--- old/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/jniHandles.hpp	2009-10-08 17:31:02.000000000 +0100
+++ new/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/jniHandles.hpp	2009-10-08 17:31:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 
 class JNIHandleBlock : public CHeapObj {
   friend class VMStructs;
+  friend class CppInterpreter;
+
  private:
   enum SomeConstants {
     block_size_in_oops  = 32                    // Number of handles per handle block
@@ -126,9 +128,11 @@
   // Fill block with bad_handle values
   void zap();
 
+ protected:
   // No more handles in the both the current and following blocks
   void clear() { _top = 0; }
 
+ private:
   // Free list computation
   void rebuild_free_list();