diff -r 13588c901957 -r 9cf78a70fa4f src/hotspot/os/aix/os_perf_aix.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_perf_aix.cpp	Thu Oct 17 20:27:44 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_perf_aix.cpp	Thu Oct 17 20:53:35 2019 +0100
@@ -443,12 +443,9 @@
 }
 
 bool CPUPerformanceInterface::CPUPerformance::initialize() {
-  size_t tick_array_size = (_counters.nProcs +1) * sizeof(CPUPerfTicks);
-  _counters.cpus = (CPUPerfTicks*)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, tick_array_size, mtInternal);
-  if (NULL == _counters.cpus) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  memset(_counters.cpus, 0, tick_array_size);
+  size_t array_entry_count = _counters.nProcs + 1;
+  _counters.cpus = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(CPUPerfTicks, array_entry_count, mtInternal);
+  memset(_counters.cpus, 0, array_entry_count * sizeof(*_counters.cpus));
 
   // For the CPU load total
   get_total_ticks(-1, &_counters.cpus[_counters.nProcs]);
@@ -535,7 +532,7 @@
 
 bool CPUPerformanceInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new CPUPerformanceInterface::CPUPerformance();
-  return NULL == _impl ? false : _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 CPUPerformanceInterface::~CPUPerformanceInterface() {
@@ -688,19 +685,17 @@
     }
     if (size > 0) {
       cmdline = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, size + 1, mtInternal);
-      if (cmdline != NULL) {
-        cmdline[0] = '\0';
-        if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET) == 0) {
-          if (fread(cmdline, 1, size, fp) == size) {
-            // the file has the arguments separated by '\0',
-            // so we translate '\0' to ' '
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-              if (cmdline[i] == '\0') {
-                cmdline[i] = ' ';
-              }
+      cmdline[0] = '\0';
+      if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET) == 0) {
+        if (fread(cmdline, 1, size, fp) == size) {
+          // the file has the arguments separated by '\0',
+          // so we translate '\0' to ' '
+          for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            if (cmdline[i] == '\0') {
+              cmdline[i] = ' ';
             }
-            cmdline[size] = '\0';
           }
+          cmdline[size] = '\0';
         }
       }
     }
@@ -790,7 +785,7 @@
 
 bool SystemProcessInterface::SystemProcesses::initialize() {
   _iterator = new SystemProcessInterface::SystemProcesses::ProcessIterator();
-  return NULL == _iterator ? false : _iterator->initialize();
+  return _iterator->initialize();
 }
 
 SystemProcessInterface::SystemProcesses::~SystemProcesses() {
@@ -837,7 +832,7 @@
 
 bool SystemProcessInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new SystemProcessInterface::SystemProcesses();
-  return NULL == _impl ? false : _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 SystemProcessInterface::~SystemProcessInterface() {
@@ -852,15 +847,11 @@
 
 bool CPUInformationInterface::initialize() {
   _cpu_info = new CPUInformation();
-  if (NULL == _cpu_info) {
-    return false;
-  }
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_hardware_threads(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_threads());
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_cores(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_cores());
   _cpu_info->set_number_of_sockets(VM_Version_Ext::number_of_sockets());
   _cpu_info->set_cpu_name(VM_Version_Ext::cpu_name());
   _cpu_info->set_cpu_description(VM_Version_Ext::cpu_description());
-
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -928,7 +919,7 @@
 
 bool NetworkPerformanceInterface::initialize() {
   _impl = new NetworkPerformanceInterface::NetworkPerformance();
-  return _impl != NULL && _impl->initialize();
+  return _impl->initialize();
 }
 
 int NetworkPerformanceInterface::network_utilization(NetworkInterface** network_interfaces) const {