http://jikesrvm.anu.edu.au/cattrack/results/rvmx86lnx32b.anu.edu.au/commit/2011/production/Performance/SPECjvm98/SPECjvm98/default/Output.txt
The change was an opt compiler change (to remove unreachable code) but it seems to have exposed a GC bug.
http://jikesrvm.anu.edu.au/cattrack/results/rvmx86lnx32b.anu.edu.au/commit/2040/production/Performance/SPECjvm98/SPECjvm98/default/Output.txt
http://jikesrvm.anu.edu.au/cattrack/results/rvmx86lnx32b.anu.edu.au/commit/2040/production/Performance/SPECjvm98/SPECjvm98/default/Output.txt