--- old/src/share/vm/opto/vectornode.cpp	Tue Sep 25 18:37:43 2012
+++ new/src/share/vm/opto/vectornode.cpp	Tue Sep 25 18:37:43 2012
@@ -316,6 +316,24 @@
   return NULL;
 }
 
+VectorNode* VectorNode::shift_count(Compile* C, Node* shift, Node* cnt, uint vlen, BasicType bt) {
+  assert(VectorNode::is_shift(shift) && !cnt->is_Con(), "only variable shift count");
+  // Match shift count type with shift vector type.
+  const TypeVect* vt = TypeVect::make(bt, vlen);
+  switch (shift->Opcode()) {
+  case Op_LShiftI:
+  case Op_LShiftL:
+    return new (C, 2) LShiftCntVNode(cnt, vt);
+  case Op_RShiftI:
+  case Op_RShiftL:
+  case Op_URShiftI:
+  case Op_URShiftL:
+    return new (C, 2) RShiftCntVNode(cnt, vt);
+  }
+  ShouldNotReachHere();
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 // Return initial Pack node. Additional operands added with add_opd() calls.
 PackNode* PackNode::make(Compile* C, Node* s, uint vlen, BasicType bt) {
   const TypeVect* vt = TypeVect::make(bt, vlen);
@@ -381,7 +399,6 @@
                                      Node* adr, const TypePtr* atyp, uint vlen, BasicType bt) {
   const TypeVect* vt = TypeVect::make(bt, vlen);
   return new (C, 3) LoadVectorNode(ctl, mem, adr, atyp, vt);
-  return NULL;
 }
 
 // Return the vector version of a scalar store node.