--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/callnode.hpp	Thu Nov 06 20:00:03 2008 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/callnode.hpp	Fri Nov 07 09:29:38 2008 -0800
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@
   uint n_fields()    const { return _n_fields; }
   DEBUG_ONLY(AllocateNode* alloc() const { return _alloc; })
 
+  // SafePointScalarObject should be always pinned to the control edge
+  // of the SafePoint node for which it was generated.
+  virtual bool pinned() const; // { return true; }
+
   virtual uint size_of() const { return sizeof(*this); }
 
   // Assumes that "this" is an argument to a safepoint node "s", and that