When running JCK runtime tests on 1.3.1_12 build 1 using the -Xcheck:jni flag 5 tests fail. These are:
api/javax_swing/JPasswordField/descriptions.html#setgetXXX
api/javax_swing/text/DefaultEditorKit/CopyAction/index.html#SubCtors
api/javax_swing/text/DefaultEditorKit/CutAction/index.html#SubCtors
api/javax_swing/text/DefaultEditorKit/PasteAction/index.html#SubCtors
api/javax_swing/text/JTextComponent/index.html#copy_paste

The error that comes up for these tests are:

FATAL ERROR in native method: Bad global or local ref passed to JNI
	at sun.awt.motif.X11Selection.pGetTransferTargets(Native Method)
	at sun.awt.motif.SelectionThread.run(X11Selection.java:302)

I ran the tests on a Solaris 9/x86 update 5.

N/A

This problem is as a result of the fix for bugId 4784641 in 1.3.1_10. 

It is not a regression in the true sense of the word, but from a end users point
of view it will look like a regression. The fix for bugId 4784641 simply 
exposed the problem.

All 5 tests are failing with a similar stack:

=>[1] jni_FatalError(0x289d4, 0xff111764, 0x24, 0xffbfc, 0xff156174, 0xffbfcd7c), at 0xfefff7e8
  [2] checked_jni_IsSameObject(0xff16bcc0, 0x28948, 0xb8800, 0x289d4, 0xff156174, 0xde92c), at 0xff014f98
  [3] awt_currentThreadIsPrivileged(0x289d4, 0xf5b8381c, 0x262, 0x4, 0x20, 0x2), at 0xf5a9d3a4
  [4] awt_util_getCurrentServerTime(0xf5b8b4f8, 0xf5b85d64, 0x289d4, 0xf5b8381c, 0x1d0460, 0xff156174), at 0xf5abccac
  [5] Java_sun_awt_motif_X11Selection_pGetSelectionOwnership(0x289d4, 0xffbfd074, 0x289d4, 0xf5b8381c, 0x2, 0x0), at 0xf5ab8670
  [6] 0x4e980(0xf60f8e48, 0xffbfd3b8, 0x28948, 0xff156174, 0xb6, 0xfa21e6c8), at 0x4e97f
  .......

As a result of 4784641 checked_jni_IsSameObject now validates jni handles. One
of the handles being passed to checked_jni_IsSameObject, awt_MainThread is not 
a valid handle. Hence the failure.

The fix is to make awt_MainThread a Global Reference ( see suggested fix ).
This is the Solaris part of 4789983.

This is not an issue in 1.4.2_0x

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-03-05
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