--- old/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp 2014-02-12 15:28:26.731689259 +0100 +++ new/src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp 2014-02-12 15:28:26.635689943 +0100 @@ -645,9 +645,6 @@ TraceTime timer("Dump Shared Spaces", TraceStartupTime); ResourceMark rm; - // Lock out GC - is it necessary? I don't think we care. - No_GC_Verifier no_gc; - // Preload classes to be shared. // Should use some os:: method rather than fopen() here. aB. // Construct the path to the class list (in jre/lib)