Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7200297 JDK8/tl changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/60550cd2b527 Previous review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2012-November/004801.html Thanks, bill