RFR: 8330578: The VM creates instance of abstract class VirtualMachineError [v7]

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:34:47 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp line 258:
>> 
>>> 256:         // to infinitely recurse when we try to initialize the exception.
>>> 257:         // So bail out here by throwing the preallocated VM error.
>>> 258:         THROW_OOP_(Universe::class_init_stack_overflow_error(), false);
>> 
>> Should this be InternalError now?  That seems better than StackOverflow.
>
> Technically it's a stack overflow.  I don't think it's a reachable code path so it doesn't really matter.

changed.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18847#discussion_r1576093286