I'd like to backport 8155612 (and its companion 8155653) to 8u. Here are the changesets: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/9e21d8c18a7d http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/e118111d4433 Roland.