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

[David Buck]

approved for push to 8u-dev

Cheers,
-Buck

On 2017/04/11 2:31, Vladimir Kempik wrote:
> Hello,
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> Please, approve this backport of JDK-8173373 to JDK8u-dev.
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> The fix applies almost cleanly, but still needed review.
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> Tested with jprt.
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> Regards,
> Vladimir
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> JBS:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173373
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> JDK8 webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vkempik/8173373/webrev.00/
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> Review thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2017-April/025982.html
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