diff -r ea3d0c81cee9 -r b90650e2a9f7 hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Fri Jul 25 11:29:03 2008 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Mon Jul 28 15:30:23 2008 -0700
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@
 // object size.
 class HeapWord {
   friend class VMStructs;
-private:
+ private:
   char* i;
+#ifdef ASSERT
+ public:
+  char* value() { return i; }
+#endif
 };
 
 // HeapWordSize must be 2^LogHeapWordSize.