The regression was introduced by changes in
6743900: frequency based block layout
Switching off BlockLayoutByFrequency does not help.
i% gamma -showversion SpecApplication -s100 -M5 -m5 -g -d3000 -a _222_mpegaudio | grep Finished
java version "1.6.0_06-p"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-p-b04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b06-2008-10-31-000942.never.6764622, mixed mode)
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% gamma -showversion SpecApplication -s100 -M5 -m5 -g -d3000 -a _222_mpegaudio | grep Finished
java version "1.6.0_06-p"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-p-b04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b06-2008-11-06-230423.rasbold.6743900, mixed mode)
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% gamma -XX:-BlockLayoutByFrequency -showversion SpecApplication -s100 -M5 -m5 -g -d3000 -a _222_mpegaudio | grep Finished
java version "1.6.0_06-p"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-p-b04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b06-2008-11-06-230423.rasbold.6743900, mixed mode)
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