--- a/hotspot/src/os_cpu/linux_aarch64/vm/os_linux_aarch64.cpp	Thu Dec 10 14:22:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/os_cpu/linux_aarch64/vm/os_linux_aarch64.cpp	Mon Dec 14 02:29:11 2015 -0500
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 void os::initialize_thread(Thread *thr) {
 }
 
-address os::Linux::ucontext_get_pc(ucontext_t * uc) {
+address os::Linux::ucontext_get_pc(const ucontext_t * uc) {
 #ifdef BUILTIN_SIM
   return (address)uc->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_PC];
 #else
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-intptr_t* os::Linux::ucontext_get_sp(ucontext_t * uc) {
+intptr_t* os::Linux::ucontext_get_sp(const ucontext_t * uc) {
 #ifdef BUILTIN_SIM
   return (intptr_t*)uc->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_SP];
 #else
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-intptr_t* os::Linux::ucontext_get_fp(ucontext_t * uc) {
+intptr_t* os::Linux::ucontext_get_fp(const ucontext_t * uc) {
 #ifdef BUILTIN_SIM
   return (intptr_t*)uc->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_FP];
 #else
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 // frames. Currently we don't do that on Linux, so it's the same as
 // os::fetch_frame_from_context().
 ExtendedPC os::Linux::fetch_frame_from_ucontext(Thread* thread,
-  ucontext_t* uc, intptr_t** ret_sp, intptr_t** ret_fp) {
+  const ucontext_t* uc, intptr_t** ret_sp, intptr_t** ret_fp) {
 
   assert(thread != NULL, "just checking");
   assert(ret_sp != NULL, "just checking");
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@
   return os::fetch_frame_from_context(uc, ret_sp, ret_fp);
 }
 
-ExtendedPC os::fetch_frame_from_context(void* ucVoid,
+ExtendedPC os::fetch_frame_from_context(const void* ucVoid,
                     intptr_t** ret_sp, intptr_t** ret_fp) {
 
   ExtendedPC  epc;
-  ucontext_t* uc = (ucontext_t*)ucVoid;
+  const ucontext_t* uc = (const ucontext_t*)ucVoid;
 
   if (uc != NULL) {
     epc = ExtendedPC(os::Linux::ucontext_get_pc(uc));
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
   return epc;
 }
 
-frame os::fetch_frame_from_context(void* ucVoid) {
+frame os::fetch_frame_from_context(const void* ucVoid) {
   intptr_t* sp;
   intptr_t* fp;
   ExtendedPC epc = fetch_frame_from_context(ucVoid, &sp, &fp);
@@ -591,10 +591,10 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // helper functions for fatal error handler
 
-void os::print_context(outputStream *st, void *context) {
+void os::print_context(outputStream *st, const void *context) {
   if (context == NULL) return;
 
-  ucontext_t *uc = (ucontext_t*)context;
+  const ucontext_t *uc = (const ucontext_t*)context;
   st->print_cr("Registers:");
 #ifdef BUILTIN_SIM
   st->print(  "RAX=" INTPTR_FORMAT, uc->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RAX]);
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@
   print_hex_dump(st, pc - 32, pc + 32, sizeof(char));
 }
 
-void os::print_register_info(outputStream *st, void *context) {
+void os::print_register_info(outputStream *st, const void *context) {
   if (context == NULL) return;
 
-  ucontext_t *uc = (ucontext_t*)context;
+  const ucontext_t *uc = (const ucontext_t*)context;
 
   st->print_cr("Register to memory mapping:");
   st->cr();