--- old/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Apr  1 08:13:55 2014
+++ new/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Apr  1 08:13:54 2014
@@ -3819,7 +3819,7 @@
 
 os::YieldResult os::NakedYield() { sched_yield(); return os::YIELD_UNKNOWN ;}
 
-void os::yield_all(int attempts) {
+void os::yield_all() {
   // Yields to all threads, including threads with lower priorities
   // Threads on Linux are all with same priority. The Solaris style
   // os::yield_all() with nanosleep(1ms) is not necessary.
@@ -3826,11 +3826,6 @@
   sched_yield();
 }
 
-// Called from the tight loops to possibly influence time-sharing heuristics
-void os::loop_breaker(int attempts) {
-  os::yield_all(attempts);
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // thread priority support