src/hotspot/share/code/icBuffer.cpp

 #include "runtime/stubRoutines.hpp"
 
 DEF_STUB_INTERFACE(ICStub);
 
 StubQueue* InlineCacheBuffer::_buffer    = NULL;
-ICStub*    InlineCacheBuffer::_next_stub = NULL;
 
 CompiledICHolder* InlineCacheBuffer::_pending_released = NULL;
 int InlineCacheBuffer::_pending_count = 0;
 
 void ICStub::finalize() {

@@ -101,16 +100,10
 #endif
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Implementation of InlineCacheBuffer
 
-void InlineCacheBuffer::init_next_stub() {
-  ICStub* ic_stub = (ICStub*)buffer()->request_committed (ic_stub_code_size());
-  assert (ic_stub != NULL, "no room for a single stub");
-  set_next_stub(ic_stub);
-}
-
 
 void InlineCacheBuffer::initialize() {
   if (_buffer != NULL) return; // already initialized
   _buffer = new StubQueue(new ICStubInterface, 10*K, InlineCacheBuffer_lock, "InlineCacheBuffer");
   assert (_buffer != NULL, "cannot allocate InlineCacheBuffer");

@@ -154,11 +147,11
   return buffer()->contains(instruction_address);
 }
 
 
 bool InlineCacheBuffer::is_empty() {
-  return buffer()->number_of_stubs() == 0;    // always has sentinel
+  return buffer()->number_of_stubs() == 0;
 }
 
 
 void InlineCacheBuffer_init() {
   InlineCacheBuffer::initialize();