Customer Note -
Here's a microbenchmark which throws a LinkageError on X86 -server but runs fine with -client and -Xint.
I'm not sure why it throws the LinkageError; it works fine on our version of -server.
I'm not all that sure what the proper behavior should be, but I suspect the LinkageError isn't correct.

I have enclosed their tar file.(see attachments)
Posted Date : 2007-10-31 21:56:02.0

N/A

Before compiling, in CompileBroker:compile_method(), the server compiler resolves
string constants and loads signature classes.  C1 does not do this. 

The failure occurs as we prepare to compile from_loader2.gen.
Posted Date : 2007-11-01 22:47:22.0

The server compiler is slightly more eager in loading classes than the client
compiler or the interpreter.  The function load_signature_classes() called to
resolve classes associated with the signature of the method being compiled.

The test case provided is an example where a LinkageError is thrown on the eager
class loading.  See bug 4944478 for a similar case where a ClassNotFoundException
was thrown.
Posted Date : 2007-11-05 23:52:15.0

load_signature_classes() should ignore LinkageErrors.
Posted Date : 2007-11-06 00:01:25.0