--- a/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/code/PCDesc.java	Wed Aug 19 19:05:18 2009 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/code/PCDesc.java	Thu Aug 20 12:42:57 2009 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2000-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 public class PCDesc extends VMObject {
   private static CIntegerField pcOffsetField;
   private static CIntegerField scopeDecodeOffsetField;
+  private static CIntegerField pcFlagsField;
 
   static {
     VM.registerVMInitializedObserver(new Observer() {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 
     pcOffsetField          = type.getCIntegerField("_pc_offset");
     scopeDecodeOffsetField = type.getCIntegerField("_scope_decode_offset");
+    pcFlagsField           = type.getCIntegerField("_flags");
   }
 
   public PCDesc(Address addr) {
@@ -70,6 +72,12 @@
     return code.instructionsBegin().addOffsetTo(getPCOffset());
   }
 
+
+  public boolean getReexecute() {
+    int flags = (int)pcFlagsField.getValue(addr);
+    return ((flags & 0x1)== 1); //first is the reexecute bit
+  }
+
   public void print(NMethod code) {
     printOn(System.out, code);
   }