1.1 --- a/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp Fri Jan 11 09:53:24 2013 -0800 1.2 +++ b/src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp Mon Jan 14 11:01:39 2013 -0500 1.3 @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ 1.4 class MethodParametersElement VALUE_OBJ_CLASS_SPEC { 1.5 public: 1.6 u2 name_cp_index; 1.7 - u4 flags; 1.8 + // This has to happen, otherwise it will cause SIGBUS from a 1.9 + // misaligned u4 on some architectures (ie SPARC) 1.10 + // because MethodParametersElements are only aligned mod 2 1.11 + // within the ConstMethod container u2 flags_hi; 1.12 + u2 flags_hi; 1.13 + u2 flags_lo; 1.14 }; 1.15 1.16