*** old/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.cpp	Thu Apr 16 13:30:45 2015
--- new/src/share/vm/classfile/verificationType.cpp	Thu Apr 16 13:30:45 2015

*** 48,72 ****
--- 48,72 ----
    if (from.is_null()) {
      // null is assignable to any reference
      return true;
    } else if (is_null()) {
      return false;
!   } else if (name() == from.name()) {
!   } else if (name()->equals(from.name())) {
      return true;
    } else if (is_object()) {
      // We need check the class hierarchy to check assignability
!     if (name() == vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()) {
!     if (name()->equals(vmSymbols::java_lang_Object())) {
        // any object or array is assignable to java.lang.Object
        return true;
      }
      Klass* obj = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(
          name(), Handle(THREAD, klass->class_loader()),
          Handle(THREAD, klass->protection_domain()), true, CHECK_false);
      KlassHandle this_class(THREAD, obj);
  
      if (this_class->is_interface() && (!from_field_is_protected ||
!         from.name() != vmSymbols::java_lang_Object())) {
!         from.name()->not_equals(vmSymbols::java_lang_Object()))) {
        // If we are not trying to access a protected field or method in
        // java.lang.Object then we treat interfaces as java.lang.Object,
        // including java.lang.Cloneable and java.io.Serializable.
        return true;
      } else if (from.is_object()) {