--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/GraalCompiler.java	Wed Jul 18 13:49:51 2012 -0700
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/GraalCompiler.java	Thu Jul 19 00:27:17 2012 +0200
@@ -140,12 +140,8 @@
                 new PropagateTypeCachePhase(target, runtime, assumptions).apply(graph);
             }
 
-            if (GraalOptions.CheckCastElimination) {
-                new CheckCastEliminationPhase().apply(graph);
-            }
-
-            if (GraalOptions.OptCanonicalizer) {
-                new CanonicalizerPhase(target, runtime, assumptions).apply(graph);
+            if (GraalOptions.CheckCastElimination && GraalOptions.OptCanonicalizer) {
+                new IterativeCheckCastEliminationPhase(target, runtime, assumptions).apply(graph);
             }
         }
 
@@ -199,11 +195,8 @@
         }
         new RemoveValueProxyPhase().apply(graph);
 
-        if (GraalOptions.CheckCastElimination) {
-            new CheckCastEliminationPhase().apply(graph);
-        }
-        if (GraalOptions.OptCanonicalizer) {
-            new CanonicalizerPhase(target, runtime, assumptions).apply(graph);
+        if (GraalOptions.CheckCastElimination && GraalOptions.OptCanonicalizer) {
+            new IterativeCheckCastEliminationPhase(target, runtime, assumptions).apply(graph);
         }
 
         plan.runPhases(PhasePosition.MID_LEVEL, graph);

--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/phases/CheckCastEliminationPhase.java	Wed Jul 18 13:49:51 2012 -0700
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/phases/CheckCastEliminationPhase.java	Thu Jul 19 00:27:17 2012 +0200
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@
     private static final DebugMetric metricGuardsReplaced = Debug.metric("GuardsReplaced");
 
     private StructuredGraph graph;
+    private boolean graphModified;
 
     @Override
     protected void run(StructuredGraph inputGraph) {
         graph = inputGraph;
+        graphModified = false;
         new EliminateCheckCasts(graph.start(), new State()).apply();
     }
 
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@
                     BooleanNode condition = guard.condition();
                     ValueNode existingGuards = guard.negated() ? state.falseConditions.get(condition) : state.trueConditions.get(condition);
                     if (existingGuards != null) {
+                        graphModified = true;
                         guard.replaceAtUsages(existingGuards);
                         GraphUtil.killWithUnusedFloatingInputs(guard);
                         metricGuardsReplaced.increment();
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@
                                 removeCheck = true;
                             }
                             if (removeCheck) {
+                                graphModified = true;
                                 metricNullCheckGuardRemoved.increment();
                             }
                         }
@@ -342,6 +346,7 @@
                     piNode = graph.unique(new PiNode(checkCast.object(), lastBegin, nonNull ? StampFactory.declaredNonNull(type) : StampFactory.declared(type)));
                     checkCast.replaceAtUsages(piNode);
                     graph.removeFixed(checkCast);
+                    graphModified = true;
                     metricCheckCastRemoved.increment();
                 }
             } else if (node instanceof IfNode) {
@@ -382,6 +387,7 @@
                     }
                 }
                 if (replaceWith != null) {
+                    graphModified = true;
                     ifNode.setCompare(replaceWith);
                     if (compare.usages().isEmpty()) {
                         GraphUtil.killWithUnusedFloatingInputs(compare);
@@ -391,4 +397,8 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean wasGraphModfied() {
+        return graphModified;
+    }
+
 }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.compiler/src/com/oracle/graal/compiler/phases/IterativeCheckCastEliminationPhase.java	Thu Jul 19 00:27:17 2012 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.graal.compiler.phases;
+
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.spi.*;
+
+
+public class IterativeCheckCastEliminationPhase extends Phase {
+    private final TargetDescription target;
+    private final GraalCodeCacheProvider runtime;
+    private final Assumptions assumptions;
+
+    public IterativeCheckCastEliminationPhase(TargetDescription target, GraalCodeCacheProvider runtime, Assumptions assumptions) {
+        this.target = target;
+        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+        this.runtime = runtime;
+        this.assumptions = assumptions;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void run(StructuredGraph graph) {
+        CheckCastEliminationPhase eliminate = new CheckCastEliminationPhase();
+        CanonicalizerPhase canon = new CanonicalizerPhase(target, runtime, assumptions);
+        while (true) {
+            eliminate.apply(graph);
+            if (!eliminate.wasGraphModfied()) {
+                break;
+            }
+            canon.apply(graph);
+        }
+    }
+
+}