--- old/src/share/vm/memory/generationSpec.hpp	2014-10-17 15:34:54.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/memory/generationSpec.hpp	2014-10-17 15:34:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
   size_t           _max_size;
 
 public:
-  GenerationSpec(Generation::Name name, size_t init_size, size_t max_size) {
+  GenerationSpec(Generation::Name name, size_t init_size, size_t max_size, size_t alignment) {
     _name = name;
-    _init_size = init_size;
-    _max_size = max_size;
+    _init_size = align_size_up(init_size, alignment);
+    _max_size = align_size_up(max_size, alignment);
   }
 
   Generation* init(ReservedSpace rs, int level, GenRemSet* remset);
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@
   size_t max_size()              const { return _max_size; }
   void set_max_size(size_t size)       { _max_size = size; }
 
-  // Alignment
-  void align(size_t alignment) {
-    set_init_size(align_size_up(init_size(), alignment));
-    set_max_size(align_size_up(max_size(), alignment));
-  }
-
   // Return the number of regions contained in the generation which
   // might need to be independently covered by a remembered set.
   virtual int n_covered_regions() const { return 1; }