Running the merlin_beta tree as of 1/23/01 (midday), the Java2Demo fails.

java -server -verbosegc -Xcomp -Xbatch -jar Java2Demo.jar -runs=2

Gets a matcher failure (Paul Hohensee told me he's working on that),
and at a later point, C2 thrashes, recursing in this area:
  [4] Node_Array::grow(0xf2000c6c, 0x0, 0x800000, 0xf2000c6c, 0x26d98524, 0x26d98524), at 0xfe0f2120
  [5] PhaseIdealLoop::split_up(0xb63081, 0x26d98524, 0xb62404, 0xb6274c, 0x0, 0x26d984e8), at 0xfe12a7b4
  [6] PhaseIdealLoop::split_up(0x2, 0x5ee, 0xb62404, 0x63b268, 0xd4fa8, 0xb63080), at 0xfe129bec
=>[7] PhaseIdealLoop::split_up(0x2, 0x5ef, 0xb62404, 0x63b28c, 0x4c5138, 0xb63080), at 0xfe129bec
  [8] PhaseIdealLoop::do_split_if(0xf2000c6c, 0x7, 0x0, 0xb60e38, 0xb62404, 0xfe50ad00), at 0xfe1de330
  [9] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks_post(0x412444, 0xf2000c64, 0xb62c1c, 0xf2000c5c, 0xb62c44, 0xb63080), at 0xfe0bbeec
  [10] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x3, 0xb625ac, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x93, 0x71), at 0xfe0b5480
  [11] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x7, 0xb62404, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x27, 0xd3), at 0xfe0b5480
  [12] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x2, 0xb610f0, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x26, 0xcc), at 0xfe0b5480
  [13] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x1, 0xb60e7c, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0xf2000c6c, 0xf2000c5c), at 0xfe0b5480
  [14] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x1, 0xb60e38, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x22, 0xb5f668), at 0xfe0b5480
  [15] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x1, 0xb5fad0, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x92, 0xd), at 0xfe0b5480
  [16] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x4, 0xb5f668, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x2000, 0x0), at 0xfe0b5480
  [17] PhaseIdealLoop::split_if_with_blocks(0x3, 0xad1180, 0xf2000c5c, 0xf2000bc8, 0x0, 0xb85a21), at 0xfe0b5480
  [18] PhaseIdealLoop::PhaseIdealLoop(0xf2000bb8, 0x1, 0x0, 0x0, 0xad11c4, 0xf2000cb0), at 0xfe1a2a38
  [19] Compile::Optimize(0xf2001378, 0xfe49c000, 0xf2001378, 0x8f7478, 0xb5f668, 0x16), at 0xfe1e5ea0

Eventually the system runs out of memory and vm_exit_out_of_memory is called.
I'm not sure which method compilation causes the failure. I believe the
error only occurs when running -Xcomp.

See also bug 4407227 (vm_exit_out_of_memory was doing its own recursion as
it attempted to allocate more memory).