diff -r e8fdaf4a66cb -r 8c57262447d3 src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	Thu Nov 10 20:17:05 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	Mon Nov 14 18:38:03 2011 -0800
@@ -456,6 +456,12 @@
   product(intx, EliminateAllocationArraySizeLimit, 64,                      \
           "Array size (number of elements) limit for scalar replacement")   \
                                                                             \
+  product(bool, OptimizePtrCompare, true,                                   \
+          "Use escape analysis to optimize pointers compare")               \
+                                                                            \
+  notproduct(bool, PrintOptimizePtrCompare, false,                          \
+          "Print information about optimized pointers compare")             \
+                                                                            \
   product(bool, UseOptoBiasInlining, true,                                  \
           "Generate biased locking code in C2 ideal graph")                 \
                                                                             \