--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp	Wed Feb 01 07:59:01 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.inline.hpp	Wed Feb 01 16:57:08 2012 -0800
@@ -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
@@ -692,6 +692,17 @@
 }
 
 
+inline void MacroAssembler::load_bool_contents(const AddressLiteral& addrlit, Register d, int offset) {
+  assert_not_delayed();
+  if (ForceUnreachable) {
+    patchable_sethi(addrlit, d);
+  } else {
+    sethi(addrlit, d);
+  }
+  ldub(d, addrlit.low10() + offset, d);
+}
+
+
 inline void MacroAssembler::load_ptr_contents(const AddressLiteral& addrlit, Register d, int offset) {
   assert_not_delayed();
   if (ForceUnreachable) {