--- a/meth.patch	Tue Jul 07 20:55:38 2009 -0700
+++ b/meth.patch	Tue Jul 07 21:05:00 2009 -0700
@@ -59,6 +59,30 @@ diff --git a/src/share/vm/interpreter/te
    static address    throw_WrongMethodType_entry()               { return _throw_WrongMethodType_entry; }
    static address    throw_NullPointerException_entry()          { return _throw_NullPointerException_entry; }
    static address    throw_StackOverflowError_entry()            { return _throw_StackOverflowError_entry; }
+diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
++++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
+@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@
+   }
+ }
+ 
+-char* instanceKlass::signature_name() const {
++const char* instanceKlass::signature_name() const {
+   const char* src = (const char*) (name()->as_C_string());
+   const int src_length = (int)strlen(src);
+   char* dest = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, src_length + 3);
+diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+--- a/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
++++ b/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
+@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
+ #endif // SERIALGC
+ 
+   // Naming
+-  char* signature_name() const;
++  const char* signature_name() const;
+ 
+   // Iterators
+   int oop_oop_iterate(oop obj, OopClosure* blk) {
 diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp
 --- a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp
 +++ b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp
@@ -71,11 +95,24 @@ diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.cpp
  }
  
  
- char* Klass::signature_name() const {
+-char* Klass::signature_name() const {
++const char* Klass::signature_name() const {
 +  if (name() == NULL)  return "<unknown>";
    return name()->as_C_string();
  }
  
+diff --git a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
+--- a/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
++++ b/src/share/vm/oops/klass.hpp
+@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
+   // For arrays, this returns the name of the element with a leading '['.
+   // For classes, this returns the name with a leading 'L' and a trailing ';'
+   //     and the package separators as '/'.
+-  virtual char* signature_name() const;
++  virtual const char* signature_name() const;
+ 
+   // garbage collection support
+   virtual void oop_follow_contents(oop obj) = 0;
 diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
 --- a/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp
 +++ b/src/share/vm/prims/methodHandles.cpp