--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Thu Nov 20 10:03:22 2014 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Wed Nov 26 18:01:10 2014 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "oops/method.hpp"
 #include "oops/symbol.hpp"
 #include "oops/typeArrayOop.hpp"
+#include "prims/jvmtiRedefineClassesTrace.hpp"
 #include "runtime/fieldDescriptor.hpp"
 #include "runtime/handles.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/interfaceSupport.hpp"
@@ -944,7 +945,7 @@
   assert(_group_offset == 0, "offsets should be initialized only once");
 
   Klass* k = SystemDictionary::Thread_klass();
-  compute_offset(_name_offset,      k, vmSymbols::name_name(),      vmSymbols::char_array_signature());
+  compute_offset(_name_offset,      k, vmSymbols::name_name(),      vmSymbols::string_signature());
   compute_offset(_group_offset,     k, vmSymbols::group_name(),     vmSymbols::threadgroup_signature());
   compute_offset(_contextClassLoader_offset, k, vmSymbols::contextClassLoader_name(), vmSymbols::classloader_signature());
   compute_offset(_inheritedAccessControlContext_offset, k, vmSymbols::inheritedAccessControlContext_name(), vmSymbols::accesscontrolcontext_signature());
@@ -974,15 +975,12 @@
 }
 
 
-typeArrayOop java_lang_Thread::name(oop java_thread) {
-  oop name = java_thread->obj_field(_name_offset);
-  assert(name == NULL || (name->is_typeArray() && TypeArrayKlass::cast(name->klass())->element_type() == T_CHAR), "just checking");
-  return typeArrayOop(name);
-}
-
-
-void java_lang_Thread::set_name(oop java_thread, typeArrayOop name) {
-  assert(java_thread->obj_field(_name_offset) == NULL, "name should be NULL");
+oop java_lang_Thread::name(oop java_thread) {
+  return java_thread->obj_field(_name_offset);
+}
+
+
+void java_lang_Thread::set_name(oop java_thread, oop name) {
   java_thread->obj_field_put(_name_offset, name);
 }
 
@@ -2797,12 +2795,35 @@
   return (Metadata*)mname->address_field(_vmtarget_offset);
 }
 
+bool java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_method(oop mname) {
+  assert(is_instance(mname), "must be MemberName");
+  return (flags(mname) & (MN_IS_METHOD | MN_IS_CONSTRUCTOR)) > 0;
+}
+
 #if INCLUDE_JVMTI
 // Can be executed on VM thread only
-void java_lang_invoke_MemberName::adjust_vmtarget(oop mname, Metadata* ref) {
-  assert((is_instance(mname) && (flags(mname) & (MN_IS_METHOD | MN_IS_CONSTRUCTOR)) > 0), "wrong type");
+void java_lang_invoke_MemberName::adjust_vmtarget(oop mname, Method* old_method,
+                                                  Method* new_method, bool* trace_name_printed) {
+  assert(is_method(mname), "wrong type");
   assert(Thread::current()->is_VM_thread(), "not VM thread");
-  mname->address_field_put(_vmtarget_offset, (address)ref);
+
+  Method* target = (Method*)mname->address_field(_vmtarget_offset);
+  if (target == old_method) {
+    mname->address_field_put(_vmtarget_offset, (address)new_method);
+
+    if (RC_TRACE_IN_RANGE(0x00100000, 0x00400000)) {
+      if (!(*trace_name_printed)) {
+        // RC_TRACE_MESG macro has an embedded ResourceMark
+        RC_TRACE_MESG(("adjust: name=%s",
+                       old_method->method_holder()->external_name()));
+        *trace_name_printed = true;
+      }
+      // RC_TRACE macro has an embedded ResourceMark
+      RC_TRACE(0x00400000, ("MemberName method update: %s(%s)",
+                            new_method->name()->as_C_string(),
+                            new_method->signature()->as_C_string()));
+    }
+  }
 }
 #endif // INCLUDE_JVMTI