*** old/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp	Mon Apr 20 12:36:11 2009
--- new/src/share/vm/opto/chaitin.cpp	Mon Apr 20 12:36:11 2009

*** 1421,1441 ****
--- 1421,1454 ----
    // See if this happens to be a base.
    // NOTE: we use TypePtr instead of TypeOopPtr because we can have
    // pointers derived from NULL!  These are always along paths that
    // can't happen at run-time but the optimizer cannot deduce it so
    // we have to handle it gracefully.
+   assert(!derived->bottom_type()->isa_narrowoop() ||
+           derived->bottom_type()->make_ptr()->is_ptr()->_offset == 0, "sanity");
    const TypePtr *tj = derived->bottom_type()->isa_ptr();
    // If its an OOP with a non-zero offset, then it is derived.
!   if( tj == NULL || tj->_offset == 0 ) {
      derived_base_map[derived->_idx] = derived;
      return derived;
    }
+   Block *b = _cfg._bbs[derived->_idx];
    // Derived is NULL+offset?  Base is NULL!
    if( derived->is_Con() ) {
-     Node *base = new (C, 1) ConPNode( TypePtr::NULL_PTR );
      uint no_lidx = 0;  // an unmatched constant in debug info has no LRG
!     _names.extend(base->_idx, no_lidx);
+     base = _matcher.machConP0();
!     assert(base != NULL, "sanity");
+     if (base->in(0) == NULL) {
+       // Initialize it once and make it shared:
+       // set control to _root and place it into Start block
+       // (where top() node is placed).
+       base->init_req(0, _cfg._root);
+       Block *startb = _cfg._bbs[C->top()->_idx];
+       startb->_nodes.insert(startb->find_node(C->top()), base );
+       _cfg._bbs.map( base->_idx, startb );
+     }
+     new_lrg(base, maxlrg++);
      derived_base_map[derived->_idx] = base;
      return base;
    }
  
    // Check for AddP-related opcodes

*** 1458,1473 ****
--- 1471,1489 ----
      derived_base_map[derived->_idx] = base;
      return base;
    }
  
    // Now we see we need a base-Phi here to merge the bases
!   base = new (C, derived->req()) PhiNode( derived->in(0), base->bottom_type() );
    for( i = 1; i < derived->req(); i++ )
!   const Type *t = base->bottom_type();
+   base = new (C, derived->req()) PhiNode( derived->in(0), t );
+   for( i = 1; i < derived->req(); i++ ) {
      base->init_req(i, find_base_for_derived(derived_base_map, derived->in(i), maxlrg));
+     t = t->meet(base->in(i)->bottom_type());
+   }
+   base->as_Phi()->set_type(t);
  
    // Search the current block for an existing base-Phi
    Block *b = _cfg._bbs[derived->_idx];
    for( i = 1; i <= b->end_idx(); i++ ) {// Search for matching Phi
      Node *phi = b->_nodes[i];
      if( !phi->is_Phi() ) {      // Found end of Phis with no match?
        b->_nodes.insert( i, base ); // Must insert created Phi here as base
        _cfg._bbs.map( base->_idx, b );

*** 1558,1567 ****
--- 1574,1585 ----
          while ((neighbor = elements.next()) != 0) {
            // Find reaching DEF for base and derived values
            // This works because we are still in SSA during this call.
            Node *derived = lrgs(neighbor)._def;
            const TypePtr *tj = derived->bottom_type()->isa_ptr();
+           assert(!derived->bottom_type()->isa_narrowoop() ||
+                   derived->bottom_type()->make_ptr()->is_ptr()->_offset == 0, "sanity");
            // If its an OOP with a non-zero offset, then it is derived.
            if( tj && tj->_offset != 0 && tj->isa_oop_ptr() ) {
              Node *base = find_base_for_derived( derived_base_map, derived, maxlrg );
              assert( base->_idx < _names.Size(), "" );
              // Add reaching DEFs of derived pointer and base pointer as a