diff -r a9aea2b8010f -r b3d5b50e2289 hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Tue May 17 16:50:27 2011 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp	Tue May 17 19:11:51 2011 -0700
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "classfile/symbolTable.hpp"
 #include "interpreter/interpreter.hpp"
+#include "interpreter/oopMapCache.hpp"
 #include "memory/allocation.inline.hpp"
 #include "memory/oopFactory.hpp"
 #include "prims/methodHandles.hpp"
+#include "prims/methodHandleWalk.hpp"
 #include "runtime/javaCalls.hpp"
 #include "runtime/reflection.hpp"
 #include "runtime/signature.hpp"
@@ -2599,6 +2601,50 @@
   }
 }
 
+#ifdef ASSERT
+
+extern "C"
+void print_method_handle(oop mh);
+
+static void stress_method_handle_walk_impl(Handle mh, TRAPS) {
+  if (StressMethodHandleWalk) {
+    // Exercise the MethodHandleWalk code in various ways and validate
+    // the resulting method oop.  Some of these produce output so they
+    // are guarded under Verbose.
+    ResourceMark rm;
+    HandleMark hm;
+    if (Verbose) {
+      print_method_handle(mh());
+    }
+    TempNewSymbol name = SymbolTable::new_symbol("invoke", CHECK);
+    Handle mt = java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::type(mh());
+    TempNewSymbol signature = java_lang_invoke_MethodType::as_signature(mt(), true, CHECK);
+    MethodHandleCompiler mhc(mh, name, signature, 10000, false, CHECK);
+    methodHandle m = mhc.compile(CHECK);
+    if (Verbose) {
+      m->print_codes();
+    }
+    InterpreterOopMap mask;
+    OopMapCache::compute_one_oop_map(m, m->code_size() - 1, &mask);
+  }
+}
+
+static void stress_method_handle_walk(Handle mh, TRAPS) {
+  stress_method_handle_walk_impl(mh, THREAD);
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+    oop ex = PENDING_EXCEPTION;
+    CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
+    tty->print("StressMethodHandleWalk: ");
+    java_lang_Throwable::print(ex, tty);
+    tty->cr();
+  }
+}
+#else
+
+static void stress_method_handle_walk(Handle mh, TRAPS) {}
+
+#endif
+
 //
 // Here are the native methods on sun.invoke.MethodHandleImpl.
 // They are the private interface between this JVM and the HotSpot-specific
@@ -2666,6 +2712,7 @@
   }
 
   MethodHandles::init_DirectMethodHandle(mh, m, (do_dispatch != JNI_FALSE), CHECK);
+  stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
 }
 JVM_END
 
@@ -2694,11 +2741,11 @@
                                                        receiver_limit,
                                                        decode_flags,
                                                        CHECK);
-    return;
+  } else {
+    // Build a BMH on top of a DMH or another BMH:
+    MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, CHECK);
   }
-
-  // Build a BMH on top of a DMH or another BMH:
-  MethodHandles::init_BoundMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, CHECK);
+  stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
 }
 JVM_END
 
@@ -2716,6 +2763,7 @@
   assert(java_lang_invoke_MethodHandle::vmentry(mh()) == NULL, "must be safely null");
 
   MethodHandles::init_AdapterMethodHandle(mh, target, argnum, CHECK);
+  stress_method_handle_walk(mh, CHECK);
 }
 JVM_END