--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodKlass.cpp	Fri Jun 01 15:30:44 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodKlass.cpp	Wed Jun 06 14:33:43 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@
 
   assert(m->is_parsable(), "must be parsable here.");
   assert(m->size() == size, "wrong size for object");
-  // We should not publish an uprasable object's reference
-  // into one that is parsable, since that presents problems
-  // for the concurrent parallel marking and precleaning phases
-  // of concurrent gc (CMS).
-  xconst->set_method(m);
   return m;
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +122,6 @@
   // Performance tweak: We skip iterating over the klass pointer since we
   // know that Universe::methodKlassObj never moves.
   MarkSweep::mark_and_push(m->adr_constMethod());
-  MarkSweep::mark_and_push(m->adr_constants());
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     MarkSweep::mark_and_push(m->adr_method_data());
   }
@@ -141,7 +135,6 @@
   // Performance tweak: We skip iterating over the klass pointer since we
   // know that Universe::methodKlassObj never moves.
   PSParallelCompact::mark_and_push(cm, m->adr_constMethod());
-  PSParallelCompact::mark_and_push(cm, m->adr_constants());
 #ifdef COMPILER2
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     PSParallelCompact::mark_and_push(cm, m->adr_method_data());
@@ -159,7 +152,6 @@
   // Performance tweak: We skip iterating over the klass pointer since we
   // know that Universe::methodKlassObj never moves
   blk->do_oop(m->adr_constMethod());
-  blk->do_oop(m->adr_constants());
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     blk->do_oop(m->adr_method_data());
   }
@@ -178,8 +170,6 @@
   oop* adr;
   adr = m->adr_constMethod();
   if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
-  adr = m->adr_constants();
-  if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     adr = m->adr_method_data();
     if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
@@ -197,7 +187,6 @@
   // Performance tweak: We skip iterating over the klass pointer since we
   // know that Universe::methodKlassObj never moves.
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(m->adr_constMethod());
-  MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(m->adr_constants());
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(m->adr_method_data());
   }
@@ -213,7 +202,6 @@
   assert(obj->is_method(), "should be method");
   methodOop m = methodOop(obj);
   PSParallelCompact::adjust_pointer(m->adr_constMethod());
-  PSParallelCompact::adjust_pointer(m->adr_constants());
 #ifdef COMPILER2
   if (m->method_data() != NULL) {
     PSParallelCompact::adjust_pointer(m->adr_method_data());
@@ -339,8 +327,6 @@
   if (!obj->partially_loaded()) {
     methodOop m = methodOop(obj);
     guarantee(m->is_perm(),  "should be in permspace");
-    guarantee(m->constants()->is_perm(), "should be in permspace");
-    guarantee(m->constants()->is_constantPool(), "should be constant pool");
     guarantee(m->constMethod()->is_constMethod(), "should be constMethodOop");
     guarantee(m->constMethod()->is_perm(), "should be in permspace");
     methodDataOop method_data = m->method_data();