[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8359336: javac crashes with NPE while iterating params of MethodSymbol

[Liam Miller-Cushon]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:27:06 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change temporarily disables the logic added by JDK-8341779 and related backports, to work around the crash reported in JDK-8359336.
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> test/langtools/tools/javac/annotations/typeAnnotations/CompletionErrorOnEnclosingType.java line 83:
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>> 81:                         .outdir(out)
>> 82:                         .classpath(out)
>> 83:                         .options("-XDrawDiagnostics", "-XDaddTypeAnnotationsToSymbol=true")
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> I wonder if this new option would need a CSR.

javac `-XD` flags are internal/undocumented/unsupported, and as far as I know generally don't have CSRs. @vicente-romero-oracle does that sound right?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1916#discussion_r2164371666