--- old/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp	Fri Sep 16 12:22:58 2011
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp	Fri Sep 16 12:22:57 2011
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@
   // Pull from worklist; transform node;
   // If node has changed: update edge info and put uses on worklist.
   while( _worklist.size() ) {
+    if (C->check_node_count(NodeLimitFudgeFactor * 2,
+                            "out of nodes optimizing method")) {
+      return;
+    }
     Node *n  = _worklist.pop();
     if (++loop_count >= K * C->unique()) {
       debug_only(n->dump(4);)