--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/BeginNode.java	Fri May 02 12:02:27 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/BeginNode.java	Fri May 02 14:47:09 2014 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.graph.spi.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.extended.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.spi.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.util.*;
 
 @NodeInfo(allowedUsageTypes = {InputType.Guard, InputType.Anchor})
 public class BeginNode extends FixedWithNextNode implements LIRLowerable, Simplifiable, GuardingNode, AnchoringNode, IterableNodeType {
@@ -69,12 +70,8 @@
     }
 
     public static BeginNode prevBegin(FixedNode from) {
-        Node prevBegin = from;
-        while (prevBegin != null) {
-            if (prevBegin instanceof BeginNode) {
-                return (BeginNode) prevBegin;
-            }
-            prevBegin = prevBegin.predecessor();
+        for (BeginNode begin : GraphUtil.predecessorIterable(from).filter(BeginNode.class)) {
+            return begin;
         }
         return null;
     }

--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/util/GraphUtil.java	Fri May 02 12:02:27 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/util/GraphUtil.java	Fri May 02 14:47:09 2014 +0200
@@ -409,4 +409,32 @@
             return true;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an iterator that will return the given node followed by all its predecessors, up
+     * until the point where {@link Node#predecessor()} returns null;
+     *
+     * @param start the node at which to start iterating
+     */
+    public static NodeIterable<FixedNode> predecessorIterable(final FixedNode start) {
+        return new NodeIterable<FixedNode>() {
+            public Iterator<FixedNode> iterator() {
+                return new Iterator<FixedNode>() {
+                    public FixedNode current = start;
+
+                    public boolean hasNext() {
+                        return current != null;
+                    }
+
+                    public FixedNode next() {
+                        try {
+                            return current;
+                        } finally {
+                            current = (FixedNode) current.predecessor();
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }

--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.phases.common/src/com/oracle/graal/phases/common/ConvertDeoptimizeToGuardPhase.java	Fri May 02 12:02:27 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.phases.common/src/com/oracle/graal/phases/common/ConvertDeoptimizeToGuardPhase.java	Fri May 02 14:47:09 2014 +0200
@@ -35,27 +35,20 @@
 /**
  * This phase will find branches which always end with a {@link DeoptimizeNode} and replace their
  * {@link ControlSplitNode ControlSplitNodes} with {@link FixedGuardNode FixedGuardNodes}.
- * 
+ *
  * This is useful because {@link FixedGuardNode FixedGuardNodes} will be lowered to
  * {@link GuardNode GuardNodes} which can later be optimized more aggressively than control-flow
  * constructs.
- * 
+ *
  * This is currently only done for branches that start from a {@link IfNode}. If it encounters a
  * branch starting at an other kind of {@link ControlSplitNode}, it will only bring the
  * {@link DeoptimizeNode} as close to the {@link ControlSplitNode} as possible.
- * 
+ *
  */
 public class ConvertDeoptimizeToGuardPhase extends Phase {
 
     private static BeginNode findBeginNode(FixedNode startNode) {
-        Node n = startNode;
-        while (true) {
-            if (n instanceof BeginNode) {
-                return (BeginNode) n;
-            } else {
-                n = n.predecessor();
-            }
-        }
+        return GraphUtil.predecessorIterable(startNode).filter(BeginNode.class).first();
     }
 
     @Override

--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.phases.common/src/com/oracle/graal/phases/common/inlining/InliningUtil.java	Fri May 02 12:02:27 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.phases.common/src/com/oracle/graal/phases/common/inlining/InliningUtil.java	Fri May 02 14:47:09 2014 +0200
@@ -1293,17 +1293,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    static MonitorExitNode findPrecedingMonitorExit(UnwindNode unwind) {
-        Node pred = unwind.predecessor();
-        while (pred != null) {
-            if (pred instanceof MonitorExitNode) {
-                return (MonitorExitNode) pred;
-            }
-            pred = pred.predecessor();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Performs an actual inlining, thereby replacing the given invoke with the given inlineGraph.
      *