diff -r 9200402b42d5 -r 71a71b0bc844 src/cpu/ppc/vm/c2_globals_ppc.hpp
--- a/src/cpu/ppc/vm/c2_globals_ppc.hpp	Thu Feb 20 14:44:33 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/cpu/ppc/vm/c2_globals_ppc.hpp	Thu Mar 20 11:03:06 2014 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright 2012, 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2012, 2014 SAP AG. 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
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 define_pd_global(uintx, CodeCacheMinBlockLength,     4);
 define_pd_global(uintx, CodeCacheMinimumUseSpace,    400*K);
 
-define_pd_global(bool,  TrapBasedRangeChecks,        false);
+define_pd_global(bool,  TrapBasedRangeChecks,        true);
 
 // Heap related flags
 define_pd_global(uintx,MetaspaceSize,                ScaleForWordSize(16*M));