[8u-dev] RFA: 8173373: C1: NPE is thrown instead of LinkageError when accessing inaccessible field on NULL receiver

[Vladimir Kempik]

Hello,

Please, approve this backport of JDK-8173373 to JDK8u-dev.

The fix applies almost cleanly, but still needed review.

Tested with jprt.

Regards,
Vladimir

JBS:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173373

JDK8 webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vkempik/8173373/webrev.00/

Review thread:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2017-April/025982.html