--- a/src/hotspot/share/oops/klass.cpp	Fri Oct 05 18:25:15 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/oops/klass.cpp	Fri Oct 05 20:03:14 2018 +0200
@@ -611,6 +611,20 @@
   return NULL;
 }
 
+void Klass::check_array_allocation_length(int length, int max_length, TRAPS) {
+  if (length > max_length) {
+    if (!THREAD->in_retryable_allocation()) {
+      report_java_out_of_memory("Requested array size exceeds VM limit");
+      JvmtiExport::post_array_size_exhausted();
+      THROW_OOP(Universe::out_of_memory_error_array_size());
+    } else {
+      THROW_OOP(Universe::out_of_memory_error_retry());
+    }
+  } else if (length < 0) {
+    THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_NegativeArraySizeException(), err_msg("%d", length));
+  }
+}
+
 oop Klass::class_loader() const { return class_loader_data()->class_loader(); }
 
 // In product mode, this function doesn't have virtual function calls so