--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextAreaPeer.java	Fri Mar 30 18:10:05 2012 +0400
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextAreaPeer.java	Sat Mar 31 16:55:56 2012 +0800
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@
 
     public void dispose() {
         XToolkit.specialPeerMap.remove(jtext);
+        // visible caret has a timer thread which must be stopped
+        jtext.getCaret().setVisible(false);
         jtext.removeNotify();
         textPane.removeNotify();
         super.dispose();

--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextFieldPeer.java	Fri Mar 30 18:10:05 2012 +0400
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextFieldPeer.java	Sat Mar 31 16:55:56 2012 +0800
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 
     public void dispose() {
         XToolkit.specialPeerMap.remove(xtext);
+        // visible caret has a timer thread which must be stopped
+        xtext.getCaret().setVisible(false);
         xtext.removeNotify();
         super.dispose();
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/awt/TextArea/DisposeTest/TestDispose.java	Sat Mar 31 16:55:56 2012 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2012 IBM Corporation
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 7155298
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=60 TestDispose
+ * @summary Editable TextArea blocks GUI application from exit.
+ * @author Sean Chou
+ */
+
+import java.awt.FlowLayout;
+import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.TextArea;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+
+import sun.awt.SunToolkit;
+
+public class TestDispose {
+
+    public static Frame frame = null;
+    public static TextArea textArea = null;
+    public static volatile Process worker = null;
+
+    public void testDispose() throws InvocationTargetException,
+            InterruptedException {
+        SunToolkit toolkit = (SunToolkit) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                frame = new JFrame("Test");
+
+                textArea = new TextArea("editable textArea");
+                textArea.setEditable(true);
+                // textArea.setEditable(false); // this testcase passes if textArea is non-editable
+
+                frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
+                frame.add(textArea);
+
+                frame.pack();
+                frame.setVisible(true);
+            }
+        });
+        toolkit.realSync();
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                frame.dispose();
+            }
+        });
+        toolkit.realSync();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
+        if(args.length == 0) {
+            Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(){
+                public void run() {
+                    worker.destroy();
+                }
+            });
+
+            System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.home")+"/bin/java TestDispose workprocess");
+            worker = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(System.getProperty("java.home")+"/bin/java TestDispose workprocess");
+            worker.waitFor();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        TestDispose app = new TestDispose();
+        app.testDispose();
+    }
+
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/awt/TextField/DisposeTest/TestDispose.java	Sat Mar 31 16:55:56 2012 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2012 IBM Corporation
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 7155298
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=60 TestDispose
+ * @summary Editable TextField blocks GUI application from exit.
+ * @author Sean Chou
+ */
+
+import java.awt.FlowLayout;
+import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.TextField;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+
+import sun.awt.SunToolkit;
+
+public class TestDispose {
+
+    public static Frame frame = null;
+    public static TextField textField = null;
+    public static volatile Process worker = null;
+
+    public void testDispose() throws InvocationTargetException,
+            InterruptedException {
+        SunToolkit toolkit = (SunToolkit) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                frame = new JFrame("Test");
+
+                textField = new TextField("editable textArea");
+                textField.setEditable(true);
+                // textField.setEditable(false); // this testcase passes if textField is non-editable
+
+                frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
+                frame.add(textField);
+
+                frame.pack();
+                frame.setVisible(true);
+            }
+        });
+        toolkit.realSync();
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                frame.dispose();
+            }
+        });
+        toolkit.realSync();
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
+        if(args.length == 0) {
+            Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(){
+                public void run() {
+                    worker.destroy();
+                }
+            });
+
+            System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.home")+"/bin/java TestDispose workprocess");
+            worker = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(System.getProperty("java.home")+"/bin/java TestDispose workprocess");
+            worker.waitFor();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        TestDispose app = new TestDispose();
+        app.testDispose();
+    }
+
+}