--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp 2014-07-17 13:48:41.223553000 -0400 +++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psMarkSweep.cpp 2014-07-17 13:48:39.450221000 -0400 @@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ size_policy->major_collection_begin(); CodeCache::gc_prologue(); - Threads::gc_prologue(); BiasedLocking::preserve_marks(); // Capture heap size before collection for printing. @@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ MetaspaceAux::verify_metrics(); BiasedLocking::restore_marks(); - Threads::gc_epilogue(); CodeCache::gc_epilogue(); JvmtiExport::gc_epilogue();