diff -r f067b4e0e04b -r aa3d708d67c4 src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp	Wed Feb 01 10:36:58 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/genMarkSweep.cpp	Wed Feb 01 07:59:01 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@
 void GenMarkSweep::mark_sweep_phase1(int level,
                                   bool clear_all_softrefs) {
   // Recursively traverse all live objects and mark them
-  EventMark m("1 mark object");
   TraceTime tm("phase 1", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace(" 1");
 
@@ -325,7 +324,6 @@
   GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("2 compute new addresses");
   TraceTime tm("phase 2", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("2");
 
@@ -350,7 +348,6 @@
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
   // Adjust the pointers to reflect the new locations
-  EventMark m("3 adjust pointers");
   TraceTime tm("phase 3", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("3");
 
@@ -411,7 +408,6 @@
   GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
   Generation* pg = gch->perm_gen();
 
-  EventMark m("4 compact heap");
   TraceTime tm("phase 4", PrintGC && Verbose, true, gclog_or_tty);
   trace("4");