--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Wed Aug 24 20:38:21 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Wed Aug 24 19:54:03 2016 -0400
@@ -327,11 +327,12 @@
 // and then additions like
 //       ... top() + size ...
 // are safe because we know that top() is at least size below end().
-inline size_t pointer_delta(const void* left,
-                            const void* right,
+inline size_t pointer_delta(const volatile void* left,
+                            const volatile void* right,
                             size_t element_size) {
   return (((uintptr_t) left) - ((uintptr_t) right)) / element_size;
 }
+
 // A version specialized for HeapWord*'s.
 inline size_t pointer_delta(const HeapWord* left, const HeapWord* right) {
   return pointer_delta(left, right, sizeof(HeapWord));
@@ -516,6 +517,10 @@
   return (void*)align_size_down((intptr_t)ptr, (intptr_t)alignment);
 }
 
+inline volatile void* align_ptr_down(volatile void* ptr, size_t alignment) {
+  return (volatile void*)align_size_down((intptr_t)ptr, (intptr_t)alignment);
+}
+
 // Align metaspace objects by rounding up to natural word boundary
 
 inline intptr_t align_metadata_size(intptr_t size) {