diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/jniFastGetField_aarch64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/jniFastGetField_aarch64.cpp
index e79b93651b072..aea268ea94443 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/jniFastGetField_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/jniFastGetField_aarch64.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020, Red Hat Inc. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_int_field0(BasicType type) {
 
   {
     __ enter();
-    __ lea(rscratch1, ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr));
+    __ lea(rscratch1, RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr));
     __ blr(rscratch1);
     __ leave();
     __ ret(lr);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/sharedRuntime_aarch64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/sharedRuntime_aarch64.cpp
index 65c026b95abbd..8ce4230baa2b4 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/sharedRuntime_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/sharedRuntime_aarch64.cpp
@@ -1883,16 +1883,8 @@ nmethod* SharedRuntime::generate_native_wrapper(MacroAssembler* masm,
 
   // Check for safepoint operation in progress and/or pending suspend requests.
   {
-    // We need an acquire here to ensure that any subsequent load of the
-    // global SafepointSynchronize::_state flag is ordered after this load
-    // of the thread-local polling word.  We don't want this poll to
-    // return false (i.e. not safepointing) and a later poll of the global
-    // SafepointSynchronize::_state spuriously to return true.
-    //
-    // This is to avoid a race when we're in a native->Java transition
-    // racing the code which wakes up from a safepoint.
-
-    __ safepoint_poll(safepoint_in_progress, true /* at_return */, true /* acquire */, false /* in_nmethod */);
+    // No need for acquire as Java threads always disarm themselves.
+    __ safepoint_poll(safepoint_in_progress, true /* at_return */, false /* acquire */, false /* in_nmethod */);
     __ ldrw(rscratch1, Address(rthread, JavaThread::suspend_flags_offset()));
     __ cbnzw(rscratch1, safepoint_in_progress);
     __ bind(safepoint_in_progress_done);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
index d639d9cf17ee5..ed2450a9110e5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/templateInterpreterGenerator_aarch64.cpp
@@ -1413,15 +1413,8 @@ address TemplateInterpreterGenerator::generate_native_entry(bool synchronized) {
   {
     Label L, Continue;
 
-    // We need an acquire here to ensure that any subsequent load of the
-    // global SafepointSynchronize::_state flag is ordered after this load
-    // of the thread-local polling word.  We don't want this poll to
-    // return false (i.e. not safepointing) and a later poll of the global
-    // SafepointSynchronize::_state spuriously to return true.
-    //
-    // This is to avoid a race when we're in a native->Java transition
-    // racing the code which wakes up from a safepoint.
-    __ safepoint_poll(L, true /* at_return */, true /* acquire */, false /* in_nmethod */);
+    // No need for acquire as Java threads always disarm themselves.
+    __ safepoint_poll(L, true /* at_return */, false /* acquire */, false /* in_nmethod */);
     __ ldrw(rscratch2, Address(rthread, JavaThread::suspend_flags_offset()));
     __ cbz(rscratch2, Continue);
     __ bind(L);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/jniFastGetField_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/jniFastGetField_riscv.cpp
index 8423ecad8a3da..f7d702c631069 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/jniFastGetField_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/jniFastGetField_riscv.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020, Red Hat Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -173,12 +173,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_int_field0(BasicType type) {
 
   {
     __ enter();
-    ExternalAddress target(slow_case_addr);
-    __ relocate(target.rspec(), [&] {
-      int32_t offset;
-      __ la(t0, target.target(), offset);
-      __ jalr(t0, offset);
-    });
+    __ rt_call(slow_case_addr);
     __ leave();
     __ ret();
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/assembler_x86.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/assembler_x86.cpp
index 001ff472f40bb..207d3fbb61eba 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/assembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/assembler_x86.cpp
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ void Assembler::call(Register dst) {
 
 
 void Assembler::call(Address adr) {
+  assert(!adr._rspec.reloc()->is_data(), "should not use ExternalAddress for call");
   InstructionMark im(this);
   prefix(adr);
   emit_int8((unsigned char)0xFF);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_32.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_32.cpp
index 34be2a61b5a47..52e4388c5d249 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_32.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_32.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_int_field0(BasicType type) {
     default:        ShouldNotReachHere();
   }
   // tail call
-  __ jump (ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr));
+  __ jump (RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr));
 
   __ flush ();
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_long_field() {
   __ pop  (rsi);
   address slow_case_addr = jni_GetLongField_addr();;
   // tail call
-  __ jump (ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr));
+  __ jump (RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr));
 
   __ flush ();
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_float_field0(BasicType type) {
     default:       ShouldNotReachHere();
   }
   // tail call
-  __ jump (ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr));
+  __ jump (RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr));
 
   __ flush ();
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_64.cpp
index 4506205c259fb..e94b7d12b0b3c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/jniFastGetField_x86_64.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_int_field0(BasicType type) {
     default:                                                     break;
   }
   // tail call
-  __ jump (ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr), rscratch1);
+  __ jump (RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr), rscratch1);
 
   __ flush ();
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ address JNI_FastGetField::generate_fast_get_float_field0(BasicType type) {
     default:                                                      break;
   }
   // tail call
-  __ jump (ExternalAddress(slow_case_addr), rscratch1);
+  __ jump (RuntimeAddress(slow_case_addr), rscratch1);
 
   __ flush ();
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
index affd18f937ca8..c8234d6b9b88b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/macroAssembler_x86.cpp
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ void MacroAssembler::incrementl(Address dst, int value) {
 
 void MacroAssembler::jump(AddressLiteral dst, Register rscratch) {
   assert(rscratch != noreg || always_reachable(dst), "missing");
-
+  assert(!dst.rspec().reloc()->is_data(), "should not use ExternalAddress for jump");
   if (reachable(dst)) {
     jmp_literal(dst.target(), dst.rspec());
   } else {
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ void MacroAssembler::jump(AddressLiteral dst, Register rscratch) {
 
 void MacroAssembler::jump_cc(Condition cc, AddressLiteral dst, Register rscratch) {
   assert(rscratch != noreg || always_reachable(dst), "missing");
-
+  assert(!dst.rspec().reloc()->is_data(), "should not use ExternalAddress for jump_cc");
   if (reachable(dst)) {
     InstructionMark im(this);
     relocate(dst.reloc());
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_32.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_32.cpp
index 80be7c7d5b642..d313c1b216a40 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_32.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_32.cpp
@@ -704,10 +704,10 @@ static void range_check(MacroAssembler* masm, Register pc_reg, Register temp_reg
                         address code_start, address code_end,
                         Label& L_ok) {
   Label L_fail;
-  __ lea(temp_reg, ExternalAddress(code_start));
+  __ lea(temp_reg, AddressLiteral(code_start, relocInfo::none));
   __ cmpptr(pc_reg, temp_reg);
   __ jcc(Assembler::belowEqual, L_fail);
-  __ lea(temp_reg, ExternalAddress(code_end));
+  __ lea(temp_reg, AddressLiteral(code_end, relocInfo::none));
   __ cmpptr(pc_reg, temp_reg);
   __ jcc(Assembler::below, L_ok);
   __ bind(L_fail);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_64.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_64.cpp
index f2488ef4e7445..d27b1d141fc29 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_64.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/sharedRuntime_x86_64.cpp
@@ -824,10 +824,10 @@ static void range_check(MacroAssembler* masm, Register pc_reg, Register temp_reg
                         address code_start, address code_end,
                         Label& L_ok) {
   Label L_fail;
-  __ lea(temp_reg, ExternalAddress(code_start));
+  __ lea(temp_reg, AddressLiteral(code_start, relocInfo::none));
   __ cmpptr(pc_reg, temp_reg);
   __ jcc(Assembler::belowEqual, L_fail);
-  __ lea(temp_reg, ExternalAddress(code_end));
+  __ lea(temp_reg, AddressLiteral(code_end, relocInfo::none));
   __ cmpptr(pc_reg, temp_reg);
   __ jcc(Assembler::below, L_ok);
   __ bind(L_fail);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/stubGenerator_x86_64_arraycopy.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/stubGenerator_x86_64_arraycopy.cpp
index d8f7a6b272bc9..5b316881d0346 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/stubGenerator_x86_64_arraycopy.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/stubGenerator_x86_64_arraycopy.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void StubGenerator::array_overlap_test(address no_overlap_target, Label* NOLp, A
   __ cmpptr(to, from);
   __ lea(end_from, Address(from, count, sf, 0));
   if (NOLp == nullptr) {
-    ExternalAddress no_overlap(no_overlap_target);
+    RuntimeAddress no_overlap(no_overlap_target);
     __ jump_cc(Assembler::belowEqual, no_overlap);
     __ cmpptr(to, end_from);
     __ jump_cc(Assembler::aboveEqual, no_overlap);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/windows_x86/os_windows_x86.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/windows_x86/os_windows_x86.cpp
index 7e0814c014bec..62022d780a20b 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/windows_x86/os_windows_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/windows_x86/os_windows_x86.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ bool os::win32::register_code_area(char *low, char *high) {
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
   pDCD = (pDynamicCodeData) masm->pc();
 
-  masm->jump(ExternalAddress((address)&HandleExceptionFromCodeCache), rscratch1);
+  masm->jump(RuntimeAddress((address)&HandleExceptionFromCodeCache), rscratch1);
   masm->flush();
 
   // Create an Unwind Structure specifying no unwind info
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/precompiled/precompiled.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/precompiled/precompiled.hpp
index c53a78de87bca..07922d129697e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/precompiled/precompiled.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/precompiled/precompiled.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 // These header files are included in at least 130 C++ files, as of
 // measurements made in November 2018. This list excludes files named
-// *.include.hpp, since including them decreased build performance.
+// *.inline.hpp, since including them decreased build performance.
 
 #include "classfile/classLoaderData.hpp"
 #include "classfile/javaClasses.hpp"