--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Wed Apr 06 21:53:44 2016 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp	Wed Apr 20 16:39:37 2016 -0400
@@ -313,6 +313,33 @@
   unlink_method();
 }
 
+void Method::set_vtable_index(int index) {
+  if (is_shared() && !MetaspaceShared::remapped_readwrite()) {
+    // At runtime initialize_vtable is rerun as part of link_class_impl()
+    // for a shared class loaded by the non-boot loader to obtain the loader
+    // constraints based on the runtime classloaders' context.
+    return; // don't write into the shared class
+  } else {
+    _vtable_index = index;
+  }
+}
+
+void Method::set_itable_index(int index) {
+  if (is_shared() && !MetaspaceShared::remapped_readwrite()) {
+    // At runtime initialize_itable is rerun as part of link_class_impl()
+    // for a shared class loaded by the non-boot loader to obtain the loader
+    // constraints based on the runtime classloaders' context. The dumptime
+    // itable index should be the same as the runtime index.
+    assert(_vtable_index == itable_index_max - index,
+           "archived itable index is different from runtime index");
+    return; // don’t write into the shared class
+  } else {
+    _vtable_index = itable_index_max - index;
+  }
+  assert(valid_itable_index(), "");
+}
+
+
 
 bool Method::was_executed_more_than(int n) {
   // Invocation counter is reset when the Method* is compiled.