[9] RFR (S): 8032400: JSR292: invokeSpecial: InternalError attempting to lookup a method

[Vladimir Ivanov]

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8032400
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vlivanov/8032400/webrev.00/

Consider the following hierarchy:
   class T1            {        int m() { return 1; }}
   class T2 extends T1 { static int m() { return 2; }}
   class T3 extends T2 {        int m() { return 3; }}

T3 has a method, which does the following using method handles:
    T3::test { invokespecial T1.m() T3 }

T1.m lookup attempt from T3 ends up as T2.m lookup, but it fails since 
T2 has static method with the same signature. 
Lookup.getDirectMethodCommon doesn't expect such failure and throws 
InternalError.

JVMS specification states the following:
   // JVMS 6.5: invokespecial
   // ... 2. Otherwise, if C is a class and has a superclass, a search
   // for a declaration of an instance method with the same name and
   // descriptor as the resolved method is performed, starting with the
   // direct superclass of C and continuing with the direct superclass
   // of that class, and so forth, until a match is found or no further
   // superclasses exist. If a match is found, then it is the method to
   // be invoked.

The fix is to comply with the spec and search upper in the class 
hierarchy if lookup attempt fails.

Testing: regression test, jdk/test/java/lang/invoke, tests on access 
checks.

Thanks!

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov