Please approve this backport from 9 and 8u. The fix applies cleanly. bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8058936 jdk9 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-rt/hotspot/rev/01961999c58a review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2014-September/015409.html
Thanks, /Staffan