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Bug ID: 6833129
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Synopsis specjvm98 fails with NullPointerException in the compiler with -XX:DeoptimizeALot
Category hotspot:compiler2
Reported Against
Release Fixed hs16(b08), 6u18(b01) (Bug ID:2181941) , 7(b71) (Bug ID:2182198)
State 11-Closed, Unverified, bug
Priority: 5-Very Low
Related Bugs 6589834 , 6840775 , 6889869
Submit Date 22-APR-2009
Description
This is split out from CR 6589834. The failure occurs on 32-bit vm on x86 platforms.
The following comments is from CR 6589834 description.

>With the internal testing option -XX:+DeoptimizeALot, running the SPECJVM98
>test _213_javac fails with NullPointerException.  While this started occurring
>with the 20070413103655.jrose.dolphin-intrinsics putback, it is actually an
>existing incompatibility between the deoptimization support and the intrinsic
>inlining of the server compiler.

The failures are intermittent, and appear in tests other than _213_javac in specjvm98
as well. -XX:-InlineArrayCopy could be used to suppress the failures.
Posted Date : 2009-04-22 17:28:52.0
Work Around
N/A
Evaluation
See comments for details. We will have to re-execute the clone or copyOf invoke instruction rather than continue.
Posted Date : 2009-06-30 16:29:51.0

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-comp/hotspot/rev/9987d9d5eb0e
Posted Date : 2009-08-01 04:49:35.0

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-gc/hotspot/rev/9987d9d5eb0e
Posted Date : 2009-08-10 07:36:53.0
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