SIGSEGV in Jdk9 from MethodHandle

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 10 Jul 2017, at 11:24, Paul Sandoz <Paul.Sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jackson,
> 
> Thanks for reporting.
> 
> I can reproduce the same behaviour. It fails with -Xint (interpreter only). Compiling on Java 8 and running on Java 9 induces a different error, an NPE instead (due to different byte code shapes being produced).
> 

Clarification, it’s reproducible on 8u131 and possibly lower releases.

Paul.

> I loged this issue:
> 
>  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8184119 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8184119>
> 
> Initially logged under core-libs/j.l.invoke in case some LambaForm + invokeBasic execution has gone astray, but it could well be a HotSpot issue.
> 
> Paul.