# HG changeset patch # User morris # Date 1363786564 25200 # Node ID 453b42d22a8574c7e02b936a4905f277c598d79e # Parent 3318d3edbf87f81f4fc89cbadf4eb5f4896f9359 8009565: [partfait] Null pointer deference in hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp Summary: add guarantee() to get_instance_klass_for_declared_method_holder() Reviewed-by: kvn diff -r 3318d3edbf87 -r 453b42d22a85 hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp --- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp Wed Mar 20 06:32:49 2013 -0700 +++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciEnv.cpp Wed Mar 20 06:36:04 2013 -0700 @@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ // require checks to make sure the expected type was found. Given that this // only occurs for clone() the more extensive fix seems like overkill so // instead we simply smear the array type into Object. + guarantee(method_holder != NULL, "no method holder"); if (method_holder->is_instance_klass()) { return method_holder->as_instance_klass(); } else if (method_holder->is_array_klass()) {