--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	Wed Jan 14 21:30:01 2015
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp	Wed Jan 14 21:30:01 2015
@@ -597,12 +597,12 @@
 
   // Make shallow object copy
   const int size = obj->size();
-  oop new_obj = NULL;
+  oop new_obj_oop = NULL;
   if (obj->is_javaArray()) {
     const int length = ((arrayOop)obj())->length();
-    new_obj = CollectedHeap::array_allocate(klass, size, length, CHECK_NULL);
+    new_obj_oop = CollectedHeap::array_allocate(klass, size, length, CHECK_NULL);
   } else {
-    new_obj = CollectedHeap::obj_allocate(klass, size, CHECK_NULL);
+    new_obj_oop = CollectedHeap::obj_allocate(klass, size, CHECK_NULL);
   }
   // 4839641 (4840070): We must do an oop-atomic copy, because if another thread
   // is modifying a reference field in the clonee, a non-oop-atomic copy might
@@ -614,24 +614,39 @@
   // The same is true of StubRoutines::object_copy and the various oop_copy
   // variants, and of the code generated by the inline_native_clone intrinsic.
   assert(MinObjAlignmentInBytes >= BytesPerLong, "objects misaligned");
-  Copy::conjoint_jlongs_atomic((jlong*)obj(), (jlong*)new_obj,
+  Copy::conjoint_jlongs_atomic((jlong*)obj(), (jlong*)new_obj_oop,
                                (size_t)align_object_size(size) / HeapWordsPerLong);
   // Clear the header
-  new_obj->init_mark();
+  new_obj_oop->init_mark();
 
   // Store check (mark entire object and let gc sort it out)
   BarrierSet* bs = Universe::heap()->barrier_set();
   assert(bs->has_write_region_opt(), "Barrier set does not have write_region");
-  bs->write_region(MemRegion((HeapWord*)new_obj, size));
+  bs->write_region(MemRegion((HeapWord*)new_obj_oop, size));
 
+  Handle new_obj(THREAD, new_obj_oop);
+  // Special handling for MemberNames.  Since they contain Method* metadata, they
+  // must be registered so that RedefineClasses can fix metadata contained in them.
+  if (java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_instance(new_obj()) &&
+      java_lang_invoke_MemberName::is_method(new_obj())) {
+    methodOop method = (methodOop)java_lang_invoke_MemberName::vmtarget(new_obj());
+    // MemberName may be unresolved, so doesn't need registration until resolved.
+    if (method != NULL) {
+      // add_member_name() can safepoint: use Handle for method and new_obj:
+      methodHandle m(THREAD, method);
+      instanceKlass::cast(m->method_holder())->add_member_name(new_obj);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Caution: this involves a java upcall, so the clone should be
   // "gc-robust" by this stage.
   if (klass->has_finalizer()) {
     assert(obj->is_instance(), "should be instanceOop");
-    new_obj = instanceKlass::register_finalizer(instanceOop(new_obj), CHECK_NULL);
+    new_obj_oop = instanceKlass::register_finalizer(instanceOop(new_obj()), CHECK_NULL);
+    new_obj = Handle(THREAD, new_obj_oop);
   }
 
-  return JNIHandles::make_local(env, oop(new_obj));
+  return JNIHandles::make_local(env, new_obj());
 JVM_END
 
 // java.lang.Compiler ////////////////////////////////////////////////////