--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/java2d/OSXSurfaceData.java	2016-09-22 14:10:03.000000000 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/java2d/OSXSurfaceData.java	2016-09-22 14:10:03.000000000 +0530
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@
         this.fGraphicsStatesInt = this.fGraphicsStates.asIntBuffer();
         this.fGraphicsStatesFloat = this.fGraphicsStates.asFloatBuffer();
         this.fGraphicsStatesLong = this.fGraphicsStates.asLongBuffer();
-        this.fGraphicsStatesObject = new Object[6]; // clip coordinates + clip types + texture paint image + stroke dash
-                                                    // array + font + font paint
+        this.fGraphicsStatesObject = new Object[8]; // clip coordinates + 
+                                                    // clip types + 
+                                                    // texture paint image + 
+                                                    // stroke dash array +
+                                                    // font + font paint + 
+                                                    // linear gradient color +
+                                                    // linear gradient fractions
 
         // NOTE: All access to the DrawingQueue comes through this OSXSurfaceData instance. Therefore
         // every instance method of OSXSurfaceData that accesses the fDrawingQueue is synchronized.
@@ -304,6 +309,8 @@
     @Native static final int kStrokeDashArrayIndex = 3;
     @Native static final int kFontIndex = 4;
     @Native static final int kFontPaintIndex = 5;
+    @Native static final int kColorArrayIndex = 6;
+    @Native static final int kFractionsArrayIndex = 7;
 
     // possible state changes
     @Native static final int kBoundsChangedBit = 1 << 0;
@@ -329,6 +336,7 @@
     @Native static final int kColorSystem = 1;
     @Native static final int kColorGradient = 2;
     @Native static final int kColorTexture = 3;
+    @Native static final int kColorLinearOrRadialGradient = 4;
 
     // possible gradient color states
     @Native static final int kColorNonCyclic = 0;
@@ -567,6 +575,36 @@
             } else {
                 this.fChangeFlag = (this.fChangeFlag & kColorNotChangedBit);
             }
+        } else if (sg2d.paint instanceof LinearGradientPaint) {
+            if ((this.fGraphicsStatesInt.get(kColorStateIndex) != kColorGradient) || (lastPaint != sg2d.paint)) {
+                LinearGradientPaint color = (LinearGradientPaint) sg2d.paint;
+                this.fGraphicsStatesInt.put(kColorStateIndex, kColorLinearOrRadialGradient);
+                int numColor = color.getColors().length;
+                int colorArray[] = new int[numColor];
+                for (int i = 0; i < numColor; i++) {
+                    colorArray[i] = color.getColors()[i].getRGB();
+                }
+                this.fGraphicsStatesObject[kColorArrayIndex] = colorArray;
+                
+                int numFractions = color.getFractions().length;
+                float fractionArray[] = new float[numFractions];
+                for (int i = 0; i < numFractions; i++) {
+                    fractionArray[i] = color.getFractions()[i];
+                }
+                this.fGraphicsStatesObject[kFractionsArrayIndex] = color.getFractions();
+                
+                this.fGraphicsStatesInt.put(kColorIsCyclicIndex, (color.getCycleMethod() == LinearGradientPaint.CycleMethod.NO_CYCLE) ? kColorNonCyclic  : kColorCyclic);
+                Point2D p = color.getStartPoint();
+                this.fGraphicsStatesFloat.put(kColorx1Index, (float) p.getX());
+                this.fGraphicsStatesFloat.put(kColory1Index, (float) p.getY());
+                p = color.getEndPoint();
+                this.fGraphicsStatesFloat.put(kColorx2Index, (float) p.getX());
+                this.fGraphicsStatesFloat.put(kColory2Index, (float) p.getY()); 
+
+                this.fChangeFlag = (this.fChangeFlag | kColorChangedBit);
+            } else {
+                this.fChangeFlag = (this.fChangeFlag & kColorNotChangedBit);
+            }
         } else if (sg2d.paint instanceof TexturePaint) {
             if ((this.fGraphicsStatesInt.get(kColorStateIndex) != kColorTexture) || (lastPaint != sg2d.paint)) {
                 TexturePaint color = (TexturePaint) sg2d.paint;