--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp	Wed Sep 19 15:48:02 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classLoaderData.hpp	Thu Sep 20 12:18:23 2012 -0700
@@ -204,15 +204,6 @@
 
   void classes_do(KlassClosure* klass_closure);
 
-  bool has_defined(Klass* klass) {
-    for (Klass* k = _klasses; k != NULL; k = k->next_link()) {
-      if (klass == k) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
   JNIMethodBlock* jmethod_ids() const              { return _jmethod_ids; }
   void set_jmethod_ids(JNIMethodBlock* new_block)  { _jmethod_ids = new_block; }
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp	Wed Sep 19 15:48:02 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp	Thu Sep 20 12:18:23 2012 -0700
@@ -2392,8 +2392,6 @@
 
 void PSParallelCompact::follow_klass(ParCompactionManager* cm, Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   PSParallelCompact::follow_class_loader(cm, cld);
@@ -2401,8 +2399,6 @@
 
 void PSParallelCompact::adjust_klass(ParCompactionManager* cm, Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   PSParallelCompact::adjust_class_loader(cm, cld);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp	Wed Sep 19 15:48:02 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/shared/markSweep.cpp	Thu Sep 20 12:18:23 2012 -0700
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 
 void MarkSweep::follow_klass(Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   MarkSweep::follow_class_loader(cld);
@@ -93,8 +91,6 @@
 
 void MarkSweep::adjust_klass(Klass* klass) {
   ClassLoaderData* cld = klass->class_loader_data();
-  assert(cld->has_defined(klass), "inconsistency!");
-
   // The actual processing of the klass is done when we
   // traverse the list of Klasses in the class loader data.
   MarkSweep::adjust_class_loader(cld);