[8u] RFR 8173373: C1: NPE is thrown instead of LinkageError when accessing inaccessible field on NULL receiver

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi Vladimir,

looks good to me, thanks for taking care of the backport!

Best regards,
Tobias

On 10.04.2017 19:18, Vladimir Kempik wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Please review this backport of 8173373 for jdk8u.
> 
> The fix applied cleanly to jdk8, except one place:
> 
> in src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIR.cpp
> 
> I had to change
> 
> +    CodeStub* deopt = new DeoptimizeStub(info, Deoptimization::Reason_null_check, Deoptimization::Action_none);
> 
> to
> 
> +    CodeStub* deopt = new DeoptimizeStub(info);
> 
> The fix passes jprt and testcase.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173373
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vkempik/8173373/webrev.00/
> 
> Thanks
> -Vladimir
>