--- a/src/share/vm/opto/block.cpp	Mon Mar 09 13:34:00 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/block.cpp	Thu Mar 12 18:16:36 2009 -0700
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 }
 
 //------------------------------has_uncommon_code------------------------------
-// Return true if the block's code implies that it is not likely to be
+// Return true if the block's code implies that it is likely to be
 // executed infrequently.  Check to see if the block ends in a Halt or
 // a low probability call.
 bool Block::has_uncommon_code() const {
@@ -909,6 +909,10 @@
               !(n->jvms() != NULL && n->jvms()->is_monitor_use(k)) ) {
             assert( b->find_node(def) < j, "uses must follow definitions" );
           }
+          if( def->is_SafePointScalarObject() ) {
+            assert(_bbs[def->_idx] == b, "SafePointScalarObject Node should be at the same block as its SafePoint node");
+            assert(_bbs[def->_idx] == _bbs[def->in(0)->_idx], "SafePointScalarObject Node should be at the same block as its control edge");
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1307,7 +1311,7 @@
       }
     } else if (e->state() == CFGEdge::open) {
       // Append traces, even without a fall-thru connection.
-      // But leave root entry at the begining of the block list.
+      // But leave root entry at the beginning of the block list.
       if (targ_trace != trace(_cfg._broot)) {
         e->set_state(CFGEdge::connected);
         src_trace->append(targ_trace);
@@ -1430,7 +1434,7 @@
     }
 
     // Backbranch to the top of a trace
-    // Scroll foward through the trace from the targ_block. If we find
+    // Scroll forward through the trace from the targ_block. If we find
     // a loop head before another loop top, use the the loop head alignment.
     for (Block *b = targ_block; b != NULL; b = next(b)) {
       if (b->has_loop_alignment()) {