--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sharedRuntime_sparc.cpp	Tue Apr 07 11:20:51 2015 +0200
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/sharedRuntime_sparc.cpp	Tue Apr 07 14:58:49 2015 +0200
@@ -1154,51 +1154,82 @@
     // Hoist any int/ptr/long's in the first 6 to int regs.
     // Hoist any flt/dbl's in the first 16 dbl regs.
     int j = 0;                  // Count of actual args, not HALVES
-    for( int i=0; i<total_args_passed; i++, j++ ) {
-      switch( sig_bt[i] ) {
+    VMRegPair param_array_reg;  // location of the argument in the parameter array
+    for (int i = 0; i < total_args_passed; i++, j++) {
+      param_array_reg.set_bad();
+      switch (sig_bt[i]) {
       case T_BOOLEAN:
       case T_BYTE:
       case T_CHAR:
       case T_INT:
       case T_SHORT:
-        regs[i].set1( int_stk_helper( j ) ); break;
+        regs[i].set1(int_stk_helper(j));
+        break;
       case T_LONG:
-        assert( sig_bt[i+1] == T_VOID, "expecting half" );
+        assert(sig_bt[i+1] == T_VOID, "expecting half");
       case T_ADDRESS: // raw pointers, like current thread, for VM calls
       case T_ARRAY:
       case T_OBJECT:
       case T_METADATA:
-        regs[i].set2( int_stk_helper( j ) );
+        regs[i].set2(int_stk_helper(j));
         break;
       case T_FLOAT:
-        if ( j < 16 ) {
-          // V9ism: floats go in ODD registers
-          regs[i].set1(as_FloatRegister(1 + (j<<1))->as_VMReg());
-        } else {
-          // V9ism: floats go in ODD stack slot
-          regs[i].set1(VMRegImpl::stack2reg(1 + (j<<1)));
+        // Per SPARC Compliance Definition 2.4.1, page 3P-12 available here
+        // http://www.sparc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SCD.2.4.1.pdf.gz
+        //
+        // "When a callee prototype exists, and does not indicate variable arguments,
+        // floating-point values assigned to locations %sp+BIAS+128 through %sp+BIAS+248
+        // will be promoted to floating-point registers"
+        //
+        // By "promoted" it means that the argument is located in two places, an unused
+        // spill slot in the "parameter array" (starts at %sp+BIAS+128), and a live
+        // float register.  In most cases, there are 6 or fewer arguments of any type,
+        // and the standard parameter array slots (%sp+BIAS+128 to %sp+BIAS+176 exclusive)
+        // serve as shadow slots.  Per the spec floating point registers %d6 to %d16
+        // require slots beyond that (up to %sp+BIAS+248).
+        //
+        {
+          // V9ism: floats go in ODD registers and stack slots
+          int float_index = 1 + (j << 1);
+          param_array_reg.set1(VMRegImpl::stack2reg(float_index));
+          if (j < 16) {
+            regs[i].set1(as_FloatRegister(float_index)->as_VMReg());
+          } else {
+            regs[i] = param_array_reg;
+          }
         }
         break;
       case T_DOUBLE:
-        assert( sig_bt[i+1] == T_VOID, "expecting half" );
-        if ( j < 16 ) {
-          // V9ism: doubles go in EVEN/ODD regs
-          regs[i].set2(as_FloatRegister(j<<1)->as_VMReg());
-        } else {
-          // V9ism: doubles go in EVEN/ODD stack slots
-          regs[i].set2(VMRegImpl::stack2reg(j<<1));
+        {
+          assert(sig_bt[i + 1] == T_VOID, "expecting half");
+          // V9ism: doubles go in EVEN/ODD regs and stack slots
+          int double_index = (j << 1);
+          param_array_reg.set2(VMRegImpl::stack2reg(double_index));
+          if (j < 16) {
+            regs[i].set2(as_FloatRegister(double_index)->as_VMReg());
+          } else {
+            // V9ism: doubles go in EVEN/ODD stack slots
+            regs[i] = param_array_reg;
+          }
         }
         break;
-      case T_VOID:  regs[i].set_bad(); j--; break; // Do not count HALVES
+      case T_VOID:
+        regs[i].set_bad();
+        j--;
+        break; // Do not count HALVES
       default:
         ShouldNotReachHere();
       }
-      if (regs[i].first()->is_stack()) {
-        int off =  regs[i].first()->reg2stack();
+      // Keep track of the deepest parameter array slot.
+      if (!param_array_reg.first()->is_valid()) {
+        param_array_reg = regs[i];
+      }
+      if (param_array_reg.first()->is_stack()) {
+        int off = param_array_reg.first()->reg2stack();
         if (off > max_stack_slots) max_stack_slots = off;
       }
-      if (regs[i].second()->is_stack()) {
-        int off =  regs[i].second()->reg2stack();
+      if (param_array_reg.second()->is_stack()) {
+        int off = param_array_reg.second()->reg2stack();
         if (off > max_stack_slots) max_stack_slots = off;
       }
     }
@@ -1206,8 +1237,8 @@
 #else // _LP64
     // V8 convention: first 6 things in O-regs, rest on stack.
     // Alignment is willy-nilly.
-    for( int i=0; i<total_args_passed; i++ ) {
-      switch( sig_bt[i] ) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < total_args_passed; i++) {
+      switch (sig_bt[i]) {
       case T_ADDRESS: // raw pointers, like current thread, for VM calls
       case T_ARRAY:
       case T_BOOLEAN:
@@ -1218,23 +1249,23 @@
       case T_OBJECT:
       case T_METADATA:
       case T_SHORT:
-        regs[i].set1( int_stk_helper( i ) );
+        regs[i].set1(int_stk_helper(i));
         break;
       case T_DOUBLE:
       case T_LONG:
-        assert( sig_bt[i+1] == T_VOID, "expecting half" );
-        regs[i].set_pair( int_stk_helper( i+1 ), int_stk_helper( i ) );
+        assert(sig_bt[i + 1] == T_VOID, "expecting half");
+        regs[i].set_pair(int_stk_helper(i + 1), int_stk_helper(i));
         break;
       case T_VOID: regs[i].set_bad(); break;
       default:
         ShouldNotReachHere();
       }
       if (regs[i].first()->is_stack()) {
-        int off =  regs[i].first()->reg2stack();
+        int off = regs[i].first()->reg2stack();
         if (off > max_stack_slots) max_stack_slots = off;
       }
       if (regs[i].second()->is_stack()) {
-        int off =  regs[i].second()->reg2stack();
+        int off = regs[i].second()->reg2stack();
         if (off > max_stack_slots) max_stack_slots = off;
       }
     }
@@ -1383,11 +1414,10 @@
     const Register rOop = src.first()->as_Register();
     const Register rHandle = L5;
     int oop_slot = rOop->input_number() * VMRegImpl::slots_per_word + oop_handle_offset;
-    int offset = oop_slot*VMRegImpl::stack_slot_size;
-    Label skip;
+    int offset = oop_slot * VMRegImpl::stack_slot_size;
     __ st_ptr(rOop, SP, offset + STACK_BIAS);
     if (is_receiver) {
-      *receiver_offset = oop_slot * VMRegImpl::stack_slot_size;
+       *receiver_offset = offset;
     }
     map->set_oop(VMRegImpl::stack2reg(oop_slot));
     __ add(SP, offset + STACK_BIAS, rHandle);