--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahArguments.cpp	Tue May 07 16:18:21 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahArguments.cpp	Wed May 15 22:45:54 2019 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahCollectorPolicy.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeapRegion.hpp"
-#include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahTaskqueue.hpp"
 #include "utilities/defaultStream.hpp"
 
 void ShenandoahArguments::initialize() {
@@ -54,17 +53,6 @@
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(ShenandoahVerifyOptoBarriers,     false);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _LP64
-  // The optimized ObjArrayChunkedTask takes some bits away from the full 64 addressable
-  // bits, fail if we ever attempt to address more than we can. Only valid on 64bit.
-  if (MaxHeapSize >= ObjArrayChunkedTask::max_addressable()) {
-    jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
-                "Shenandoah GC cannot address more than " SIZE_FORMAT " bytes, and " SIZE_FORMAT " bytes heap requested.",
-                ObjArrayChunkedTask::max_addressable(), MaxHeapSize);
-    vm_exit(1);
-  }
-#endif
-
   if (UseLargePages && (MaxHeapSize / os::large_page_size()) < ShenandoahHeapRegion::MIN_NUM_REGIONS) {
     warning("Large pages size (" SIZE_FORMAT "K) is too large to afford page-sized regions, disabling uncommit",
             os::large_page_size() / K);

--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp	Tue May 07 16:18:21 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp	Wed May 15 22:45:54 2019 +0200
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahPacer.inline.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahRootProcessor.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahStringDedup.hpp"
+#include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahTaskqueue.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahUtils.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahVerifier.hpp"
 #include "gc/shenandoah/shenandoahCodeRoots.hpp"
@@ -186,6 +187,18 @@
   assert((((size_t) base()) & ShenandoahHeapRegion::region_size_bytes_mask()) == 0,
          "Misaligned heap: " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(base()));
 
+#if SHENANDOAH_OPTIMIZED_OBJTASK
+  // The optimized ObjArrayChunkedTask takes some bits away from the full object bits.
+  // Fail if we ever attempt to address more than we can.
+  if ((uintptr_t)heap_rs.end() >= ObjArrayChunkedTask::max_addressable()) {
+    FormatBuffer<512> buf("Shenandoah reserved [" PTR_FORMAT ", " PTR_FORMAT") for the heap, \n"
+                          "but max object address is " PTR_FORMAT ". Try to reduce heap size, or try other \n"
+                          "VM options that allocate heap at lower addresses (HeapBaseMinAddress, AllocateHeapAt, etc).",
+                p2i(heap_rs.base()), p2i(heap_rs.end()), ObjArrayChunkedTask::max_addressable());
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Fatal Error", buf);
+  }
+#endif
+
   ReservedSpace sh_rs = heap_rs.first_part(max_byte_size);
   if (!_heap_region_special) {
     os::commit_memory_or_exit(sh_rs.base(), _initial_size, heap_alignment, false,

--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahTaskqueue.hpp	Tue May 07 16:18:21 2019 -0700
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahTaskqueue.hpp	Wed May 15 22:45:54 2019 +0200
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 // some bits back if chunks are counted in ObjArrayMarkingStride units.
 //
 // There is also a fallback version that uses plain fields, when we don't have enough space to steal the
-// bits from the native pointer. It is useful to debug the _LP64 version.
+// bits from the native pointer. It is useful to debug the optimized version.
 //
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _LP64
+#define SHENANDOAH_OPTIMIZED_OBJTASK 1
+#else
+#define SHENANDOAH_OPTIMIZED_OBJTASK 0
+#endif
+
+#if SHENANDOAH_OPTIMIZED_OBJTASK
 class ObjArrayChunkedTask
 {
 public:
@@ -135,17 +141,14 @@
 
 public:
   ObjArrayChunkedTask(oop o = NULL) {
-    _obj = ((uintptr_t)(void*) o) << oop_shift;
+    assert(oopDesc::equals_raw(decode_oop(encode_oop(o)), o), "oop can be encoded: " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(o));
+    _obj = encode_oop(o);
   }
-  ObjArrayChunkedTask(oop o, int chunk, int mult) {
-    assert(0 <= chunk && chunk < nth_bit(chunk_bits), "chunk is sane: %d", chunk);
-    assert(0 <= mult && mult < nth_bit(pow_bits), "pow is sane: %d", mult);
-    uintptr_t t_b = ((uintptr_t) chunk) << chunk_shift;
-    uintptr_t t_m = ((uintptr_t) mult) << pow_shift;
-    uintptr_t obj = (uintptr_t)(void*)o;
-    assert(obj < nth_bit(oop_bits), "obj ref is sane: " PTR_FORMAT, obj);
-    intptr_t t_o = obj << oop_shift;
-    _obj = t_o | t_m | t_b;
+  ObjArrayChunkedTask(oop o, int chunk, int pow) {
+    assert(oopDesc::equals_raw(decode_oop(encode_oop(o)), o), "oop can be encoded: " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(o));
+    assert(decode_chunk(encode_chunk(chunk)) == chunk, "chunk can be encoded: %d", chunk);
+    assert(decode_pow(encode_pow(pow)) == pow, "pow can be encoded: %d", pow);
+    _obj = encode_oop(o) | encode_chunk(chunk) | encode_pow(pow);
   }
   ObjArrayChunkedTask(const ObjArrayChunkedTask& t): _obj(t._obj) { }
 
@@ -159,14 +162,38 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
-  inline oop obj()   const { return (oop) reinterpret_cast<void*>((_obj >> oop_shift) & right_n_bits(oop_bits)); }
-  inline int chunk() const { return (int) (_obj >> chunk_shift) & right_n_bits(chunk_bits); }
-  inline int pow()   const { return (int) ((_obj >> pow_shift) & right_n_bits(pow_bits)); }
+  inline oop decode_oop(uintptr_t val) const {
+    return (oop) reinterpret_cast<void*>((val >> oop_shift) & right_n_bits(oop_bits));
+  }
+
+  inline int decode_chunk(uintptr_t val) const {
+    return (int) ((val >> chunk_shift) & right_n_bits(chunk_bits));
+  }
+
+  inline int decode_pow(uintptr_t val) const {
+    return (int) ((val >> pow_shift) & right_n_bits(pow_bits));
+  }
+
+  inline uintptr_t encode_oop(oop obj) const {
+    return ((uintptr_t)(void*) obj) << oop_shift;
+  }
+
+  inline uintptr_t encode_chunk(int chunk) const {
+    return ((uintptr_t) chunk) << chunk_shift;
+  }
+
+  inline uintptr_t encode_pow(int pow) const {
+    return ((uintptr_t) pow) << pow_shift;
+  }
+
+  inline oop obj()   const { return decode_oop(_obj);   }
+  inline int chunk() const { return decode_chunk(_obj); }
+  inline int pow()   const { return decode_pow(_obj);   }
   inline bool is_not_chunked() const { return (_obj & ~right_n_bits(oop_bits + pow_bits)) == 0; }
 
   DEBUG_ONLY(bool is_valid() const); // Tasks to be pushed/popped must be valid.
 
-  static size_t max_addressable() {
+  static uintptr_t max_addressable() {
     return nth_bit(oop_bits);
   }
 
@@ -229,7 +256,7 @@
   int _chunk;
   int _pow;
 };
-#endif
+#endif // SHENANDOAH_OPTIMIZED_OBJTASK
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(pop)