--- old/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	2017-06-22 11:12:06.508707760 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	2017-06-22 11:12:06.336702244 +0200
@@ -528,6 +528,10 @@
   return addr == align_object_size(addr);
 }
 
+inline bool is_ptr_object_aligned(const void* addr) {
+  return is_ptr_aligned(addr, MinObjAlignmentInBytes);
+}
+
 // Pad out certain offsets to jlong alignment, in HeapWord units.
 
 inline intptr_t align_object_offset(intptr_t offset) {