--- a/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/jdi/VirtualMachineImpl.java	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/jdi/VirtualMachineImpl.java	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -889,15 +889,9 @@
         Klass kls = ((ReferenceTypeImpl)type).ref();
         if (kls instanceof InstanceKlass) {
             InstanceKlass ik = (InstanceKlass) kls;
-            if (ik.isInterface()) {
-                if (ik.nofImplementors() == 0L) {
-                    return new ArrayList(0);
-                }
-            } else {
-                // if the Klass is final or if there are no subklasses loaded yet
-                if (ik.getAccessFlagsObj().isFinal() || ik.getSubklassKlass() == null) {
-                    includeSubtypes = false;
-                }
+            // if the Klass is final or if there are no subklasses loaded yet
+            if (ik.getAccessFlagsObj().isFinal() || ik.getSubklassKlass() == null) {
+                includeSubtypes = false;
             }
         } else {
             // no subtypes for primitive array types

--- a/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/oops/InstanceKlass.java	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/oops/InstanceKlass.java	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
   private static int HIGH_OFFSET;
   private static int GENERIC_SIGNATURE_INDEX_OFFSET;
   private static int FIELD_SLOTS;
-  public static int IMPLEMENTORS_LIMIT;
 
   // ClassState constants
   private static int CLASS_STATE_UNPARSABLE_BY_GC;
@@ -70,13 +69,6 @@
     methodOrdering       = new OopField(type.getOopField("_method_ordering"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
     localInterfaces      = new OopField(type.getOopField("_local_interfaces"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
     transitiveInterfaces = new OopField(type.getOopField("_transitive_interfaces"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
-    nofImplementors      = new CIntField(type.getCIntegerField("_nof_implementors"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
-    IMPLEMENTORS_LIMIT   = db.lookupIntConstant("instanceKlass::implementors_limit").intValue();
-    implementors         = new OopField[IMPLEMENTORS_LIMIT];
-    for (int i = 0; i < IMPLEMENTORS_LIMIT; i++) {
-      long arrayOffset = Oop.getHeaderSize() + (i * db.getAddressSize());
-      implementors[i]    = new OopField(type.getOopField("_implementors[0]"), arrayOffset);
-    }
     fields               = new OopField(type.getOopField("_fields"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
     javaFieldsCount      = new CIntField(type.getCIntegerField("_java_fields_count"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
     constants            = new OopField(type.getOopField("_constants"), Oop.getHeaderSize());
@@ -136,8 +128,6 @@
   private static OopField  methodOrdering;
   private static OopField  localInterfaces;
   private static OopField  transitiveInterfaces;
-  private static CIntField nofImplementors;
-  private static OopField[] implementors;
   private static OopField  fields;
   private static CIntField javaFieldsCount;
   private static OopField  constants;
@@ -317,9 +307,6 @@
   public TypeArray getMethodOrdering()      { return (TypeArray)    methodOrdering.getValue(this); }
   public ObjArray  getLocalInterfaces()     { return (ObjArray)     localInterfaces.getValue(this); }
   public ObjArray  getTransitiveInterfaces() { return (ObjArray)     transitiveInterfaces.getValue(this); }
-  public long      nofImplementors()        { return                nofImplementors.getValue(this); }
-  public Klass     getImplementor()         { return (Klass)        implementors[0].getValue(this); }
-  public Klass     getImplementor(int i)    { return (Klass)        implementors[i].getValue(this); }
   public TypeArray getFields()              { return (TypeArray)    fields.getValue(this); }
   public int       getJavaFieldsCount()     { return                (int) javaFieldsCount.getValue(this); }
   public int       getAllFieldsCount()      { return                (int)getFields().getLength() / FIELD_SLOTS; }
@@ -527,9 +514,6 @@
       visitor.doOop(methodOrdering, true);
       visitor.doOop(localInterfaces, true);
       visitor.doOop(transitiveInterfaces, true);
-      visitor.doCInt(nofImplementors, true);
-      for (int i = 0; i < IMPLEMENTORS_LIMIT; i++)
-        visitor.doOop(implementors[i], true);
       visitor.doOop(fields, true);
       visitor.doOop(constants, true);
       visitor.doOop(classLoader, true);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_GraphBuilder.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1694,7 +1694,9 @@
       // they are roughly equivalent to Object.
       ciInstanceKlass* singleton = NULL;
       if (target->holder()->nof_implementors() == 1) {
-        singleton = target->holder()->implementor(0);
+        singleton = target->holder()->implementor();
+        assert(singleton != NULL && singleton != target->holder(),
+               "just checking");
 
         assert(holder->is_interface(), "invokeinterface to non interface?");
         ciInstanceKlass* decl_interface = (ciInstanceKlass*)holder;

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstanceKlass.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstanceKlass.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@
   _has_nonstatic_fields = ik->has_nonstatic_fields();
   _nonstatic_fields = NULL; // initialized lazily by compute_nonstatic_fields:
 
-  _nof_implementors = ik->nof_implementors();
-  for (int i = 0; i < implementors_limit; i++) {
-    _implementors[i] = NULL;  // we will fill these lazily
-  }
+  _implementor = NULL; // we will fill these lazily
 
   Thread *thread = Thread::current();
   if (ciObjectFactory::is_initialized()) {
@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@
   _nonstatic_field_size = -1;
   _has_nonstatic_fields = false;
   _nonstatic_fields = NULL;
-  _nof_implementors = -1;
   _loader = loader;
   _protection_domain = protection_domain;
   _is_shared = false;
@@ -133,17 +129,6 @@
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
-// ciInstanceKlass::compute_shared_nof_implementors
-int ciInstanceKlass::compute_shared_nof_implementors() {
-  // We requery this property, since it is a very old ciObject.
-  GUARDED_VM_ENTRY(
-    instanceKlass* ik = get_instanceKlass();
-    _nof_implementors = ik->nof_implementors();
-    return _nof_implementors;
-  )
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ciInstanceKlass::loader
 oop ciInstanceKlass::loader() {
   ASSERT_IN_VM;
@@ -540,7 +525,7 @@
   if (is_shared()) {
     return is_final();  // approximately correct
   } else {
-    return !_has_subklass && (_nof_implementors == 0);
+    return !_has_subklass && (nof_implementors() == 0);
   }
 }
 
@@ -548,35 +533,31 @@
 // ciInstanceKlass::implementor
 //
 // Report an implementor of this interface.
-// Returns NULL if exact information is not available.
 // Note that there are various races here, since my copy
 // of _nof_implementors might be out of date with respect
 // to results returned by instanceKlass::implementor.
 // This is OK, since any dependencies we decide to assert
 // will be checked later under the Compile_lock.
-ciInstanceKlass* ciInstanceKlass::implementor(int n) {
-  if (n >= implementors_limit) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  ciInstanceKlass* impl = _implementors[n];
+ciInstanceKlass* ciInstanceKlass::implementor() {
+  ciInstanceKlass* impl = _implementor;
   if (impl == NULL) {
-    if (_nof_implementors > implementors_limit) {
-      return NULL;
-    }
     // Go into the VM to fetch the implementor.
     {
       VM_ENTRY_MARK;
-      klassOop k = get_instanceKlass()->implementor(n);
+      klassOop k = get_instanceKlass()->implementor();
       if (k != NULL) {
-        impl = CURRENT_THREAD_ENV->get_object(k)->as_instance_klass();
+        if (k == get_instanceKlass()->as_klassOop()) {
+          // More than one implementors. Use 'this' in this case.
+          impl = this;
+        } else {
+          impl = CURRENT_THREAD_ENV->get_object(k)->as_instance_klass();
+        }
       }
     }
     // Memoize this result.
     if (!is_shared()) {
-      _implementors[n] = (impl == NULL)? this: impl;
+      _implementor = impl;
     }
-  } else if (impl == this) {
-    impl = NULL;  // memoized null result from a VM query
   }
   return impl;
 }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstanceKlass.hpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciInstanceKlass.hpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@
   ciConstantPoolCache*   _field_cache;  // cached map index->field
   GrowableArray<ciField*>* _nonstatic_fields;
 
-  enum { implementors_limit = instanceKlass::implementors_limit };
-  ciInstanceKlass*       _implementors[implementors_limit];
-  jint                   _nof_implementors;
+  // The possible values of the _implementor fall into following three cases:
+  //   NULL: no implementor.
+  //   A ciInstanceKlass that's not itself: one implementor.
+  //   Itsef: more than one implementors.
+  ciInstanceKlass*       _implementor;
 
   GrowableArray<ciField*>* _non_static_fields;
 
@@ -97,7 +99,6 @@
 
   void compute_shared_init_state();
   bool compute_shared_has_subklass();
-  int  compute_shared_nof_implementors();
   int  compute_nonstatic_fields();
   GrowableArray<ciField*>* compute_nonstatic_fields_impl(GrowableArray<ciField*>* super_fields);
 
@@ -158,10 +159,17 @@
     assert(is_loaded(), "must be loaded");
     return _nonstatic_oop_map_size; }
   ciInstanceKlass*       super();
-  jint                   nof_implementors()  {
+  jint                   nof_implementors() {
+    ciInstanceKlass* impl;
     assert(is_loaded(), "must be loaded");
-    if (_is_shared)  return compute_shared_nof_implementors();
-    return _nof_implementors;
+    impl = implementor();
+    if (impl == NULL) {
+      return 0;
+    } else if (impl != this) {
+      return 1;
+    } else {
+      return 2;
+    }
   }
 
   ciInstanceKlass* get_canonical_holder(int offset);
@@ -207,7 +215,7 @@
   // but consider adding to vmSymbols.hpp instead.
 
   bool is_leaf_type();
-  ciInstanceKlass* implementor(int n);
+  ciInstanceKlass* implementor();
 
   // Is the defining class loader of this class the default loader?
   bool uses_default_loader();

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -3354,6 +3354,7 @@
     klassOop ik = oopFactory::new_instanceKlass(name, vtable_size, itable_size,
                                                 static_field_size,
                                                 total_oop_map_count,
+                                                access_flags,
                                                 rt, CHECK_(nullHandle));
     instanceKlassHandle this_klass (THREAD, ik);
 
@@ -3362,7 +3363,6 @@
            "sanity");
 
     // Fill in information already parsed
-    this_klass->set_access_flags(access_flags);
     this_klass->set_should_verify_class(verify);
     jint lh = Klass::instance_layout_helper(instance_size, false);
     this_klass->set_layout_helper(lh);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/dependencies.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1033,21 +1033,25 @@
     // (Old CHA had the same limitation.)
     return context_type;
   }
-  for (int i = 0; i < nof_impls; i++) {
-    klassOop impl = instanceKlass::cast(context_type)->implementor(i);
-    if (impl == NULL) {
-      // implementors array overflowed => no exact info.
+  if (nof_impls > 0) {
+    klassOop impl = instanceKlass::cast(context_type)->implementor();
+    assert(impl != NULL, "just checking");
+    // If impl is the same as the context_type, then more than one
+    // implementor has seen. No exact info in this case.
+    if (impl == context_type) {
       return context_type;  // report an inexact witness to this sad affair
     }
     if (do_counts)
       { NOT_PRODUCT(deps_find_witness_steps++); }
     if (is_participant(impl)) {
-      if (participants_hide_witnesses)  continue;
-      // else fall through to process this guy's subclasses
+      if (!participants_hide_witnesses) {
+        ADD_SUBCLASS_CHAIN(impl);
+      }
     } else if (is_witness(impl) && !ignore_witness(impl)) {
       return impl;
+    } else {
+      ADD_SUBCLASS_CHAIN(impl);
     }
-    ADD_SUBCLASS_CHAIN(impl);
   }
 
   // Recursively process each non-trivial sibling chain.
@@ -1174,8 +1178,9 @@
   } else if (ctx->nof_implementors() != 0) {
     // if it is an interface, it must be unimplemented
     // (if it is not an interface, nof_implementors is always zero)
-    klassOop impl = ctx->implementor(0);
-    return (impl != NULL)? impl: ctxk;
+    klassOop impl = ctx->implementor();
+    assert(impl != NULL, "must be set");
+    return impl;
   } else {
     return NULL;
   }

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/oopFactory.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/oopFactory.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -127,9 +127,12 @@
 klassOop oopFactory::new_instanceKlass(Symbol* name, int vtable_len, int itable_len,
                                        int static_field_size,
                                        unsigned int nonstatic_oop_map_count,
+                                       AccessFlags access_flags,
                                        ReferenceType rt, TRAPS) {
   instanceKlassKlass* ikk = instanceKlassKlass::cast(Universe::instanceKlassKlassObj());
-  return ikk->allocate_instance_klass(name, vtable_len, itable_len, static_field_size, nonstatic_oop_map_count, rt, CHECK_NULL);
+  return ikk->allocate_instance_klass(name, vtable_len, itable_len,
+                                      static_field_size, nonstatic_oop_map_count,
+                                      access_flags, rt, CHECK_NULL);
 }
 
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/oopFactory.hpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/oopFactory.hpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
                                            int vtable_len, int itable_len,
                                            int static_field_size,
                                            unsigned int nonstatic_oop_map_count,
+                                           AccessFlags access_flags,
                                            ReferenceType rt, TRAPS);
 
   // Methods

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -567,8 +567,18 @@
   ol.notify_all(CHECK);
 }
 
+// The embedded _implementor field can only record one implementor.
+// When there are more than one implementors, the _implementor field
+// is set to the interface klassOop itself. Following are the possible
+// values for the _implementor field:
+//   NULL                  - no implementor
+//   implementor klassOop  - one implementor
+//   self                  - more than one implementor
+//
+// The _implementor field only exists for interfaces.
 void instanceKlass::add_implementor(klassOop k) {
   assert(Compile_lock->owned_by_self(), "");
+  assert(is_interface(), "not interface");
   // Filter out my subinterfaces.
   // (Note: Interfaces are never on the subklass list.)
   if (instanceKlass::cast(k)->is_interface()) return;
@@ -583,17 +593,13 @@
     // Any supers of the super have the same (or fewer) transitive_interfaces.
     return;
 
-  // Update number of implementors
-  int i = _nof_implementors++;
-
-  // Record this implementor, if there are not too many already
-  if (i < implementors_limit) {
-    assert(_implementors[i] == NULL, "should be exactly one implementor");
-    oop_store_without_check((oop*)&_implementors[i], k);
-  } else if (i == implementors_limit) {
-    // clear out the list on first overflow
-    for (int i2 = 0; i2 < implementors_limit; i2++)
-      oop_store_without_check((oop*)&_implementors[i2], NULL);
+  klassOop ik = implementor();
+  if (ik == NULL) {
+    set_implementor(k);
+  } else if (ik != this->as_klassOop()) {
+    // There is already an implementor. Use itself as an indicator of
+    // more than one implementors.
+    set_implementor(this->as_klassOop());
   }
 
   // The implementor also implements the transitive_interfaces
@@ -603,9 +609,9 @@
 }
 
 void instanceKlass::init_implementor() {
-  for (int i = 0; i < implementors_limit; i++)
-    oop_store_without_check((oop*)&_implementors[i], NULL);
-  _nof_implementors = 0;
+  if (is_interface()) {
+    set_implementor(NULL);
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -1849,24 +1855,22 @@
 void instanceKlass::follow_weak_klass_links(
   BoolObjectClosure* is_alive, OopClosure* keep_alive) {
   assert(is_alive->do_object_b(as_klassOop()), "this oop should be live");
-  if (ClassUnloading) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < implementors_limit; i++) {
-      klassOop impl = _implementors[i];
-      if (impl == NULL)  break;  // no more in the list
-      if (!is_alive->do_object_b(impl)) {
-        // remove this guy from the list by overwriting him with the tail
-        int lasti = --_nof_implementors;
-        assert(lasti >= i && lasti < implementors_limit, "just checking");
-        _implementors[i] = _implementors[lasti];
-        _implementors[lasti] = NULL;
-        --i; // rerun the loop at this index
+
+  if (is_interface()) {
+    if (ClassUnloading) {
+      klassOop impl = implementor();
+      if (impl != NULL) {
+        if (!is_alive->do_object_b(impl)) {
+          // remove this guy
+          *start_of_implementor() = NULL;
+        }
       }
-    }
-  } else {
-    for (int i = 0; i < implementors_limit; i++) {
-      keep_alive->do_oop(&adr_implementors()[i]);
+    } else {
+      assert(adr_implementor() != NULL, "just checking");
+      keep_alive->do_oop(adr_implementor());
     }
   }
+
   Klass::follow_weak_klass_links(is_alive, keep_alive);
 }
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 //    [methods                    ]
 //    [local interfaces           ]
 //    [transitive interfaces      ]
-//    [number of implementors     ]
-//    [implementors               ] klassOop[2]
 //    [fields                     ]
 //    [constants                  ]
 //    [class loader               ]
@@ -77,9 +75,9 @@
 //    [oop map cache (stack maps) ]
 //    [EMBEDDED Java vtable             ] size in words = vtable_len
 //    [EMBEDDED nonstatic oop-map blocks] size in words = nonstatic_oop_map_size
-//
-//    The embedded nonstatic oop-map blocks are short pairs (offset, length) indicating
-//    where oops are located in instances of this klass.
+//      The embedded nonstatic oop-map blocks are short pairs (offset, length)
+//      indicating where oops are located in instances of this klass.
+//    [EMBEDDED implementor of the interface] only exist for interface
 
 
 // forward declaration for class -- see below for definition
@@ -153,10 +151,6 @@
   oop* oop_block_beg() const { return adr_array_klasses(); }
   oop* oop_block_end() const { return adr_methods_default_annotations() + 1; }
 
-  enum {
-    implementors_limit = 2              // how many implems can we track?
-  };
-
  protected:
   //
   // The oop block.  See comment in klass.hpp before making changes.
@@ -200,8 +194,6 @@
   // and EnclosingMethod attributes the _inner_classes array length is
   // number_of_inner_classes * 4 + enclosing_method_attribute_size.
   typeArrayOop    _inner_classes;
-  // Implementors of this interface (not valid if it overflows)
-  klassOop        _implementors[implementors_limit];
   // Annotations for this class, or null if none.
   typeArrayOop    _class_annotations;
   // Annotation objects (byte arrays) for fields, or null if no annotations.
@@ -257,7 +249,6 @@
   nmethodBucket*  _dependencies;         // list of dependent nmethods
   nmethod*        _osr_nmethods_head;    // Head of list of on-stack replacement nmethods for this class
   BreakpointInfo* _breakpoints;          // bpt lists, managed by methodOop
-  int             _nof_implementors;     // No of implementors of this interface (zero if not an interface)
   // Array of interesting part(s) of the previous version(s) of this
   // instanceKlass. See PreviousVersionWalker below.
   GrowableArray<PreviousVersionNode *>* _previous_versions;
@@ -278,6 +269,13 @@
   // embedded Java itables follows here
   // embedded static fields follows here
   // embedded nonstatic oop-map blocks follows here
+  // embedded implementor of this interface follows here
+  //   The embedded implementor only exists if the current klass is an
+  //   iterface. The possible values of the implementor fall into following
+  //   three cases:
+  //     NULL: no implementor.
+  //     A klassOop that's not itself: one implementor.
+  //     Itsef: more than one implementors.
 
   friend class instanceKlassKlass;
   friend class SystemDictionary;
@@ -649,14 +647,34 @@
   // subclass/subinterface checks
   bool implements_interface(klassOop k) const;
 
-  // Access to implementors of an interface. We only store the count
-  // of implementors, and in case, there are only a few
-  // implementors, we store them in a short list.
-  // This accessor returns NULL if we walk off the end of the list.
-  klassOop implementor(int i) const {
-    return (i < implementors_limit)? _implementors[i]: (klassOop) NULL;
+  // Access to the implementor of an interface.
+  klassOop implementor() const
+  {
+    klassOop* k = start_of_implementor();
+    if (k == NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    } else {
+      return *k;
+    }
   }
-  int  nof_implementors() const       { return _nof_implementors; }
+
+  void set_implementor(klassOop k) {
+    assert(is_interface(), "not interface");
+    oop* addr = (oop*)start_of_implementor();
+    oop_store_without_check(addr, k);
+  }
+
+  int  nof_implementors() const       {
+    klassOop k = implementor();
+    if (k == NULL) {
+      return 0;
+    } else if (k != this->as_klassOop()) {
+      return 1;
+    } else {
+      return 2;
+    }
+  }
+
   void add_implementor(klassOop k);  // k is a new class that implements this interface
   void init_implementor();           // initialize
 
@@ -693,7 +711,15 @@
 
   // Sizing (in words)
   static int header_size()            { return align_object_offset(oopDesc::header_size() + sizeof(instanceKlass)/HeapWordSize); }
-  int object_size() const             { return object_size(align_object_offset(vtable_length()) + align_object_offset(itable_length()) + nonstatic_oop_map_size()); }
+
+  int object_size() const
+  {
+    return object_size(align_object_offset(vtable_length()) +
+                       align_object_offset(itable_length()) +
+                       (is_interface() ?
+                        (align_object_offset(nonstatic_oop_map_size()) + (int)sizeof(klassOop)/HeapWordSize) :
+                        nonstatic_oop_map_size()));
+  }
   static int vtable_start_offset()    { return header_size(); }
   static int vtable_length_offset()   { return oopDesc::header_size() + offset_of(instanceKlass, _vtable_len) / HeapWordSize; }
   static int object_size(int extra)   { return align_object_size(header_size() + extra); }
@@ -710,6 +736,15 @@
     return (OopMapBlock*)(start_of_itable() + align_object_offset(itable_length()));
   }
 
+  klassOop* start_of_implementor() const {
+    if (is_interface()) {
+      return (klassOop*)(start_of_nonstatic_oop_maps() +
+                         nonstatic_oop_map_count());
+    } else {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  };
+
   // Allocation profiling support
   juint alloc_size() const            { return _alloc_count * size_helper(); }
   void set_alloc_size(juint n)        {}
@@ -819,7 +854,7 @@
   oop* adr_host_klass() const        { return (oop*)&this->_host_klass;}
   oop* adr_signers() const           { return (oop*)&this->_signers;}
   oop* adr_inner_classes() const     { return (oop*)&this->_inner_classes;}
-  oop* adr_implementors() const      { return (oop*)&this->_implementors[0];}
+  oop* adr_implementor() const       { return (oop*)start_of_implementor(); }
   oop* adr_methods_jmethod_ids() const             { return (oop*)&this->_methods_jmethod_ids;}
   oop* adr_methods_cached_itable_indices() const   { return (oop*)&this->_methods_cached_itable_indices;}
   oop* adr_class_annotations() const   { return (oop*)&this->_class_annotations;}

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlassKlass.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlassKlass.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   MarkSweep::mark_and_push(ik->adr_methods_parameter_annotations());
   MarkSweep::mark_and_push(ik->adr_methods_default_annotations());
 
-  // We do not follow adr_implementors() here. It is followed later
+  // We do not follow adr_implementor() here. It is followed later
   // in instanceKlass::follow_weak_klass_links()
 
   klassKlass::oop_follow_contents(obj);
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@
   blk->do_oop(ik->adr_host_klass());
   blk->do_oop(ik->adr_signers());
   blk->do_oop(ik->adr_inner_classes());
-  for (int i = 0; i < instanceKlass::implementors_limit; i++) {
-    blk->do_oop(&ik->adr_implementors()[i]);
+  if (ik->is_interface()) {
+    blk->do_oop(ik->adr_implementor());
   }
   blk->do_oop(ik->adr_class_annotations());
   blk->do_oop(ik->adr_fields_annotations());
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@
   if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
   adr = ik->adr_inner_classes();
   if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
-  adr = ik->adr_implementors();
-  for (int i = 0; i < instanceKlass::implementors_limit; i++) {
-    if (mr.contains(&adr[i])) blk->do_oop(&adr[i]);
+  if (ik->is_interface()) {
+    adr = ik->adr_implementor();
+    if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
   }
   adr = ik->adr_class_annotations();
   if (mr.contains(adr)) blk->do_oop(adr);
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_host_klass());
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_signers());
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_inner_classes());
-  for (int i = 0; i < instanceKlass::implementors_limit; i++) {
-    MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(&ik->adr_implementors()[i]);
+  if (ik->is_interface()) {
+    MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_implementor());
   }
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_class_annotations());
   MarkSweep::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_fields_annotations());
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@
   for (oop* cur_oop = beg_oop; cur_oop < end_oop; ++cur_oop) {
     PSParallelCompact::adjust_pointer(cur_oop);
   }
+  if (ik->is_interface()) {
+    PSParallelCompact::adjust_pointer(ik->adr_implementor());
+  }
 
   OopClosure* closure = PSParallelCompact::adjust_root_pointer_closure();
   iterate_c_heap_oops(ik, closure);
@@ -342,11 +345,18 @@
 instanceKlassKlass::allocate_instance_klass(Symbol* name, int vtable_len, int itable_len,
                                             int static_field_size,
                                             unsigned nonstatic_oop_map_count,
+                                            AccessFlags access_flags,
                                             ReferenceType rt, TRAPS) {
 
   const int nonstatic_oop_map_size =
     instanceKlass::nonstatic_oop_map_size(nonstatic_oop_map_count);
-  int size = instanceKlass::object_size(align_object_offset(vtable_len) + align_object_offset(itable_len) + nonstatic_oop_map_size);
+  int size = align_object_offset(vtable_len) + align_object_offset(itable_len);
+  if (access_flags.is_interface()) {
+    size += align_object_offset(nonstatic_oop_map_size) + (int)sizeof(klassOop)/HeapWordSize;
+  } else {
+    size += nonstatic_oop_map_size;
+  }
+  size = instanceKlass::object_size(size);
 
   // Allocation
   KlassHandle h_this_klass(THREAD, as_klassOop());
@@ -378,6 +388,7 @@
     ik->set_itable_length(itable_len);
     ik->set_static_field_size(static_field_size);
     ik->set_nonstatic_oop_map_size(nonstatic_oop_map_size);
+    ik->set_access_flags(access_flags);
     assert(k()->size() == size, "wrong size for object");
 
     ik->set_array_klasses(NULL);
@@ -470,16 +481,12 @@
 
   if (ik->is_interface()) {
     st->print_cr(BULLET"nof implementors:  %d", ik->nof_implementors());
-    int print_impl = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < instanceKlass::implementors_limit; i++) {
-      if (ik->implementor(i) != NULL) {
-        if (++print_impl == 1)
-          st->print_cr(BULLET"implementor:    ");
-        st->print("   ");
-        ik->implementor(i)->print_value_on(st);
-      }
+    if (ik->nof_implementors() == 1) {
+      st->print_cr(BULLET"implementor:    ");
+      st->print("   ");
+      ik->implementor()->print_value_on(st);
+      st->cr();
     }
-    if (print_impl > 0)  st->cr();
   }
 
   st->print(BULLET"arrays:            "); ik->array_klasses()->print_value_on(st);     st->cr();
@@ -640,16 +647,12 @@
     }
 
     // Verify implementor fields
-    bool saw_null_impl = false;
-    for (int i = 0; i < instanceKlass::implementors_limit; i++) {
-      klassOop im = ik->implementor(i);
-      if (im == NULL) { saw_null_impl = true; continue; }
-      guarantee(!saw_null_impl, "non-nulls must preceded all nulls");
+    klassOop im = ik->implementor();
+    if (im != NULL) {
       guarantee(ik->is_interface(), "only interfaces should have implementor set");
-      guarantee(i < ik->nof_implementors(), "should only have one implementor");
       guarantee(im->is_perm(),  "should be in permspace");
       guarantee(im->is_klass(), "should be klass");
-      guarantee(!Klass::cast(klassOop(im))->is_interface(), "implementors cannot be interfaces");
+      guarantee(!Klass::cast(klassOop(im))->is_interface() || im == ik->as_klassOop(), "implementors cannot be interfaces");
     }
 
     // Verify local interfaces

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlassKlass.hpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlassKlass.hpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
                                    int itable_len,
                                    int static_field_size,
                                    unsigned int nonstatic_oop_map_count,
+                                   AccessFlags access_flags,
                                    ReferenceType rt,
                                    TRAPS);
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp	Sun Mar 25 18:08:52 2012 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp	Thu Mar 29 22:18:56 2012 -0400
@@ -292,8 +292,6 @@
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _method_ordering,                              typeArrayOop)                          \
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _local_interfaces,                             objArrayOop)                           \
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _transitive_interfaces,                        objArrayOop)                           \
-  nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _nof_implementors,                             int)                                   \
-  nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _implementors[0],                              klassOop)                              \
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _fields,                                       typeArrayOop)                          \
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _java_fields_count,                            u2)                                    \
   nonstatic_field(instanceKlass,               _constants,                                    constantPoolOop)                       \
@@ -2343,7 +2341,6 @@
   /* instanceKlass enum                */                                 \
   /*************************************/                                 \
                                                                           \
-  declare_constant(instanceKlass::implementors_limit)                     \
                                                                           \
   /*************************************/                                 \
   /* FieldInfo FieldOffset enum        */                                 \