https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8069030 http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dlong/8069030/webrev.00/ Testing on linux x86 by temporarily undefining PTRACE_GETREGS_REQ so that the new code would get triggered, then stepping through "jstack -m <pid>" with gdb to make sure the new code executed correctly. dl