--- old/src/cpu/sparc/vm/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp	2016-04-19 09:18:53.363904334 +0200
+++ new/src/cpu/sparc/vm/macroAssembler_sparc.hpp	2016-04-19 09:18:53.291904338 +0200
@@ -1392,6 +1392,11 @@
 
   void array_equals(bool is_array_equ, Register ary1, Register ary2,
                     Register limit, Register tmp, Register result, bool is_byte);
+
+  // Compares two arrays in chunks of size 'byte_width'. The addresses must be aligned accordingly.
+  void array_equals_loop(Register ary1, Register ary2, Register limit, Register tmp,
+                         Register result, size_t byte_width, Label& Ldone);
+
   // test for negative bytes in input string of a given size, result 0 if none
   void has_negatives(Register inp, Register size, Register result,
                      Register t2, Register t3, Register t4,