--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp	Tue Sep 11 16:20:57 2012 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp	Tue Sep 11 20:20:38 2012 -0400
@@ -2375,8 +2375,14 @@
   void _verify_oop(Register reg, const char * msg, const char * file, int line);
   void _verify_oop_addr(Address addr, const char * msg, const char * file, int line);
 
+  // TODO: verify_method and klass metadata (compare against vptr?)
+  void _verify_method_ptr(Register reg, const char * msg, const char * file, int line) {}
+  void _verify_klass_ptr(Register reg, const char * msg, const char * file, int line){}
+
 #define verify_oop(reg) _verify_oop(reg, "broken oop " #reg, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #define verify_oop_addr(addr) _verify_oop_addr(addr, "broken oop addr ", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define verify_method_ptr(reg) _verify_method_ptr(reg, "broken method " #reg, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define verify_klass_ptr(reg) _verify_klass_ptr(reg, "broken klass " #reg, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
         // only if +VerifyOops
   void verify_FPU(int stack_depth, const char* s = "illegal FPU state");