diff -r 1709e0e0b87c -r e3a2b513713a hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp	Thu Feb 20 16:38:45 2014 -0500
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp	Sat Feb 22 10:22:05 2014 +0100
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
   _ClassCastException_instance = NULL;
   _the_null_string = NULL;
   _the_min_jint_string = NULL;
+
+  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint = false;
+  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables = false;
+  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions = false;
+  _jvmti_can_pop_frame = false;
 }
 
 ciEnv::ciEnv(Arena* arena) {
@@ -186,6 +191,11 @@
   _ClassCastException_instance = NULL;
   _the_null_string = NULL;
   _the_min_jint_string = NULL;
+
+  _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint = false;
+  _jvmti_can_access_local_variables = false;
+  _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions = false;
+  _jvmti_can_pop_frame = false;
 }
 
 ciEnv::~ciEnv() {
@@ -205,6 +215,31 @@
   _jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint = JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint();
   _jvmti_can_access_local_variables     = JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables();
   _jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions         = JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions();
+  _jvmti_can_pop_frame                  = JvmtiExport::can_pop_frame();
+}
+
+bool ciEnv::should_retain_local_variables() const {
+  return _jvmti_can_access_local_variables || _jvmti_can_pop_frame;
+}
+
+bool ciEnv::jvmti_state_changed() const {
+  if (!_jvmti_can_access_local_variables &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!_jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!_jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (!_jvmti_can_pop_frame &&
+      JvmtiExport::can_pop_frame()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -940,13 +975,7 @@
     No_Safepoint_Verifier nsv;
 
     // Change in Jvmti state may invalidate compilation.
-    if (!failing() &&
-        ( (!jvmti_can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint() &&
-           JvmtiExport::can_hotswap_or_post_breakpoint()) ||
-          (!jvmti_can_access_local_variables() &&
-           JvmtiExport::can_access_local_variables()) ||
-          (!jvmti_can_post_on_exceptions() &&
-           JvmtiExport::can_post_on_exceptions()) )) {
+    if (!failing() && jvmti_state_changed()) {
       record_failure("Jvmti state change invalidated dependencies");
     }