--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java	Thu Aug 02 10:40:24 2012 -0400
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java	Thu Aug 02 10:42:19 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 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
@@ -987,7 +987,8 @@
     /**
      * Compares this string to the specified {@code StringBuffer}.  The result
      * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
-     * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}.
+     * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}. This method
+     * synchronizes on the {@code StringBuffer}.
      *
      * @param  sb
      *         The {@code StringBuffer} to compare this {@code String} against
@@ -999,15 +1000,29 @@
      * @since  1.4
      */
     public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb) {
-        synchronized (sb) {
-            return contentEquals((CharSequence) sb);
+        return contentEquals((CharSequence) sb);
+    }
+
+    private boolean nonSyncContentEquals(AbstractStringBuilder sb) {
+        char v1[] = value;
+        char v2[] = sb.getValue();
+        int i = 0;
+        int n = value.length;
+        while (n-- != 0) {
+            if (v1[i] != v2[i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            i++;
         }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}.  The result
-     * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
-     * sequence of char values as the specified sequence.
+     * Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}.  The
+     * result is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the
+     * same sequence of char values as the specified sequence. Note that if the
+     * {@code CharSequence} is a {@code StringBuffer} then the method
+     * synchronizes on it.
      *
      * @param  cs
      *         The sequence to compare this {@code String} against
@@ -1023,16 +1038,13 @@
             return false;
         // Argument is a StringBuffer, StringBuilder
         if (cs instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {
-            char v1[] = value;
-            char v2[] = ((AbstractStringBuilder) cs).getValue();
-            int i = 0;
-            int n = value.length;
-            while (n-- != 0) {
-                if (v1[i] != v2[i])
-                    return false;
-                i++;
+            if (cs instanceof StringBuffer) {
+                synchronized(cs) {
+                   return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
+                }
+            } else {
+                return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
             }
-            return true;
         }
         // Argument is a String
         if (cs.equals(this))

--- a/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c	Thu Aug 02 10:40:24 2012 -0400
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_md.c	Thu Aug 02 10:42:19 2012 -0400
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
 #define P_tmpdir "/var/tmp"
 #endif
 
-static int ParseLocale(int cat, char ** std_language, char ** std_script,
+static int ParseLocale(JNIEnv* env, int cat, char ** std_language, char ** std_script,
                        char ** std_country, char ** std_variant, char ** std_encoding) {
-    char temp[64];
+    char *temp = NULL;
     char *language = NULL, *country = NULL, *variant = NULL,
          *encoding = NULL;
-    char *p, encoding_variant[64];
+    char *p, *encoding_variant;
     char *lc;
 
     /* Query the locale set for the category */
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@
         return 0;
     }
 
+    temp = malloc(strlen(lc) + 1);
+    if (temp == NULL) {
+        JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if (cat == LC_CTYPE) {
         /*
          * Workaround for Solaris bug 4201684: Xlib doesn't like @euro
@@ -178,6 +184,13 @@
     if (lc == NULL || !strcmp(lc, "C") || !strcmp(lc, "POSIX")) {
         lc = "en_US";
     }
+
+    temp = malloc(strlen(lc) + 1);
+    if (temp == NULL) {
+        JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
 #endif
 
     /*
@@ -203,6 +216,13 @@
      * to a default country if that's possible.  It's also used to map
      * the Solaris locale aliases to their proper Java locale IDs.
      */
+
+    encoding_variant = malloc(strlen(temp)+1);
+    if (encoding_variant == NULL) {
+        JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if ((p = strchr(temp, '.')) != NULL) {
         strcpy(encoding_variant, p); /* Copy the leading '.' */
         *p = '\0';
@@ -214,7 +234,17 @@
     }
 
     if (mapLookup(locale_aliases, temp, &p)) {
+        temp = realloc(temp, strlen(p)+1);
+        if (temp == NULL) {
+            JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
+            return 0;
+        }
         strcpy(temp, p);
+        encoding_variant = realloc(encoding_variant, strlen(temp)+1);
+        if (encoding_variant == NULL) {
+            JNU_ThrowOutOfMemoryError(env, NULL);
+            return 0;
+        }
         // check the "encoding_variant" again, if any.
         if ((p = strchr(temp, '.')) != NULL) {
             strcpy(encoding_variant, p); /* Copy the leading '.' */
@@ -326,6 +356,9 @@
 #endif
     }
 
+    free(temp);
+    free(encoding_variant);
+
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -480,13 +513,13 @@
      * and store these in the user.language, user.country, user.variant and
      * file.encoding system properties. */
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-    if (ParseLocale(LC_CTYPE,
+    if (ParseLocale(env, LC_CTYPE,
                     &(sprops.format_language),
                     &(sprops.format_script),
                     &(sprops.format_country),
                     &(sprops.format_variant),
                     &(sprops.encoding))) {
-        ParseLocale(LC_MESSAGES,
+        ParseLocale(env, LC_MESSAGES,
                     &(sprops.language),
                     &(sprops.script),
                     &(sprops.country),