--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Tue Nov 10 11:32:48 2009 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Fri Nov 13 11:55:26 2009 -0800
@@ -1516,8 +1516,31 @@
       (end_time_sec - _recent_prev_end_times_for_all_gcs_sec->oldest()) * 1000.0;
     update_recent_gc_times(end_time_sec, elapsed_ms);
     _recent_avg_pause_time_ratio = _recent_gc_times_ms->sum()/interval_ms;
-    // using 1.01 to account for floating point inaccuracies
-    assert(recent_avg_pause_time_ratio() < 1.01, "All GC?");
+    if (recent_avg_pause_time_ratio() < 0.0 ||
+        (recent_avg_pause_time_ratio() - 1.0 > 0.0)) {
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+      // Dump info to allow post-facto debugging
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("recent_avg_pause_time_ratio() out of bounds");
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("-------------------------------------------");
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Recent GC Times (ms):");
+      _recent_gc_times_ms->dump();
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("(End Time=%3.3f) Recent GC End Times (s):", end_time_sec);
+      _recent_prev_end_times_for_all_gcs_sec->dump();
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("GC = %3.3f, Interval = %3.3f, Ratio = %3.3f",
+                             _recent_gc_times_ms->sum(), interval_ms, recent_avg_pause_time_ratio());
+      // TEMPORARY: In debug mode, terminate the JVM, so nightly testing explicitly
+      // flags the sighting by failing the test.
+      assert(false, "Debugging data for CR 6898948 has been dumped above");
+#else  // PRODUCT
+      // Clip ratio between 0.0 and 1.0
+      if (_recent_avg_pause_time_ratio < 0.0) {
+        _recent_avg_pause_time_ratio = 0.0;
+      } else {
+        assert(_recent_avg_pause_time_ratio - 1.0 > 0.0, "Ctl-point invariant");
+        _recent_avg_pause_time_ratio = 1.0;
+      }
+#endif  // PRODUCT
+    }
   }
 
   if (G1PolicyVerbose > 1) {

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/numberSeq.cpp	Tue Nov 10 11:32:48 2009 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/numberSeq.cpp	Fri Nov 13 11:55:26 2009 -0800
@@ -241,3 +241,33 @@
 
   return b0 + b1 * num;
 }
+
+
+// Printing/Debugging Support
+
+void AbsSeq::dump() { dump_on(gclog_or_tty); }
+
+void AbsSeq::dump_on(outputStream* s) {
+  s->print_cr("\t _num = %d, _sum = %7.3f, _sum_of_squares = %7.3f",
+                  _num,      _sum,         _sum_of_squares);
+  s->print_cr("\t _davg = %7.3f, _dvariance = %7.3f, _alpha = %7.3f",
+                  _davg,         _dvariance,         _alpha);
+}
+
+void NumberSeq::dump_on(outputStream* s) {
+  AbsSeq::dump_on(s);
+  s->print_cr("\t\t _last = %7.3f, _maximum = %7.3f");
+}
+
+void TruncatedSeq::dump_on(outputStream* s) {
+  AbsSeq::dump_on(s);
+  s->print_cr("\t\t _length = %d, _next = %d", _length, _next);
+  for (int i = 0; i < _length; i++) {
+    if (i%5 == 0) {
+      s->cr();
+      s->print("\t");
+    }
+    s->print("\t[%d]=%7.3f", i, _sequence[i]);
+  }
+  s->print_cr("");
+}

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/numberSeq.hpp	Tue Nov 10 11:32:48 2009 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/numberSeq.hpp	Fri Nov 13 11:55:26 2009 -0800
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
   double davg() const; // decaying average
   double dvariance() const; // decaying variance
   double dsd() const; // decaying "standard deviation"
+
+  // Debugging/Printing
+  virtual void dump();
+  virtual void dump_on(outputStream* s);
 };
 
 class NumberSeq: public AbsSeq {
@@ -91,6 +95,9 @@
   virtual void add(double val);
   virtual double maximum() const { return _maximum; }
   virtual double last() const { return _last; }
+
+  // Debugging/Printing
+  virtual void dump_on(outputStream* s);
 };
 
 class TruncatedSeq: public AbsSeq {
@@ -114,4 +121,7 @@
 
   double oldest() const; // the oldest valid value in the sequence
   double predict_next() const; // prediction based on linear regression
+
+  // Debugging/Printing
+  virtual void dump_on(outputStream* s);
 };