*** 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

*** 862,871 ****
--- 862,875 ----
    uint loop_count = 0;
  
    // 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);)
        assert(false, "infinite loop in PhaseIterGVN::optimize");
        C->record_method_not_compilable("infinite loop in PhaseIterGVN::optimize");