diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp
index 83fd37182ca535b13f0b40a80434247056cfd089..fdcfffef80465297b15ac769c044b04876ccab8a 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/frame_sparc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -820,11 +820,19 @@ void frame::describe_pd(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
     values.describe(frame_no, sp() + w, err_msg("register save area word %d", w), 1);
   }
 
-  if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
+  if (is_ricochet_frame()) {
+    MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::describe(this, values, frame_no);
+  } else if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_d_scratch_fp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_l_scratch_fp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_padding);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_oop_temp);
+
+    // esp, according to Lesp (e.g. not depending on bci), if seems valid
+    intptr_t* esp = *interpreter_frame_esp_addr();
+    if ((esp >= sp()) && (esp < fp())) {
+      values.describe(-1, esp, "*Lesp");
+    }
   }
 
   if (!is_compiled_frame()) {
@@ -844,4 +852,3 @@ intptr_t *frame::initial_deoptimization_info() {
   // unused... but returns fp() to minimize changes introduced by 7087445
   return fp();
 }
-
diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.cpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.cpp
index 1627685dad7b0bbca75bcc929e4415b9549cc720..96b8ff8594ddedf4b33f89a4e8f0897867d48892 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 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
@@ -1000,6 +1000,24 @@ void MethodHandles::move_return_value(MacroAssembler* _masm, BasicType type,
   BLOCK_COMMENT("} move_return_value");
 }
 
+#ifdef ASSERT
+void MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::describe(const frame* fr, FrameValues& values, int frame_no)  {
+    RicochetFrame* rf = new RicochetFrame(*fr);
+
+    // ricochet slots (kept in registers for sparc)
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(I5_savedSP), err_msg("exact_sender_sp reg for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(L5_conversion), err_msg("conversion reg for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(L4_saved_args_base), err_msg("saved_args_base reg for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(L3_saved_args_layout), err_msg("saved_args_layout reg for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(L2_saved_target), err_msg("saved_target reg for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(frame_no, rf->register_addr(L1_continuation), err_msg("continuation reg for #%d", frame_no));
+
+    // relevant ricochet targets (in caller frame)
+    values.describe(-1, rf->saved_args_base(),  err_msg("*saved_args_base for #%d", frame_no));
+    values.describe(-1, (intptr_t *)(STACK_BIAS+(uintptr_t)rf->exact_sender_sp()),  err_msg("*exact_sender_sp+STACK_BIAS for #%d", frame_no));
+}
+#endif // ASSERT
+
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 extern "C" void print_method_handle(oop mh);
 void trace_method_handle_stub(const char* adaptername,
diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.hpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.hpp
index 0c285100254d192c27176dad5d0eaa23314ef17e..2c3d810b813dd31adc7b4cb6254955f1ecdf5245 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/methodHandles_sparc.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ class RicochetFrame : public ResourceObj {
   }
 
   static void verify_clean(MacroAssembler* _masm) NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
+
+  static void describe(const frame* fr, FrameValues& values, int frame_no) NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
 };
 
 // Additional helper methods for MethodHandles code generation:
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp
index 94166ea0fefd8f65ad0d526f21567dc7aa16616e..4051cdf59cedc9ab5be4bac87489e12e1c48fb41 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/frame_x86.cpp
@@ -657,7 +657,9 @@ intptr_t* frame::interpreter_frame_tos_at(jint offset) const {
   values.describe(frame_no, fp() + frame::name##_offset, #name)
 
 void frame::describe_pd(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
-  if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
+  if (is_ricochet_frame()) {
+    MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::describe(this, values, frame_no);
+  } else if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_sender_sp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_last_sp);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_method);
@@ -667,7 +669,6 @@ void frame::describe_pd(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_bcx);
     DESCRIBE_FP_OFFSET(interpreter_frame_initial_sp);
   }
-
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.cpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.cpp
index acd65fb94631dce140a0e8a87e4cd87a1c07e1f7..38694718b7a51904be2afd0593ff48f87ba1f415 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -990,6 +990,26 @@ void MethodHandles::move_return_value(MacroAssembler* _masm, BasicType type,
   BLOCK_COMMENT("} move_return_value");
 }
 
+#ifdef ASSERT
+#define DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, name) \
+  values.describe(frame_no, (intptr_t *) (((uintptr_t)rf) + MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::name##_offset_in_bytes()), #name)
+
+void MethodHandles::RicochetFrame::describe(const frame* fr, FrameValues& values, int frame_no)  {
+    address bp = (address) fr->fp();
+    RicochetFrame* rf = (RicochetFrame*)(bp - sender_link_offset_in_bytes());
+
+    // ricochet slots
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, exact_sender_sp);
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, conversion);
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, saved_args_base);
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, saved_args_layout);
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, saved_target);
+    DESCRIBE_RICOCHET_OFFSET(rf, continuation);
+
+    // relevant ricochet targets (in caller frame)
+    values.describe(-1, rf->saved_args_base(),  err_msg("*saved_args_base for #%d", frame_no));
+}
+#endif // ASSERT
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT
 extern "C" void print_method_handle(oop mh);
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.hpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.hpp
index 4cb6662abf3c9ed7606571b0962f7687871243e6..9f8e1a560358d9ca98f37dc388c033520c394793 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/methodHandles_x86.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 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
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ class RicochetFrame {
   }
 
   static void verify_clean(MacroAssembler* _masm) NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
+
+  static void describe(const frame* fr, FrameValues& values, int frame_no) NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
 };
 
 // Additional helper methods for MethodHandles code generation:
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
index 7f4a2ac6558401f4521e2236552ce730c25354a3..897c7276e5db9b956a936561af105151c1830367 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/frame.cpp
@@ -1334,21 +1334,31 @@ void frame::interpreter_frame_verify_monitor(BasicObjectLock* value) const {
 
 
 void frame::describe(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
-  intptr_t* frame_pointer = real_fp();
+  // boundaries: sp and the 'real' frame pointer
+  values.describe(-1, sp(), err_msg("sp for #%d", frame_no), 1);
+  intptr_t* frame_pointer = real_fp(); // Note: may differ from fp()
+
+  // print frame info at the highest boundary
+  intptr_t* info_address = MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer);
+
+  if (info_address != frame_pointer) {
+    // print frame_pointer explicitly if not marked by the frame info
+    values.describe(-1, frame_pointer, err_msg("frame pointer for #%d", frame_no), 1);
+  }
+
   if (is_entry_frame() || is_compiled_frame() || is_interpreted_frame() || is_native_frame()) {
     // Label values common to most frames
     values.describe(-1, unextended_sp(), err_msg("unextended_sp for #%d", frame_no));
-    values.describe(-1, sp(), err_msg("sp for #%d", frame_no));
-    values.describe(-1, frame_pointer, err_msg("frame pointer for #%d", frame_no));
   }
+
   if (is_interpreted_frame()) {
     methodOop m = interpreter_frame_method();
     int bci = interpreter_frame_bci();
 
     // Label the method and current bci
-    values.describe(-1, MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer),
+    values.describe(-1, info_address,
                     FormatBuffer<1024>("#%d method %s @ %d", frame_no, m->name_and_sig_as_C_string(), bci), 2);
-    values.describe(-1, MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer),
+    values.describe(-1, info_address,
                     err_msg("- %d locals %d max stack", m->max_locals(), m->max_stack()), 1);
     if (m->max_locals() > 0) {
       intptr_t* l0 = interpreter_frame_local_at(0);
@@ -1380,21 +1390,36 @@ void frame::describe(FrameValues& values, int frame_no) {
     }
   } else if (is_entry_frame()) {
     // For now just label the frame
-    values.describe(-1, MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer), err_msg("#%d entry frame", frame_no), 2);
+    values.describe(-1, info_address, err_msg("#%d entry frame", frame_no), 2);
   } else if (is_compiled_frame()) {
     // For now just label the frame
     nmethod* nm = cb()->as_nmethod_or_null();
-    values.describe(-1, MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer),
+    values.describe(-1, info_address,
                     FormatBuffer<1024>("#%d nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT " for method %s%s", frame_no,
                                        nm, nm->method()->name_and_sig_as_C_string(),
-                                       is_deoptimized_frame() ? " (deoptimized" : ""), 2);
+                                       (_deopt_state == is_deoptimized) ?
+                                       " (deoptimized)" :
+                                       ((_deopt_state == unknown) ? " (state unknown)" : "")),
+                    2);
   } else if (is_native_frame()) {
     // For now just label the frame
     nmethod* nm = cb()->as_nmethod_or_null();
-    values.describe(-1, MAX2(sp(), frame_pointer),
+    values.describe(-1, info_address,
                     FormatBuffer<1024>("#%d nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT " for native method %s", frame_no,
                                        nm, nm->method()->name_and_sig_as_C_string()), 2);
+  } else if (is_ricochet_frame()) {
+      values.describe(-1, info_address, err_msg("#%d ricochet frame", frame_no), 2);
+  } else {
+    // provide default info if not handled before
+    char *info = (char *) "special frame";
+    if ((_cb != NULL) &&
+        (_cb->name() != NULL)) {
+      info = (char *)_cb->name();
+    }
+    values.describe(-1, info_address, err_msg("#%d <%s>", frame_no, info), 2);
   }
+
+  // platform dependent additional data
   describe_pd(values, frame_no);
 }