*** old/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Canonicalizer.cpp	Tue Mar  1 10:30:33 2011
--- new/src/share/vm/c1/c1_Canonicalizer.cpp	Tue Mar  1 10:30:33 2011

*** 207,217 ****
--- 207,217 ----
      case Bytecodes::_i2c: if (type == T_CHAR  || type == T_BYTE)  value = conv->value(); break;
      }
      // limit this optimization to current block
      if (value != NULL && in_current_block(conv)) {
        set_canonical(new StoreField(x->obj(), x->offset(), x->field(), value, x->is_static(),
!                                        x->state_before(), x->is_loaded(), x->is_initialized()));
!                                    x->state_before(), x->needs_patching()));
        return;
      }
    }
  
  }