diff -r 14aa557af8ba -r 09c41c4913d9 src/hotspot/os_cpu/bsd_x86/atomic_bsd_x86.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/bsd_x86/atomic_bsd_x86.hpp	Tue Oct 03 06:48:40 2017 +0200
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/bsd_x86/atomic_bsd_x86.hpp	Tue Sep 26 21:37:01 2017 +0200
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@
   return old_value;
 }
 
-inline jint     Atomic::xchg    (jint     exchange_value, volatile jint*     dest) {
+template<>
+template<typename T>
+inline T Atomic::PlatformXchg<4>::operator()(T exchange_value,
+                                             T volatile* dest) const {
+  STATIC_ASSERT(4 == sizeof(T));
   __asm__ volatile (  "xchgl (%2),%0"
                     : "=r" (exchange_value)
                     : "0" (exchange_value), "r" (dest)
@@ -69,10 +73,6 @@
   return exchange_value;
 }
 
-inline void*    Atomic::xchg_ptr(void*    exchange_value, volatile void*     dest) {
-  return (void*)xchg_ptr((intptr_t)exchange_value, (volatile intptr_t*)dest);
-}
-
 template<>
 template<typename T>
 inline T Atomic::PlatformCmpxchg<1>::operator()(T exchange_value,
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@
   return old_value;
 }
 
-inline intptr_t Atomic::xchg_ptr(intptr_t exchange_value, volatile intptr_t* dest) {
+template<>
+template<typename T>
+inline T Atomic::PlatformXchg<8>::operator()(T exchange_value,
+                                             T volatile* dest) const {
+  STATIC_ASSERT(8 == sizeof(T));
   __asm__ __volatile__ ("xchgq (%2),%0"
                         : "=r" (exchange_value)
                         : "0" (exchange_value), "r" (dest)
@@ -144,10 +148,6 @@
 
 #else // !AMD64
 
-inline intptr_t Atomic::xchg_ptr(intptr_t exchange_value, volatile intptr_t* dest) {
-  return (intptr_t)xchg((jint)exchange_value, (volatile jint*)dest);
-}
-
 extern "C" {
   // defined in bsd_x86.s
   jlong _Atomic_cmpxchg_long(jlong, volatile jlong*, jlong, bool);