diff -r 66c5dadb4d61 -r 0e35fa8ebccd src/share/vm/opto/c2compiler.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/c2compiler.cpp	Fri Jul 30 10:21:15 2010 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/c2compiler.cpp	Tue Aug 03 15:55:03 2010 -0700
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@
   if (!is_initialized()) {
     initialize();
   }
-  bool subsume_loads = true;
+  bool subsume_loads = SubsumeLoads;
   bool do_escape_analysis = DoEscapeAnalysis &&
     !env->jvmti_can_access_local_variables();
   while (!env->failing()) {
     // Attempt to compile while subsuming loads into machine instructions.
     Compile C(env, this, target, entry_bci, subsume_loads, do_escape_analysis);
 
+
     // Check result and retry if appropriate.
     if (C.failure_reason() != NULL) {
       if (C.failure_reason_is(retry_no_subsuming_loads())) {
@@ -127,6 +128,16 @@
       // on the ciEnv via env->record_method_not_compilable().
       env->record_failure(C.failure_reason());
     }
+    if (StressRecompilation) {
+      if (subsume_loads) {
+        subsume_loads = false;
+        continue;  // retry
+      }
+      if (do_escape_analysis) {
+        do_escape_analysis = false;
+        continue;  // retry
+      }
+    }
 
     // No retry; just break the loop.
     break;