*** old/src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp	Tue Nov 27 18:44:58 2012
--- new/src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp	Tue Nov 27 18:44:58 2012

*** 2318,2328 ****
--- 2318,2328 ----
          assert(phi->_idx >= nodes_size(), "only new Phi per instance memory slice");
          return phi->as_Phi();
        }
      }
    }
!   if ((int)C->unique() + 2*NodeLimitFudgeFactor > MaxNodeLimit) {
!   if ((int) (C->live_nodes() + 2*NodeLimitFudgeFactor) > MaxNodeLimit) {
      if (C->do_escape_analysis() == true && !C->failing()) {
        // Retry compilation without escape analysis.
        // If this is the first failure, the sentinel string will "stick"
        // to the Compile object, and the C2Compiler will see it and retry.
        C->record_failure(C2Compiler::retry_no_escape_analysis());