diff -r 928912ce8438 -r be93aad57795 src/share/vm/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.hpp	Mon Apr 20 14:48:03 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.hpp	Tue Apr 21 23:21:04 2009 -0700
@@ -217,6 +217,73 @@
             stackElementSize()) + tag_offset_in_bytes();
   }
 
+  // access to stacked values according to type:
+  static oop* oop_addr_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr) {
+    return (oop*) slot_addr;
+  }
+  static jint* int_addr_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr) {
+    if ((int) sizeof(jint) < wordSize && !Bytes::is_Java_byte_ordering_different())
+      // big-endian LP64
+      return (jint*)(slot_addr + 1) - 1;
+    else
+      return (jint*) slot_addr;
+  }
+  static jlong long_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr) {
+    if (sizeof(intptr_t) >= sizeof(jlong)) {
+      return *(jlong*) slot_addr;
+    } else if (!TaggedStackInterpreter) {
+      return Bytes::get_native_u8((address)slot_addr);
+    } else {
+      assert(sizeof(intptr_t) * 2 == sizeof(jlong), "ILP32");
+      // assemble the long in memory order (not arithmetic order)
+      union { jlong j; jint i[2]; } u;
+      u.i[0] = (jint) slot_addr[0*stackElementSize()];
+      u.i[1] = (jint) slot_addr[1*stackElementSize()];
+      return u.j;
+    }
+  }
+  static void set_long_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr, jlong value) {
+    if (sizeof(intptr_t) >= sizeof(jlong)) {
+      *(jlong*) slot_addr = value;
+    } else if (!TaggedStackInterpreter) {
+      Bytes::put_native_u8((address)slot_addr, value);
+    } else {
+      assert(sizeof(intptr_t) * 2 == sizeof(jlong), "ILP32");
+      // assemble the long in memory order (not arithmetic order)
+      union { jlong j; jint i[2]; } u;
+      u.j = value;
+      slot_addr[0*stackElementSize()] = (intptr_t) u.i[0];
+      slot_addr[1*stackElementSize()] = (intptr_t) u.i[1];
+    }
+  }
+  static void get_jvalue_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr, BasicType type, jvalue* value) {
+    switch (type) {
+    case T_BOOLEAN: value->z = *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);            break;
+    case T_CHAR:    value->c = *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);            break;
+    case T_BYTE:    value->b = *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);            break;
+    case T_SHORT:   value->s = *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);            break;
+    case T_INT:     value->i = *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);            break;
+    case T_LONG:    value->j = long_in_slot(slot_addr);                 break;
+    case T_FLOAT:   value->f = *(jfloat*)int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);   break;
+    case T_DOUBLE:  value->d = jdouble_cast(long_in_slot(slot_addr));   break;
+    case T_OBJECT:  value->l = (jobject)*oop_addr_in_slot(slot_addr);   break;
+    default:        ShouldNotReachHere();
+    }
+  }
+  static void set_jvalue_in_slot(intptr_t* slot_addr, BasicType type, jvalue* value) {
+    switch (type) {
+    case T_BOOLEAN: *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = (value->z != 0);     break;
+    case T_CHAR:    *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = value->c;            break;
+    case T_BYTE:    *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = value->b;            break;
+    case T_SHORT:   *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = value->s;            break;
+    case T_INT:     *int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = value->i;            break;
+    case T_LONG:    set_long_in_slot(slot_addr, value->j);              break;
+    case T_FLOAT:   *(jfloat*)int_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = value->f;   break;
+    case T_DOUBLE:  set_long_in_slot(slot_addr, jlong_cast(value->d));  break;
+    case T_OBJECT:  *oop_addr_in_slot(slot_addr) = (oop) value->l;      break;
+    default:        ShouldNotReachHere();
+    }
+  }
 };
 
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