--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp	Fri Feb 24 18:30:42 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp	Mon Feb 27 13:10:13 2012 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "oops/markOop.hpp"
 #include "oops/methodOop.hpp"
 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
+#include "prims/methodHandles.hpp"
 #include "runtime/frame.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/handles.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/javaCalls.hpp"
@@ -656,13 +657,15 @@
   return &interpreter_frame_tos_address()[index];
 }
 
-#ifdef ASSERT
+#ifndef PRODUCT
 
 #define DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(name) \
   values.describe(frame_no, fp() + frame::name##_offset, #name)
 
 void frame::describe_pd(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
-  if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
+  if (is_ricochet_frame()) {
+    MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::describe(this, values, frame_no);
+  } else if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_sender_sp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_last_sp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_method);
@@ -672,7 +675,6 @@
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_bcx);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_initial_sp);
   }
-
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -680,3 +682,21 @@
   // used to reset the saved FP
   return fp();
 }
+
+intptr_t* frame::real_fp() const {
+  if (_cb != NULL) {
+    // use the frame size if valid
+    int size = _cb->frame_size();
+    if ((size > 0) &&
+        (! is_ricochet_frame())) {
+      // Work-around: ricochet explicitly excluded because frame size is not
+      // constant for the ricochet blob but its frame_size could not, for
+      // some reasons, be declared as <= 0. This potentially confusing
+      // size declaration should be fixed as another CR.
+      return unextended_sp() + size;
+    }
+  }
+  // else rely on fp()
+  assert(! is_compiled_frame(), "unknown compiled frame size");
+  return fp();
+}