--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodOop.hpp	Tue Jun 12 16:23:31 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/methodOop.hpp	Wed Jun 13 11:36:03 2012 -0700
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
   // C string, for the purpose of providing more useful NoSuchMethodErrors
   // and fatal error handling. The string is allocated in resource
   // area if a buffer is not provided by the caller.
-  char* name_and_sig_as_C_string();
-  char* name_and_sig_as_C_string(char* buf, int size);
+  char* name_and_sig_as_C_string() const;
+  char* name_and_sig_as_C_string(char* buf, int size) const;
 
   // Static routine in the situations we don't have a methodOop
   static char* name_and_sig_as_C_string(Klass* klass, Symbol* method_name, Symbol* signature);