diff -r f84125b6f69a -r 600c44255e5f src/share/vm/runtime/advancedThresholdPolicy.cpp --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/advancedThresholdPolicy.cpp Tue Nov 18 00:56:42 2014 +0000 +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/advancedThresholdPolicy.cpp Tue Nov 11 11:05:41 2014 +0100 @@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ * c. 0 -> (3->2) -> 4. * In this case we enqueue a method for compilation at level 3, but the C1 queue is long enough * to enable the profiling to fully occur at level 0. In this case we change the compilation level - * of the method to 2, because it'll allow it to run much faster without full profiling while c2 - * is compiling. + * of the method to 2 while the request is still in-queue, because it'll allow it to run much faster + * without full profiling while c2 is compiling. * * d. 0 -> 3 -> 1 or 0 -> 2 -> 1. * After a method was once compiled with C1 it can be identified as trivial and be compiled to