diff -r fa357420e7d2 -r 6aa7255741f3 src/share/vm/memory/barrierSet.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/barrierSet.cpp	Tue Nov 24 15:19:30 2009 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/barrierSet.cpp	Thu Dec 03 15:01:57 2009 -0800
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
 
 // count is number of array elements being written
 void BarrierSet::static_write_ref_array_post(HeapWord* start, size_t count) {
-  assert(count <= (size_t)max_intx, "count too large");
-  HeapWord* end = start + objArrayOopDesc::array_size((int)count);
-#if 0
-  warning("Post:\t" INTPTR_FORMAT "[" SIZE_FORMAT "] : [" INTPTR_FORMAT","INTPTR_FORMAT")\t",
-                   start,            count,              start,          end);
-#endif
-  Universe::heap()->barrier_set()->write_ref_array_work(MemRegion(start, end));
+  // simply delegate to instance method
+  Universe::heap()->barrier_set()->write_ref_array(start, count);
 }