--- old/make/hotspot/lib/CompileJvm.gmk	2018-03-05 17:41:06.000000000 +0100
+++ new/make/hotspot/lib/CompileJvm.gmk	2018-03-05 17:41:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013, 2018, 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
@@ -270,3 +270,62 @@
 include lib/JvmMapfile.gmk
 
 TARGETS += $(BUILD_LIBJVM)
+
+################################################################################
+# Hotspot disallows the use of global operators 'new' and 'delete'. This build
+# time check helps enforce this requirement. If you trigger this check and the
+# reference is not obvious from the source, GNU objdump can be used to help find
+# the reference if compiled with GCC:
+#
+# objdump -lrdSC <path/to/file.o>
+#
+# -C demangle
+# -d disassemble
+# -r print relocation entries, interspersed with the disassembly
+# -S print source code, intermixed with disassembly
+# -l include filenames and line numbers
+#
+# Search the output for the operator(s) of interest, to see where they are
+# referenced.
+
+ifneq ($(filter $(TOOLCHAIN_TYPE), gcc clang solstudio), )
+
+  DEMANGLED_REGEXP := [^:]operator (new|delete)
+
+  # Running c++filt to find offending symbols in all files is too expensive,
+  # especially on Solaris, so use mangled names when looking for symbols.
+  # Save the demangling for when something is actually found.
+  ifeq ($(TOOLCHAIN_TYPE), solstudio)
+    MANGLED_SYMS := \
+        __1c2n6FL_pv_ \
+        __1c2N6FL_pv_ \
+        __1c2k6Fpv_v_ \
+        __1c2K6Fpv_v_ \
+        #
+    UNDEF_PATTERN := UNDEF
+  else
+    MANGLED_SYMS := \
+        _ZdaPv \
+        _ZdlPv \
+        _Znam \
+        _Znwm \
+        #
+    UNDEF_PATTERN := ' U '
+  endif
+
+  define SetupOperatorNewDeleteCheck
+    $1.op_check: $1
+	if [ -n "`$(NM) $$< | $(GREP) $(addprefix -e , $(MANGLED_SYMS)) \
+	    | $(GREP) $(UNDEF_PATTERN)`" ]; then \
+	  $(ECHO) "$$<: Error: Use of global operators new and delete is not allowed in Hotspot:"; \
+	  $(NM) $$< | $(CXXFILT) | $(EGREP) '$(DEMANGLED_REGEXP)' | $(GREP) $(UNDEF_PATTERN); \
+	  $(ECHO) "See: $(TOPDIR)/make/hotspot/lib/CompileJvm.gmk"; \
+	  exit 1; \
+	fi
+	$(TOUCH) $$@
+
+    TARGETS += $1.op_check
+  endef
+
+  $(foreach o, $(BUILD_LIBJVM_ALL_OBJS), $(eval $(call SetupOperatorNewDeleteCheck,$o)))
+endif