--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/compile.cpp	Fri Feb 18 10:07:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/compile.cpp	Tue Apr 05 19:14:03 2011 -0700
@@ -2050,6 +2050,52 @@
   // Note that OffsetBot and OffsetTop are very negative.
 }
 
+// Eliminate trivially redundant StoreCMs and accumulate their
+// precedence edges.
+static void eliminate_redundant_card_marks(Node* n) {
+  assert(n->Opcode() == Op_StoreCM, "expected StoreCM");
+  if (n->in(MemNode::Address)->outcnt() > 1) {
+    // There are multiple users of the same address so it might be
+    // possible to eliminate some of the StoreCMs
+    Node* mem = n->in(MemNode::Memory);
+    Node* adr = n->in(MemNode::Address);
+    Node* val = n->in(MemNode::ValueIn);
+    Node* prev = n;
+    bool done = false;
+    // Walk the chain of StoreCMs eliminating ones that match.  As
+    // long as it's a chain of single users then the optimization is
+    // safe.  Eliminating partially redundant StoreCMs would require
+    // cloning copies down the other paths.
+    while (mem->Opcode() == Op_StoreCM && mem->outcnt() == 1 && !done) {
+      if (adr == mem->in(MemNode::Address) &&
+          val == mem->in(MemNode::ValueIn)) {
+        // redundant StoreCM
+        if (mem->req() > MemNode::OopStore) {
+          // Hasn't been processed by this code yet.
+          n->add_prec(mem->in(MemNode::OopStore));
+        } else {
+          // Already converted to precedence edge
+          for (uint i = mem->req(); i < mem->len(); i++) {
+            // Accumulate any precedence edges
+            if (mem->in(i) != NULL) {
+              n->add_prec(mem->in(i));
+            }
+          }
+          // Everything above this point has been processed.
+          done = true;
+        }
+        // Eliminate the previous StoreCM
+        prev->set_req(MemNode::Memory, mem->in(MemNode::Memory));
+        assert(mem->outcnt() == 0, "should be dead");
+        mem->disconnect_inputs(NULL);
+      } else {
+        prev = mem;
+      }
+      mem = prev->in(MemNode::Memory);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 //------------------------------final_graph_reshaping_impl----------------------
 // Implement items 1-5 from final_graph_reshaping below.
 static void final_graph_reshaping_impl( Node *n, Final_Reshape_Counts &frc ) {
@@ -2176,9 +2222,19 @@
     frc.inc_float_count();
     goto handle_mem;
 
+  case Op_StoreCM:
+    {
+      // Convert OopStore dependence into precedence edge
+      Node* prec = n->in(MemNode::OopStore);
+      n->del_req(MemNode::OopStore);
+      n->add_prec(prec);
+      eliminate_redundant_card_marks(n);
+    }
+
+    // fall through
+
   case Op_StoreB:
   case Op_StoreC:
-  case Op_StoreCM:
   case Op_StorePConditional:
   case Op_StoreI:
   case Op_StoreL: