src/share/vm/gc/shared/cardTableRS.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2017, 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
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.

@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@
 // precleaned                     ==> cur_youngergen_and_prev_nonclean_card
 // prev-younger-gen               ==> cur_youngergen_and_prev_nonclean_card
 // cur-younger-gen                ==> cur_younger_gen
 // cur_youngergen_and_prev_nonclean_card ==> no change.
 void CardTableRS::write_ref_field_gc_par(void* field, oop new_val) {
-  jbyte* entry = _ct_bs->byte_for(field);
+  volatile jbyte* entry = _ct_bs->byte_for(field);
   do {
     jbyte entry_val = *entry;
     // We put this first because it's probably the most common case.
     if (entry_val == clean_card_val()) {
       // No threat of contention with cleaning threads.