--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp	Fri Apr 09 13:08:34 2010 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1MarkSweep.cpp	Tue Apr 13 13:52:10 2010 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2001-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
                                       bool clear_all_softrefs) {
   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "must be at a safepoint");
 
+  SharedHeap* sh = SharedHeap::heap();
+#ifdef ASSERT
+  if (sh->collector_policy()->should_clear_all_soft_refs()) {
+    assert(clear_all_softrefs, "Policy should have been checked earler");
+  }
+#endif
   // hook up weak ref data so it can be used during Mark-Sweep
   assert(GenMarkSweep::ref_processor() == NULL, "no stomping");
   assert(rp != NULL, "should be non-NULL");
@@ -44,7 +50,6 @@
 
   // Increment the invocation count for the permanent generation, since it is
   // implicitly collected whenever we do a full mark sweep collection.
-  SharedHeap* sh = SharedHeap::heap();
   sh->perm_gen()->stat_record()->invocations++;
 
   bool marked_for_unloading = false;