*** old/src/share/vm/compiler/compilerOracle.cpp	Wed Jan 21 16:02:35 2015
--- new/src/share/vm/compiler/compilerOracle.cpp	Wed Jan 21 16:02:35 2015

*** 687,696 ****
--- 687,703 ----
      jio_snprintf(errorbuf, sizeof(errorbuf), "  Flag name for type %s should be alphanumeric ", type);
    }
    return NULL;
  }
  
+ int skip_whitespace(char* line) {
+   // Skip any leading spaces
+   int whitespace_read = 0;
+   sscanf(line, "%*[ \t]%n", &whitespace_read);
+   return whitespace_read;
+ }
+ 
  void CompilerOracle::parse_from_line(char* line) {
    if (line[0] == '\0') return;
    if (line[0] == '#')  return;
  
    bool have_colon = (strstr(line, "::") != NULL);

*** 753,771 ****
--- 760,772 ----
      Symbol* m_name = SymbolTable::new_symbol(method_name, CHECK);
      Symbol* signature = NULL;
  
      line += bytes_read;
  
      // Skip any leading spaces before signature
      int whitespace_read = 0;
      sscanf(line, "%*[ \t]%n", &whitespace_read);
      if (whitespace_read > 0) {
        line += whitespace_read;
      }
  
      // there might be a signature following the method.
      // signatures always begin with ( so match that by hand
+     line += skip_whitespace(line);
      if (1 == sscanf(line, "(%254[[);/" RANGEBASE "]%n", sig + 1, &bytes_read)) {
        sig[0] = '(';
        line += bytes_read;
        signature = SymbolTable::new_symbol(sig, CHECK);
      }

*** 784,794 ****
--- 785,797 ----
        // Type (2) is used to support options with a value. Values can have the
        // the following types: intx, uintx, bool, ccstr, ccstrlist, and double.
        //
        // For future extensions: extend scan_flag_and_value()
        char option[256]; // stores flag for Type (1) and type of Type (2)
        while (sscanf(line, "%*[ \t]%255[a-zA-Z0-9]%n", option, &bytes_read) == 1) {
+ 
+       line += skip_whitespace(line);
+       while (sscanf(line, "%255[a-zA-Z0-9]%n", option, &bytes_read) == 1) {
          if (match != NULL && !_quiet) {
            // Print out the last match added
            ttyLocker ttyl;
            tty->print("CompileCommand: %s ", command_names[command]);
            match->print();

*** 814,823 ****
--- 817,827 ----
            line += bytes_read;
          } else {
            // Type (1) option
            match = add_option_string(c_name, c_match, m_name, m_match, signature, option, true);
          }
+         line += skip_whitespace(line);
        } // while(
      } else {
        match = add_predicate(command, c_name, c_match, m_name, m_match, signature);
      }
    }