Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8179950/webrev.00/index.html
This is a regression caused by JDK-8020801 that the initialization of a custom system class loader hits a code path that checks if a class is loaded by the platform class loader. Such code path should not call ClassLoader::getSystemClassLoader since the system class loader is being initialized. The fix is simple and uses jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders.platformClassLoader() instead. Mandy
