*** old/src/share/vm/opto/compile.hpp	Fri Oct  3 11:15:59 2014
--- new/src/share/vm/opto/compile.hpp	Fri Oct  3 11:15:59 2014

*** 709,720 ****
--- 709,723 ----
    // Compilation environment.
    Arena*      comp_arena()           { return &_comp_arena; }
    ciEnv*      env() const            { return _env; }
    CompileLog* log() const            { return _log; }
    bool        failing() const        { return _env->failing() || _failure_reason != NULL; }
!   const char*       failure_reason() { return _failure_reason; }
    bool              failure_reason_is(const char* r) { return (r==_failure_reason) || (r!=NULL && _failure_reason!=NULL && strcmp(r, _failure_reason)==0); }
!   const char* failure_reason() const { return (_env->failing()) ? _env->failure_reason() : _failure_reason; }
+ 
+   bool failure_reason_is(const char* r) const {
+     return (r == _failure_reason) || (r != NULL && _failure_reason != NULL && strcmp(r, _failure_reason) == 0);
+   }
  
    void record_failure(const char* reason);
    void record_method_not_compilable(const char* reason, bool all_tiers = false) {
      // All bailouts cover "all_tiers" when TieredCompilation is off.
      if (!TieredCompilation) all_tiers = true;