diff -r fde683df4c27 -r ee138854b3a6 src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	Fri Mar 09 13:34:45 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/c2_globals.hpp	Mon Mar 12 10:46:47 2012 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@
   notproduct(bool, PrintOptimizePtrCompare, false,                          \
           "Print information about optimized pointers compare")             \
                                                                             \
+  notproduct(bool, VerifyConnectionGraph , true,                            \
+          "Verify Connection Graph construction in Escape Analysis")        \
+                                                                            \
   product(bool, UseOptoBiasInlining, true,                                  \
           "Generate biased locking code in C2 ideal graph")                 \
                                                                             \