--- old/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp	2013-08-28 14:34:28.976178787 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp	2013-08-28 14:34:28.920178789 +0200
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
     set_alignment(_old_gen_alignment, intra_heap_alignment());
   }
 
+  // return the (conservative) maximum heap alignment
+  static size_t max_heap_alignment() {
+    return MAX2(os::max_page_size(), intra_heap_alignment());
+  }
+
   // For use by VM operations
   enum CollectionType {
     Scavenge,
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@
 
   // The alignment used for eden and survivors within the young gen
   // and for boundary between young gen and old gen.
-  size_t intra_heap_alignment() const { return 64 * K * HeapWordSize; }
+  static size_t intra_heap_alignment() { return 64 * K * HeapWordSize; }
 
   size_t capacity() const;
   size_t used() const;