--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.hpp	Fri Nov 30 11:44:05 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/asm/codeBuffer.hpp	Fri Nov 30 15:23:16 2012 -0800
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 #ifndef SHARE_VM_ASM_CODEBUFFER_HPP
 #define SHARE_VM_ASM_CODEBUFFER_HPP
 
-#include "asm/assembler.hpp"
 #include "code/oopRecorder.hpp"
 #include "code/relocInfo.hpp"
 
-class  CodeComments;
-class  PhaseCFG;
-class  Compile;
-class  BufferBlob;
-class  CodeBuffer;
+class CodeComments;
+class PhaseCFG;
+class Compile;
+class BufferBlob;
+class CodeBuffer;
+class Label;
 
 class CodeOffsets: public StackObj {
 public:
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@
   int        locator(address addr) const;
   address    locator_address(int locator) const;
 
+  // Heuristic for pre-packing the taken/not-taken bit of a predicted branch.
+  bool is_backward_branch(Label& L);
+
   // Properties
   const char* name() const                  { return _name; }
   CodeBuffer* before_expand() const         { return _before_expand; }