[8u-dev] Request for approval for CR 4505697 - nsk/jdi/ExceptionEvent/_itself_/exevent006 and exevent008 tests fail with InvocationTargetException

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

Please approve this backport of a JDK 9 fix. The backport applies cleanly.

Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4505697
Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/016b6a289fc4
Review discussion: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2014-February/014212.html

All the related tests are passing after transplanting the changeset.

Thanks,

-JB-