Stack Trace does not appear on NPE in 1.4.2_11.

Configuration :
 UltraSparcII 400[MHz]  *2
 4[GB]
 Solaris9

How to reproduce :
1. Compile attached .java programs
2. Launch
    " java -server -cp . TestNPO 100"
  in 1.4.2_11 on Solaris9 box.

The following message will show up.
...
Thread-72 start
Thread-83 start
Thread-54 start
Thread-52 start
Thread-81 start
Thread-88 start
Thread-58 start
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException

Although NPE occurs several times,  stack trace does not show up.
Posted Date : 2006-05-31 08:37:04.0

Use -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow.

It's quite possible the missing stack trace is due to 6428459 which appears to be a c2 issue.  We'll re-evaluated this after 6428459 is fixed.
Posted Date : 2006-06-07 14:10:09.0

It turns out this is unrelated to 6428459, in fact it appears to be a duplicate of 4292742.  The spec does not dictate that stack traces must appear for all exceptions.  Current behavior, c2 will include the stack trace; after recomplication, it may revert to the older, faster mechanism and omit a trace.  -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow may be used to force stack trace always, at the cost of performance.
Posted Date : 2006-06-30 13:20:17.0