diff -r f8d45530b75e -r f67269c129f9 src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Tue May 14 15:09:31 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Tue May 14 20:29:40 2019 -0400
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     char *home_path;
     char *dll_path;
     char *pslash;
-    char *bin = "\\bin";
+    const char *bin = "\\bin";
     char home_dir[MAX_PATH + 1];
     char *alt_home_dir = ::getenv("_ALT_JAVA_HOME_DIR");
 
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@
 
 #define def_excpt(val) { #val, (val) }
 
-static const struct { char* name; uint number; } exceptlabels[] = {
+static const struct { const char* name; uint number; } exceptlabels[] = {
     def_excpt(EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION),
     def_excpt(EXCEPTION_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT),
     def_excpt(EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT),
@@ -5335,7 +5335,7 @@
   DWORD exit_code;
 
   char * cmd_string;
-  char * cmd_prefix = "cmd /C ";
+  const char * cmd_prefix = "cmd /C ";
   size_t len = strlen(cmd) + strlen(cmd_prefix) + 1;
   cmd_string = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY_RETURN_NULL(char, len, mtInternal);
   if (cmd_string == NULL) {
@@ -5674,8 +5674,8 @@
 */
 int os::get_signal_number(const char* name) {
   static const struct {
-    char* name;
-    int   number;
+    const char* name;
+    int         number;
   } siglabels [] =
     // derived from version 6.0 VC98/include/signal.h
   {"ABRT",      SIGABRT,        // abnormal termination triggered by abort cl