make_unloaded assert/if?

[Eric Caspole]

In nmethod::make_unloaded, at line 1214, it asserts is_gc_active().
Then at line 1225 the print line is
  if (!Universe::heap()->is_gc_active())
so it will never happen? Am I reading this right?


hotspot/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp

1207 void nmethod::make_unloaded(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive, oop cause) {
1208
1209   post_compiled_method_unload();
1210
1211   // Since this nmethod is being unloaded, make sure that dependencies
1212   // recorded in instanceKlasses get flushed and pass non-NULL 
closure to
1213   // indicate that this work is being done during a GC.
1214   assert(Universe::heap()->is_gc_active(), "should only be called 
during gc");
1215   assert(is_alive != NULL, "Should be non-NULL");
1216   // A non-NULL is_alive closure indicates that this is being 
called during GC.
1217   flush_dependencies(is_alive);
1218
1219   // Break cycle between nmethod & method
1220   if (TraceClassUnloading && WizardMode) {
1221     tty->print_cr("[Class unloading: Making nmethod " INTPTR_FORMAT
1222                   " unloadable], Method*(" INTPTR_FORMAT
1223                   "), cause(" INTPTR_FORMAT ")",
1224                   this, (address)_method, (address)cause);
1225     if (!Universe::heap()->is_gc_active())
1226       cause->klass()->print();
1227   }