-XX:-UseLoopSafepoints causes assert in C2 when compiling a method with a loop.
It happens on several platform (I tested sparc and sol-x86).
All releases have this problem (I tested 1.4.2, 1.5.0, 1.6.0).

% cat test.java
public class test {
  static int test(int l, int limit) {
    long j = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
      j += l;
    }
    return (int)j;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int i = test(5, 30000);
  }
}

% /java/re/jdk/1.6.0/latest/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/java_g -server -XX:-UseLoopSafepoints test
VM option '-UseLoopSafepoints'
# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/phaseX.cpp:756]
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# Internal Error (/BUILD_AREA/jdk6.0/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp, 756 [ Patched ]), pid=12547, tid=9
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.6.0-ea-b24-debug mixed mode)
#
# Error: assert(v_false,"Parse::remove_useless_nodes missed this node")
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid12547.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
Current thread is 9
Dumping core ...
Abort
% /java/re/jdk/1.5.0/latest/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/java_g -server -XX:-UseLoopSafepoints test
VM option '-UseLoopSafepoints'
# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/phaseX.cpp:756]
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# Internal Error (/BUILD_AREA/jdk1.5.0/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/phaseX.cpp, 756 [ Patched ]), pid=12550, tid=9
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.5.0-b64-debug mixed mode)
#
# Error: assert(v_false,"Parse::remove_useless_nodes missed this node")
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid12550.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
Current thread is 9
Dumping core ...
Abort


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