp_Type type() const { return VMOp_GetCurrentContendedMonitor; }
   jvmtiError result() { return _result; }
   void doit() {
-    _result = ((JvmtiEnvBase *)_env)->get_current_contended_monitor(_calling_thread,_java_thread,_owned_monitor_ptr);
+    _result = JVMTI_ERROR_THREAD_NOT_ALIVE;
+    if (Threads::includes(_java_thread) && !_java_thread->is_exiting() &&
+        _java_thread->threadObj() != NULL) {
+      _result = ((JvmtiEnvBase *)_env)->get_current_contended_monitor(_calling_thread,_java_thread,_owned_monitor_ptr);
+    }
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.cpp
index 6f8b41297a4331868d38ffad0b9d06f29a50d267..0fcd1ba94ed07337e467cd6c505230437af3c7e3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiImpl.cpp
@@ -273,59 +273,49 @@ void JvmtiBreakpoint::each_method_version_do(method_action meth_act) {
 
   // add/remove breakpoint to/from versions of the method that
   // are EMCP. Directly or transitively obsolete methods are
-  // not saved in the PreviousVersionInfo.
+  // not saved in the PreviousVersionNodes.
   Thread *thread = Thread::current();
   instanceKlassHandle ikh = instanceKlassHandle(thread, _method->method_holder());
   Symbol* m_name = _method->name();
   Symbol* m_signature = _method->signature();
 
-  {
-    ResourceMark rm(thread);
-    // PreviousVersionInfo objects returned via PreviousVersionWalker
-    // contain a GrowableArray of handles. We have to clean up the
-    // GrowableArray _after_ the PreviousVersionWalker destructor
-    // has destroyed the handles.
-    {
-      // search previous versions if they exist
-      PreviousVersionWalker pvw((InstanceKlass *)ikh());
-      for (PreviousVersionInfo * pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version();
-           pv_info != NULL; pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
-        GrowableArray<methodHandle>* methods =
-          pv_info->prev_EMCP_method_handles();
-
-        if (methods == NULL) {
-          // We have run into a PreviousVersion generation where
-          // all methods were made obsolete during that generation's
-          // RedefineClasses() operation. At the time of that
-          // operation, all EMCP methods were flushed so we don't
-          // have to go back any further.
-          //
-          // A NULL methods array is different than an empty methods
-          // array. We cannot infer any optimizations about older
-          // generations from an empty methods array for the current
-          // generation.
-          break;
-        }
+  // search previous versions if they exist
+  PreviousVersionWalker pvw(thread, (InstanceKlass *)ikh());
+  for (PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version();
+       pv_node != NULL; pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
+    GrowableArray<Method*>* methods = pv_node->prev_EMCP_methods();
+
+    if (methods == NULL) {
+      // We have run into a PreviousVersion generation where
+      // all methods were made obsolete during that generation's
+      // RedefineClasses() operation. At the time of that
+      // operation, all EMCP methods were flushed so we don't
+      // have to go back any further.
+      //
+      // A NULL methods array is different than an empty methods
+      // array. We cannot infer any optimizations about older
+      // generations from an empty methods array for the current
+      // generation.
+      break;
+    }
 
-        for (int i = methods->length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-          methodHandle method = methods->at(i);
-          // obsolete methods that are running are not deleted from
-          // previous version array, but they are skipped here.
-          if (!method->is_obsolete() &&
-              method->name() == m_name &&
-              method->signature() == m_signature) {
-            RC_TRACE(0x00000800, ("%sing breakpoint in %s(%s)",
-              meth_act == &Method::set_breakpoint ? "sett" : "clear",
-              method->name()->as_C_string(),
-              method->signature()->as_C_string()));
-
-            ((Method*)method()->*meth_act)(_bci);
-            break;
-          }
-        }
+    for (int i = methods->length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      Method* method = methods->at(i);
+      // obsolete methods that are running are not deleted from
+      // previous version array, but they are skipped here.
+      if (!method->is_obsolete() &&
+          method->name() == m_name &&
+          method->signature() == m_signature) {
+        RC_TRACE(0x00000800, ("%sing breakpoint in %s(%s)",
+          meth_act == &Method::set_breakpoint ? "sett" : "clear",
+          method->name()->as_C_string(),
+          method->signature()->as_C_string()));
+
+        (method->*meth_act)(_bci);
+        break;
       }
-    } // pvw is cleaned up
-  } // rm is cleaned up
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 void JvmtiBreakpoint::set() {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
index 0e3bbc35c5bec14ae3dd0f3f764b0354022f7c91..34254d6b13e335d104da8624fa63ad0db233518d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp
@@ -2807,28 +2807,20 @@ void VM_RedefineClasses::AdjustCpoolCacheAndVtable::do_klass(Klass* k) {
                                         &trace_name_printed);
       }
     }
-    {
-      ResourceMark rm(_thread);
-      // PreviousVersionInfo objects returned via PreviousVersionWalker
-      // contain a GrowableArray of handles. We have to clean up the
-      // GrowableArray _after_ the PreviousVersionWalker destructor
-      // has destroyed the handles.
-      {
-        // the previous versions' constant pool caches may need adjustment
-        PreviousVersionWalker pvw(ik);
-        for (PreviousVersionInfo * pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version();
-             pv_info != NULL; pv_info = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
-          other_cp = pv_info->prev_constant_pool_handle();
-          cp_cache = other_cp->cache();
-          if (cp_cache != NULL) {
-            cp_cache->adjust_method_entries(_matching_old_methods,
-                                            _matching_new_methods,
-                                            _matching_methods_length,
-                                            &trace_name_printed);
-          }
-        }
-      } // pvw is cleaned up
-    } // rm is cleaned up
+
+    // the previous versions' constant pool caches may need adjustment
+    PreviousVersionWalker pvw(_thread, ik);
+    for (PreviousVersionNode * pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version();
+         pv_node != NULL; pv_node = pvw.next_previous_version()) {
+      other_cp = pv_node->prev_constant_pool();
+      cp_cache = other_cp->cache();
+      if (cp_cache != NULL) {
+        cp_cache->adjust_method_entries(_matching_old_methods,
+                                        _matching_new_methods,
+                                        _matching_methods_length,
+                                        &trace_name_printed);
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -2942,10 +2934,9 @@ void VM_RedefineClasses::check_methods_and_mark_as_obsolete(
       // obsolete methods need a unique idnum
       u2 num = InstanceKlass::cast(_the_class_oop)->next_method_idnum();
       if (num != ConstMethod::UNSET_IDNUM) {
-//      u2 old_num = old_method->method_idnum();
         old_method->set_method_idnum(num);
-// TO DO: attach obsolete annotations to obsolete method's new idnum
       }
+
       // With tracing we try not to "yack" too much. The position of
       // this trace assumes there are fewer obsolete methods than
       // EMCP methods.
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 93b31f1859a5f68c5486d5673241a84c03e93319..10aaededfd922cc8260f72859656f19805ae520e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ void Arguments::set_mode_flags(Mode mode) {
   }
 }
 
+#if defined(COMPILER2) || defined(_LP64) || !INCLUDE_CDS
 // Conflict: required to use shared spaces (-Xshare:on), but
 // incompatible command line options were chosen.
 
@@ -1112,6 +1113,7 @@ static void no_shared_spaces() {
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseSharedSpaces, false);
   }
 }
+#endif
 
 void Arguments::set_tiered_flags() {
   // With tiered, set default policy to AdvancedThresholdPolicy, which is 3.
@@ -1520,16 +1522,18 @@ void Arguments::set_ergonomics_flags() {
         FLAG_SET_ERGO(bool, UseParallelGC, true);
       }
     }
-    // Shared spaces work fine with other GCs but causes bytecode rewriting
-    // to be disabled, which hurts interpreter performance and decreases
-    // server performance.   On server class machines, keep the default
-    // off unless it is asked for.  Future work: either add bytecode rewriting
-    // at link time, or rewrite bytecodes in non-shared methods.
-    if (!DumpSharedSpaces && !RequireSharedSpaces &&
-        (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseSharedSpaces) || !UseSharedSpaces)) {
-      no_shared_spaces();
-    }
   }
+#ifdef COMPILER2
+  // Shared spaces work fine with other GCs but causes bytecode rewriting
+  // to be disabled, which hurts interpreter performance and decreases
+  // server performance.  When -server is specified, keep the default off
+  // unless it is asked for.  Future work: either add bytecode rewriting
+  // at link time, or rewrite bytecodes in non-shared methods.
+  if (!DumpSharedSpaces && !RequireSharedSpaces &&
+      (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseSharedSpaces) || !UseSharedSpaces)) {
+    no_shared_spaces();
+  }
+#endif
 
   set_conservative_max_heap_alignment();
 
@@ -2439,21 +2443,6 @@ jint Arguments::parse_vm_init_args(const JavaVMInitArgs* args) {
     return result;
   }
 
-  if (AggressiveOpts) {
-    // Insert alt-rt.jar between user-specified bootclasspath
-    // prefix and the default bootclasspath.  os::set_boot_path()
-    // uses meta_index_dir as the default bootclasspath directory.
-    const char* altclasses_jar = "alt-rt.jar";
-    size_t altclasses_path_len = strlen(get_meta_index_dir()) + 1 +
-                                 strlen(altclasses_jar);
-    char* altclasses_path = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, altclasses_path_len, mtInternal);
-    strcpy(altclasses_path, get_meta_index_dir());
-    strcat(altclasses_path, altclasses_jar);
-    scp.add_suffix_to_prefix(altclasses_path);
-    scp_assembly_required = true;
-    FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, altclasses_path, mtInternal);
-  }
-
   // Parse _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable (if present) (mimics classic VM)
   result = parse_java_options_environment_variable(&scp, &scp_assembly_required);
   if (result != JNI_OK) {
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index f2cf5efabeb35f47e03c9fe64605484ecedda4f5..083cccd5cc4d553e68a2eb6a1b03ef9fae25e394 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -2526,6 +2526,9 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
   product(bool, PrintStringTableStatistics, false,                          \
           "print statistics about the StringTable and SymbolTable")         \
                                                                             \
+  diagnostic(bool, VerifyStringTableAtExit, false,                          \
+          "verify StringTable contents at exit")                            \
+                                                                            \
   notproduct(bool, PrintSymbolTableSizeHistogram, false,                    \
           "print histogram of the symbol table")                            \
                                                                             \
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp
index dc2542279712971d1d6231c62145e1486e0f9234..c2ce4b38c5a32621e0f22cde6ced05e39fc68907 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.hpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ DEF_HANDLE(typeArray        , is_typeArray        )
 // Specific Handles for different oop types
 #define DEF_METADATA_HANDLE(name, type)          \
   class name##Handle;                            \
-  class name##Handle {                           \
+  class name##Handle : public StackObj {         \
     type*     _value;                            \
     Thread*   _thread;                           \
    protected:                                    \
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ DEF_METADATA_HANDLE(constantPool, ConstantPool)
 // Writing this class explicitly, since DEF_METADATA_HANDLE(klass) doesn't
 // provide the necessary Klass* <-> Klass* conversions. This Klass
 // could be removed when we don't have the Klass* typedef anymore.
-class KlassHandle {
+class KlassHandle : public StackObj {
   Klass* _value;
  protected:
    Klass* obj() const          { return _value; }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.inline.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.inline.hpp
index 9530b127aeaff9e0c6bd652b634498365bb68dfd..5a0f3f773c24459f116b2875e78a934fdcf61d93 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/handles.inline.hpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ inline name##Handle::name##Handle(const name##Handle &h) {             \
     } else {                                                           \
       _thread = Thread::current();                                     \
     }                                                                  \
+    assert (_thread->is_in_stack((address)this), "not on stack?");     \
     _thread->metadata_handles()->push((Metadata*)_value);              \
   } else {                                                             \
     _thread = NULL;                                                    \
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ inline name##Handle& name##Handle::operator=(const name##Handle &s) {  \
     } else {                                                           \
       _thread = Thread::current();                                     \
     }                                                                  \
+    assert (_thread->is_in_stack((address)this), "not on stack?");     \
     _thread->metadata_handles()->push((Metadata*)_value);              \
   } else {                                                             \
     _thread = NULL;                                                    \
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
index ebc4e087578601eb28f248034c6adfed47e4331a..874765fa3e5017af57b2bbb11df67889299b361a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,19 @@ void before_exit(JavaThread * thread) {
   // it will run into trouble when system destroys static variables.
   MemTracker::shutdown(MemTracker::NMT_normal);
 
+  if (VerifyStringTableAtExit) {
+    int fail_cnt = 0;
+    {
+      MutexLocker ml(StringTable_lock);
+      fail_cnt = StringTable::verify_and_compare_entries();
+    }
+
+    if (fail_cnt != 0) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: fail_cnt=%d", fail_cnt);
+      guarantee(fail_cnt == 0, "unexpected StringTable verification failures");
+    }
+  }
+
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_NOT_RUN
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_RUNNING
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_DONE
diff --git a/test/runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java b/test/runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java
index 7f36977ec706575a994e3e0a7897e059348d6ac3..9bd68e11733f8f8686a24b2ec2bb381350fc3318 100644
--- a/test/runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java
+++ b/test/runtime/CDSCompressedKPtrs/XShareAuto.java
@@ -33,16 +33,9 @@ import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.*;
 
 public class XShareAuto {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        if (!Platform.is64bit()) {
-            System.out.println("ObjectAlignmentInBytes for CDS is only " +
-                "supported on 64bit platforms; this plaform is " +
-                System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model"));
-            System.out.println("Skipping the test");
-            return;
-        }
         ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
-            "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions", "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa",
-            "-Xshare:dump");
+            "-server", "-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions",
+            "-XX:SharedArchiveFile=./sample.jsa", "-Xshare:dump");
         OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
         output.shouldContain("Loading classes to share");
         output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);