--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.hpp	Mon Mar 02 05:32:01 2015 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.hpp	Mon Mar 02 16:31:25 2015 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@
   static WatcherThread* _watcher_thread;
 
   static bool _startable;
-  volatile static bool _should_terminate; // updated without holding lock
+  // volatile due to at least one lock-free read
+  volatile static bool _should_terminate;
 
   os::WatcherThreadCrashProtection* _crash_protection;
  public: