--- old/src/cpu/sparc/vm/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp	2016-04-19 18:34:28.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/cpu/sparc/vm/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp	2016-04-19 18:34:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -1394,8 +1394,9 @@
                     Register limit, Register tmp, Register result, bool is_byte);
 
   // Compares two arrays in chunks of size 'byte_width'. The addresses must be aligned accordingly.
+  // Ldone can be NULL, meaning fall through.
   void array_equals_loop(Register ary1, Register ary2, Register limit, Register tmp,
-                         Register result, size_t byte_width, Label& Ldone);
+                         Register result, size_t byte_width, Label* Ldone);
 
   // test for negative bytes in input string of a given size, result 0 if none
   void has_negatives(Register inp, Register size, Register result,