--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.hpp	2015-04-08 16:59:19.384175483 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psOldGen.hpp	2015-04-08 16:59:19.296847379 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2015, 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
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     assert_locked_or_safepoint(Heap_lock);
     HeapWord* res = object_space()->allocate(word_size);
     if (res != NULL) {
+      assert(_start_array.covered_region().contains(MemRegion(res, word_size)), "Allocated beyond end of covered region");
       _start_array.allocate_block(res);
     }
     return res;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
     assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "Must only be called at safepoint");
     HeapWord* res = object_space()->cas_allocate(word_size);
     if (res != NULL) {
+      assert(_start_array.covered_region().contains(MemRegion(res, word_size)), "Allocated beyond end of covered region");
       _start_array.allocate_block(res);
     }
     return res;
--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psPromotionLAB.cpp	2015-04-08 16:59:19.764692685 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psPromotionLAB.cpp	2015-04-08 16:59:19.674399216 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2015, 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
@@ -152,11 +152,22 @@
 bool PSOldPromotionLAB::lab_is_valid(MemRegion lab) {
   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = (ParallelScavengeHeap*)Universe::heap();
   assert(heap->kind() == CollectedHeap::ParallelScavengeHeap, "Sanity");
-  assert(_start_array->covered_region().contains(lab), "Sanity");
+  MemRegion covered_region = _start_array->covered_region();
 
   PSOldGen* old_gen = heap->old_gen();
   MemRegion used = old_gen->object_space()->used_region();
 
+  assert(covered_region.contains(lab),
+         err_msg("Sanity - covered_region [ "PTR_FORMAT", "PTR_FORMAT" ], "
+                 "lab [ "PTR_FORMAT", "PTR_FORMAT" ], "
+                 "object space [ "PTR_FORMAT", "PTR_FORMAT" ]",
+                 p2i(covered_region.start()),
+                 p2i(covered_region.end()),
+                 p2i(lab.start()),
+                 p2i(lab.end()),
+                 p2i(used.start()),
+                 p2i(used.end())));
+
   if (used.contains(lab)) {
     return true;
   }
--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psPromotionLAB.hpp	2015-04-08 16:59:20.137815575 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psPromotionLAB.hpp	2015-04-08 16:59:20.047399878 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2015, 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
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
       set_top(new_top);
       assert(is_object_aligned((intptr_t)obj) && is_object_aligned((intptr_t)new_top),
              "checking alignment");
+      assert(_start_array->covered_region().contains(MemRegion(obj, size)), "Allocated beyond end of covered region");
       _start_array->allocate_block(obj);
       return obj;
     }