--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -311,8 +311,7 @@
                              _cmsGen->refs_discovery_is_mt(),     // mt discovery
                              (int) MAX2(ConcGCThreads, ParallelGCThreads), // mt discovery degree
                              _cmsGen->refs_discovery_is_atomic(), // discovery is not atomic
-                             &_is_alive_closure,                  // closure for liveness info
-                             false);                              // next field updates do not need write barrier
+                             &_is_alive_closure);                 // closure for liveness info
     // Initialize the _ref_processor field of CMSGen
     _cmsGen->set_ref_processor(_ref_processor);
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -2246,12 +2246,9 @@
                                 // degree of mt discovery
                            false,
                                 // Reference discovery is not atomic
-                           &_is_alive_closure_cm,
+                           &_is_alive_closure_cm);
                                 // is alive closure
                                 // (for efficiency/performance)
-                           true);
-                                // Setting next fields of discovered
-                                // lists requires a barrier.
 
   // STW ref processor
   _ref_processor_stw =
@@ -2266,12 +2263,9 @@
                                 // degree of mt discovery
                            true,
                                 // Reference discovery is atomic
-                           &_is_alive_closure_stw,
+                           &_is_alive_closure_stw);
                                 // is alive closure
                                 // (for efficiency/performance)
-                           false);
-                                // Setting next fields of discovered
-                                // lists does not require a barrier.
 }
 
 size_t G1CollectedHeap::capacity() const {

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parNew/parNewGeneration.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parNew/parNewGeneration.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -1636,8 +1636,7 @@
                              refs_discovery_is_mt(),     // mt discovery
                              (int) ParallelGCThreads,    // mt discovery degree
                              refs_discovery_is_atomic(), // atomic_discovery
-                             NULL,                       // is_alive_non_header
-                             false);                     // write barrier for next field updates
+                             NULL);                      // is_alive_non_header
   }
 }
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psParallelCompact.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -854,8 +854,7 @@
                            true,          // mt discovery
                            (int) ParallelGCThreads, // mt discovery degree
                            true,          // atomic_discovery
-                           &_is_alive_closure, // non-header is alive closure
-                           false);        // write barrier for next field updates
+                           &_is_alive_closure); // non-header is alive closure
   _counters = new CollectorCounters("PSParallelCompact", 1);
 
   // Initialize static fields in ParCompactionManager.

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -864,8 +864,7 @@
                            true,                       // mt discovery
                            (int) ParallelGCThreads,    // mt discovery degree
                            true,                       // atomic_discovery
-                           NULL,                       // header provides liveness info
-                           false);                     // next field updates do not need write barrier
+                           NULL);                      // header provides liveness info
 
   // Cache the cardtable
   BarrierSet* bs = Universe::heap()->barrier_set();

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -96,12 +96,10 @@
                                        bool      mt_discovery,
                                        uint      mt_discovery_degree,
                                        bool      atomic_discovery,
-                                       BoolObjectClosure* is_alive_non_header,
-                                       bool      discovered_list_needs_post_barrier)  :
+                                       BoolObjectClosure* is_alive_non_header)  :
   _discovering_refs(false),
   _enqueuing_is_done(false),
   _is_alive_non_header(is_alive_non_header),
-  _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier(discovered_list_needs_post_barrier),
   _processing_is_mt(mt_processing),
   _next_id(0)
 {
@@ -340,10 +338,18 @@
   // (java.lang.ref.Reference.discovered), self-loop their "next" field
   // thus distinguishing them from active References, then
   // prepend them to the pending list.
+  //
+  // The Java threads will see the Reference objects linked together through
+  // the discovered field. Instead of trying to do the write barrier updates
+  // in all places in the reference processor where we manipulate the discovered
+  // field we make sure to do the barrier here where we anyway iterate through
+  // all linked Reference objects. Note that it is important to not dirty any
+  // cards during reference processing since this will cause card table
+  // verification to fail for G1.
+  //
   // BKWRD COMPATIBILITY NOTE: For older JDKs (prior to the fix for 4956777),
   // the "next" field is used to chain the pending list, not the discovered
   // field.
-
   if (TraceReferenceGC && PrintGCDetails) {
     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("ReferenceProcessor::enqueue_discovered_reflist list "
                            INTPTR_FORMAT, (address)refs_list.head());
@@ -365,15 +371,15 @@
       assert(java_lang_ref_Reference::next(obj) == NULL,
              "Reference not active; should not be discovered");
       // Self-loop next, so as to make Ref not active.
-      // Post-barrier not needed when looping to self.
       java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next_raw(obj, obj);
-      if (next_d == obj) {  // obj is last
+      if (next_d != obj) {
+        oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field(java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(obj), next_d);
+      } else {
+        // This is the last object.
         // Swap refs_list into pending_list_addr and
         // set obj's discovered to what we read from pending_list_addr.
         oop old = oopDesc::atomic_exchange_oop(refs_list.head(), pending_list_addr);
-        // Need post-barrier on pending_list_addr above;
-        // see special post-barrier code at the end of
-        // enqueue_discovered_reflists() further below.
+        // Need post-barrier on pending_list_addr. See enqueue_discovered_ref_helper() above.
         java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered_raw(obj, old); // old may be NULL
         oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field(java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(obj), old);
       }
@@ -496,20 +502,15 @@
   // pre-barrier here because we know the Reference has already been found/marked,
   // that's how it ended up in the discovered list in the first place.
   oop_store_raw(_prev_next, new_next);
-  if (_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier && _prev_next != _refs_list.adr_head()) {
-    // Needs post-barrier and this is not the list head (which is not on the heap)
-    oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field(_prev_next, new_next);
-  }
   NOT_PRODUCT(_removed++);
   _refs_list.dec_length(1);
 }
 
 // Make the Reference object active again.
 void DiscoveredListIterator::make_active() {
-  // For G1 we don't want to use set_next - it
-  // will dirty the card for the next field of
-  // the reference object and will fail
-  // CT verification.
+  // The pre barrier for G1 is probably just needed for the old
+  // reference processing behavior. Should we guard this with
+  // ReferenceProcessor::pending_list_uses_discovered_field() ?
   if (UseG1GC) {
     HeapWord* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(_ref);
     if (UseCompressedOops) {
@@ -517,10 +518,8 @@
     } else {
       oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field_pre((oop*)next_addr, NULL);
     }
-    java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next_raw(_ref, NULL);
-  } else {
-    java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next(_ref, NULL);
   }
+  java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next_raw(_ref, NULL);
 }
 
 void DiscoveredListIterator::clear_referent() {
@@ -546,7 +545,7 @@
                                    OopClosure*        keep_alive,
                                    VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
   assert(policy != NULL, "Must have a non-NULL policy");
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
   // Decide which softly reachable refs should be kept alive.
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(!discovery_is_atomic() /* allow_null_referent */));
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@
                              BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
                              OopClosure*        keep_alive) {
   assert(discovery_is_atomic(), "Error");
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(false /* allow_null_referent */));
     DEBUG_ONLY(oop next = java_lang_ref_Reference::next(iter.obj());)
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@
                                                   OopClosure*        keep_alive,
                                                   VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
   assert(!discovery_is_atomic(), "Error");
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
     HeapWord* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(iter.obj());
@@ -666,7 +665,7 @@
                                    OopClosure*        keep_alive,
                                    VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
   ResourceMark rm;
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.update_discovered();
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(false /* allow_null_referent */));
@@ -782,13 +781,6 @@
   bool _clear_referent;
 };
 
-void ReferenceProcessor::set_discovered(oop ref, oop value) {
-  java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered_raw(ref, value);
-  if (_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier) {
-    oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field(java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(ref), value);
-  }
-}
-
 // Balances reference queues.
 // Move entries from all queues[0, 1, ..., _max_num_q-1] to
 // queues[0, 1, ..., _num_q-1] because only the first _num_q
@@ -846,9 +838,9 @@
         // Add the chain to the to list.
         if (ref_lists[to_idx].head() == NULL) {
           // to list is empty. Make a loop at the end.
-          set_discovered(move_tail, move_tail);
+          java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered_raw(move_tail, move_tail);
         } else {
-          set_discovered(move_tail, ref_lists[to_idx].head());
+          java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered_raw(move_tail, ref_lists[to_idx].head());
         }
         ref_lists[to_idx].set_head(move_head);
         ref_lists[to_idx].inc_length(refs_to_move);
@@ -982,7 +974,7 @@
 
 void ReferenceProcessor::clean_up_discovered_reflist(DiscoveredList& refs_list) {
   assert(!discovery_is_atomic(), "Else why call this method?");
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, NULL, NULL, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, NULL, NULL);
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
     oop next = java_lang_ref_Reference::next(iter.obj());
@@ -1071,16 +1063,6 @@
   // The last ref must have its discovered field pointing to itself.
   oop next_discovered = (current_head != NULL) ? current_head : obj;
 
-  // Note: In the case of G1, this specific pre-barrier is strictly
-  // not necessary because the only case we are interested in
-  // here is when *discovered_addr is NULL (see the CAS further below),
-  // so this will expand to nothing. As a result, we have manually
-  // elided this out for G1, but left in the test for some future
-  // collector that might have need for a pre-barrier here, e.g.:-
-  // oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field_pre((oop* or narrowOop*)discovered_addr, next_discovered);
-  assert(!_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier || UseG1GC,
-         "Need to check non-G1 collector: "
-         "may need a pre-write-barrier for CAS from NULL below");
   oop retest = oopDesc::atomic_compare_exchange_oop(next_discovered, discovered_addr,
                                                     NULL);
   if (retest == NULL) {
@@ -1089,9 +1071,6 @@
     // is necessary.
     refs_list.set_head(obj);
     refs_list.inc_length(1);
-    if (_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier) {
-      oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field((void*)discovered_addr, next_discovered);
-    }
 
     if (TraceReferenceGC) {
       gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Discovered reference (mt) (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
@@ -1242,24 +1221,14 @@
   if (_discovery_is_mt) {
     add_to_discovered_list_mt(*list, obj, discovered_addr);
   } else {
-    // If "_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier", we do write barriers when
-    // updating the discovered reference list.  Otherwise, we do a raw store
-    // here: the field will be visited later when processing the discovered
-    // references.
+    // We do a raw store here: the field will be visited later when processing
+    // the discovered references.
     oop current_head = list->head();
     // The last ref must have its discovered field pointing to itself.
     oop next_discovered = (current_head != NULL) ? current_head : obj;
 
-    // As in the case further above, since we are over-writing a NULL
-    // pre-value, we can safely elide the pre-barrier here for the case of G1.
-    // e.g.:- oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field_pre((oop* or narrowOop*)discovered_addr, next_discovered);
     assert(discovered == NULL, "control point invariant");
-    assert(!_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier || UseG1GC,
-           "For non-G1 collector, may need a pre-write-barrier for CAS from NULL below");
     oop_store_raw(discovered_addr, next_discovered);
-    if (_discovered_list_needs_post_barrier) {
-      oopDesc::bs()->write_ref_field((void*)discovered_addr, next_discovered);
-    }
     list->set_head(obj);
     list->inc_length(1);
 
@@ -1353,7 +1322,7 @@
                                                 OopClosure*        keep_alive,
                                                 VoidClosure*       complete_gc,
                                                 YieldClosure*      yield) {
-  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive, _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier);
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
   while (iter.has_next()) {
     iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
     oop obj = iter.obj();

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.hpp	Mon Jun 02 06:29:34 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.hpp	Tue Jun 03 10:44:36 2014 +0200
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
   oop                _referent;
   OopClosure*        _keep_alive;
   BoolObjectClosure* _is_alive;
-  bool               _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier;
 
   DEBUG_ONLY(
   oop                _first_seen; // cyclic linked list check
@@ -113,8 +112,7 @@
 public:
   inline DiscoveredListIterator(DiscoveredList&    refs_list,
                                 OopClosure*        keep_alive,
-                                BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
-                                bool               discovered_list_needs_post_barrier = false):
+                                BoolObjectClosure* is_alive):
     _refs_list(refs_list),
     _prev_next(refs_list.adr_head()),
     _prev(NULL),
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@
 #endif
     _next(NULL),
     _keep_alive(keep_alive),
-    _is_alive(is_alive),
-    _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier(discovered_list_needs_post_barrier)
+    _is_alive(is_alive)
 { }
 
   // End Of List.
@@ -230,14 +227,6 @@
                                         // other collectors in configuration
   bool        _discovery_is_mt;         // true if reference discovery is MT.
 
-  // If true, setting "next" field of a discovered refs list requires
-  // write post barrier.  (Must be true if used in a collector in which
-  // elements of a discovered list may be moved during discovery: for
-  // example, a collector like Garbage-First that moves objects during a
-  // long-term concurrent marking phase that does weak reference
-  // discovery.)
-  bool        _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier;
-
   bool        _enqueuing_is_done;       // true if all weak references enqueued
   bool        _processing_is_mt;        // true during phases when
                                         // reference processing is MT.
@@ -382,11 +371,6 @@
   void enqueue_discovered_reflists(HeapWord* pending_list_addr, AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor* task_executor);
 
  protected:
-  // Set the 'discovered' field of the given reference to
-  // the given value - emitting post barriers depending upon
-  // the value of _discovered_list_needs_post_barrier.
-  void set_discovered(oop ref, oop value);
-
   // "Preclean" the given discovered reference list
   // by removing references with strongly reachable referents.
   // Currently used in support of CMS only.
@@ -427,8 +411,7 @@
                      bool mt_processing = false, uint mt_processing_degree = 1,
                      bool mt_discovery  = false, uint mt_discovery_degree  = 1,
                      bool atomic_discovery = true,
-                     BoolObjectClosure* is_alive_non_header = NULL,
-                     bool discovered_list_needs_post_barrier = false);
+                     BoolObjectClosure* is_alive_non_header = NULL);
 
   // RefDiscoveryPolicy values
   enum DiscoveryPolicy {