--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Thu Oct 10 18:26:22 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Fri Oct 11 10:38:03 2013 +0200
@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+bool java_lang_String::equals(oop str1, oop str2) {
+  assert(str1->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  assert(str2->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  typeArrayOop value1  = java_lang_String::value(str1);
+  int          offset1 = java_lang_String::offset(str1);
+  int          length1 = java_lang_String::length(str1);
+  typeArrayOop value2  = java_lang_String::value(str2);
+  int          offset2 = java_lang_String::offset(str2);
+  int          length2 = java_lang_String::length(str2);
+
+  if (length1 != length2) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < length1; i++) {
+    if (value1->char_at(i + offset1) != value2->char_at(i + offset2)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void java_lang_String::print(Handle java_string, outputStream* st) {
   oop          obj    = java_string();
   assert(obj->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(), "must be java_string");