NoClassDefFoundError when running FindClass in class prepare callback

[Vincent Liu]

Hi list,

I have a very simple JVMTI agent library running in Java, which is
registering on 3 callbacks, ClassFileLoadHook, ClassPrepare and ThreadEnd.
Currently I'm having a problem with invoking FindClass in the class prepare
callback, which fails with a message of:

  Error occurred during initialization of VM
  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class
sun.security.util.Debug

AFAIK, the problem seems to be triggered by the JNI FindClass call. I've
checked the specification and it seems to suggest it's ok to make JNI calls
by the time the ClassPrepare events are triggered. Is there something that I
may be doing wrong? If I do not register for the ThreadEnd event, the
problem goes away. Maybe that may help in identifying the problem.

I've attached the minimum source of the simple agent that replicates the
problem. I'm running the agent on Ubuntu Linux, with the following version
of Java:

  java version "1.6.0_0"
  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.4.1) (6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11)
  OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b08, mixed mode)

Let me know if there are additional information I can supply to help.

Thanks,
Vincent
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