--- a/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.hpp	Wed Jul 27 17:24:11 2011 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.hpp	Wed Jul 27 17:32:44 2011 -0700
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 class nmethod : public CodeBlob {
   friend class VMStructs;
   friend class NMethodSweeper;
-  friend class CodeCache;  // non-perm oops
+  friend class CodeCache;  // scavengable oops
  private:
   // Shared fields for all nmethod's
   methodOop _method;
@@ -466,17 +466,17 @@
   bool is_at_poll_return(address pc);
   bool is_at_poll_or_poll_return(address pc);
 
-  // Non-perm oop support
+  // Scavengable oop support
   bool  on_scavenge_root_list() const                  { return (_scavenge_root_state & 1) != 0; }
  protected:
-  enum { npl_on_list = 0x01, npl_marked = 0x10 };
-  void  set_on_scavenge_root_list()                    { _scavenge_root_state = npl_on_list; }
+  enum { sl_on_list = 0x01, sl_marked = 0x10 };
+  void  set_on_scavenge_root_list()                    { _scavenge_root_state = sl_on_list; }
   void  clear_on_scavenge_root_list()                  { _scavenge_root_state = 0; }
   // assertion-checking and pruning logic uses the bits of _scavenge_root_state
 #ifndef PRODUCT
-  void  set_scavenge_root_marked()                     { _scavenge_root_state |= npl_marked; }
-  void  clear_scavenge_root_marked()                   { _scavenge_root_state &= ~npl_marked; }
-  bool  scavenge_root_not_marked()                     { return (_scavenge_root_state &~ npl_on_list) == 0; }
+  void  set_scavenge_root_marked()                     { _scavenge_root_state |= sl_marked; }
+  void  clear_scavenge_root_marked()                   { _scavenge_root_state &= ~sl_marked; }
+  bool  scavenge_root_not_marked()                     { return (_scavenge_root_state &~ sl_on_list) == 0; }
   // N.B. there is no positive marked query, and we only use the not_marked query for asserts.
 #endif //PRODUCT
   nmethod* scavenge_root_link() const                  { return _scavenge_root_link; }