--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/processing/JavacProcessingEnvironment.java	Fri Oct 04 13:41:13 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/processing/JavacProcessingEnvironment.java	Fri Oct 04 13:59:13 2013 -0700
@@ -1034,6 +1034,13 @@
                 } else {
                     discoverAndRunProcs(context, annotationsPresent, topLevelClasses, packageInfoFiles);
                 }
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // we're specifically expecting Abort here, but if any Throwable
+                // comes by, we should flush all deferred diagnostics, rather than
+                // drop them on the ground.
+                deferredDiagnosticHandler.reportDeferredDiagnostics();
+                log.popDiagnosticHandler(deferredDiagnosticHandler);
+                throw t;
             } finally {
                 if (!taskListener.isEmpty())
                     taskListener.finished(new TaskEvent(TaskEvent.Kind.ANNOTATION_PROCESSING_ROUND));

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/processing/errors/TestBadProcessor.java	Fri Oct 04 13:59:13 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8022163
+ * @summary javac exits with 0 status and no messages on error to construct an ann-procesor
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class TestBadProcessor {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        new TestBadProcessor().run();
+    }
+
+    public static final String badAnnoProcSrc =
+        "import java.util.*;\n" +
+        "import javax.annotation.processing.*;\n" +
+        "import javax.lang.model.element.*;\n" +
+
+        "public class AnnoProc extends AbstractProcessor {\n" +
+        "    public AnnoProc() {\n" +
+        "        throw new Error();\n" +
+        "    }\n" +
+
+        "    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> elems, \n" +
+        "                        RoundEnvironment rEnv) {\n" +
+        "        return false;\n" +
+        "    }\n" +
+        "}\n";
+
+    public void run() throws Exception {
+        // setup
+        File srcDir = new File("src");
+        File classesDir = new File("classes");
+        classesDir.mkdirs();
+        File srcFile = writeFile(srcDir, "AnnoProc.java", badAnnoProcSrc);
+        compile("-d", classesDir.getPath(), srcFile.getPath());
+        writeFile(classesDir, "META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor", "AnnoProc");
+
+        // run the primary compilation
+        int rc;
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw)) {
+            String[] args = { "-processorpath", classesDir.getPath(), srcFile.getPath() };
+            rc = com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(args, pw);
+        }
+
+        // verify that it failed as expected, with the expected message
+        String out = sw.toString();
+        System.err.println(out);
+        String expect = "error: Bad service configuration file, " +
+                "or exception thrown while constructing Processor object: " +
+                "javax.annotation.processing.Processor: " +
+                "Provider AnnoProc could not be instantiated: java.lang.Error";
+        if (!out.trim().equals(expect)) {
+            System.err.println("expected: " + expect);
+            error("output not as expected");
+        }
+
+        if (rc == 0) {
+            error("unexpected exit code: " + rc + "; expected: not zero");
+        }
+
+        // summary
+        if (errors > 0)
+            throw new Exception(errors + " errors found");
+    }
+
+    void compile(String... args) throws Exception {
+        int rc;
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw)) {
+            rc = com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(args, pw);
+        }
+        String out = sw.toString();
+        if (!out.isEmpty())
+            System.err.println(out);
+        if (rc != 0)
+            throw new Exception("compilation failed");
+    }
+
+    File writeFile(File dir, String path, String body) throws IOException {
+        File f = new File(dir, path);
+        f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        try (FileWriter out = new FileWriter(f)) {
+            out.write(body);
+        }
+        return f;
+    }
+
+    void error(String msg) {
+        System.err.println("Error: " + msg);
+        errors++;
+    }
+
+    int errors;
+}