diff -r 7faca6dfa2ed -r 20bfb6d15a94 src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Dec 27 12:38:49 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Dec 27 16:43:49 2011 -0800
@@ -2546,8 +2546,8 @@
   }
 }
 
-void os::free_memory(char *addr, size_t bytes) {
-  commit_memory(addr, bytes, false);
+void os::free_memory(char *addr, size_t bytes, size_t alignment_hint) {
+  commit_memory(addr, bytes, alignment_hint, false);
 }
 
 void os::numa_make_global(char *addr, size_t bytes) {