diff -r 2a355fa03145 -r 9981851b4b8c hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Mon May 02 10:51:36 2011 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Mon May 02 18:53:37 2011 -0700
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "compiler/compileBroker.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/interpreter.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/linkResolver.hpp"
+#include "interpreter/oopMapCache.hpp"
 #include "jvmtifiles/jvmtiEnv.hpp"
 #include "memory/oopFactory.hpp"
 #include "memory/universe.inline.hpp"
@@ -2860,6 +2861,25 @@
 }
 
 
+// Print or validate the layout of stack frames
+void JavaThread::print_frame_layout(int depth, bool validate_only) {
+  ResourceMark rm;
+  PRESERVE_EXCEPTION_MARK;
+  FrameValues values;
+  int frame_no = 0;
+  for(StackFrameStream fst(this, false); !fst.is_done(); fst.next()) {
+    fst.current()->describe(values, ++frame_no);
+    if (depth == frame_no) break;
+  }
+  if (validate_only) {
+    values.validate();
+  } else {
+    tty->print_cr("[Describe stack layout]");
+    values.print();
+  }
+}
+
+
 void JavaThread::trace_stack_from(vframe* start_vf) {
   ResourceMark rm;
   int vframe_no = 1;