RFR: 8330578: The VM creates instance of abstract class VirtualMachineError [v6]

[Coleen Phillimore]

> It's a bug that the VM creates an instance of the abstract class VirtualMachineError.  In the cases where we throw VME, we should throw OOM or StackOverflowError instead.
> 
> Tested with tier1-4.

Coleen Phillimore has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Add to comment why NPE is installed in special_exception.

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18847/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18847/files/43805500..e4e1f8d3

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18847&range=05
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=18847&range=04-05

  Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18847.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/18847/head:pull/18847

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18847