diff -r 90e004691873 -r af4d405aacc1 hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp --- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp Tue Jan 12 14:56:46 2010 -0800 +++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp Wed Jan 13 15:26:39 2010 -0800 @@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ return true; } + virtual bool card_mark_must_follow_store() const { + return UseConcMarkSweepGC; + } + // We don't need barriers for stores to objects in the // young gen and, a fortiori, for initializing stores to // objects therein. This applies to {DefNew,ParNew}+{Tenured,CMS}