--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Sat Jul 22 15:54:27 2017 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Wed Aug 02 18:06:38 2017 -0700
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
   static InstanceKlass* allocate_instance_klass(const ClassFileParser& parser, TRAPS);
 
  protected:
+  // If you add a new field that points to any metaspace object, you
+  // must add this field to InstanceKlass::metaspace_pointers_do().
+
   // Annotations for this class
   Annotations*    _annotations;
   // Package this class is defined in
@@ -1341,6 +1344,8 @@
   // JVMTI support
   jint jvmti_class_status() const;
 
+  virtual void metaspace_pointers_do(MetaspaceClosure* iter);
+
  public:
   // Printing
 #ifndef PRODUCT