--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java	Tue Dec 18 16:22:46 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java	Tue Dec 18 16:50:35 2018 +0000
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@
      * @param   b   another argument.
      * @return  the larger of {@code a} and {@code b}.
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static float max(float a, float b) {
         if (a != a)
             return a;   // a is NaN
@@ -1486,6 +1487,7 @@
      * @param   b   another argument.
      * @return  the larger of {@code a} and {@code b}.
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static double max(double a, double b) {
         if (a != a)
             return a;   // a is NaN
@@ -1541,6 +1543,7 @@
      * @param   b   another argument.
      * @return  the smaller of {@code a} and {@code b}.
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static float min(float a, float b) {
         if (a != a)
             return a;   // a is NaN
@@ -1567,6 +1570,7 @@
      * @param   b   another argument.
      * @return  the smaller of {@code a} and {@code b}.
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static double min(double a, double b) {
         if (a != a)
             return a;   // a is NaN