--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmti.xml	Fri Aug 19 18:20:22 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmti.xml	Fri Aug 19 14:54:31 2016 -0400
@@ -7152,15 +7152,19 @@
         returns <code>JNI_FALSE</code>) the class can be neither
         redefined nor retransformed.
         <p/>
-        Primitive classes (for example, <code>java.lang.Integer.TYPE</code>) 
-        and array classes are never modifiable. 
+        Primitive classes (for example, <code>java.lang.Integer.TYPE</code>),
+        array classes, and some implementation defined classes are never modifiable. 
         <p/>
       </description>
       <origin>new</origin>
       <capabilities>
         <capability id="can_redefine_any_class">
-          If possessed then all classes (except primitive and array classes) 
-          are modifiable.
+          If possessed then all classes (except primitive, array, and some implementation defined
+          classes) are modifiable (redefine or retransform).
+        </capability>
+        <capability id="can_retransform_any_class">
+          If possessed then all classes (except primitive, array, and some implementation defined
+          classes) are modifiable with <functionlink id="RetransformClasses"/>.
         </capability>
         <capability id="can_redefine_classes">
           No effect on the result of the function.
@@ -9900,7 +9904,7 @@
       </capabilityfield>
       <capabilityfield id="can_redefine_any_class">
 	<description>
-          Can modify (retransform or redefine) any non-primitive non-array class.
+          Can modify (retransform or redefine) any modifiable class.
           See <functionlink id="IsModifiableClass"/>.
 	</description>
       </capabilityfield>
@@ -10024,7 +10028,8 @@
       </capabilityfield>
       <capabilityfield id="can_retransform_any_class" since="1.1">
 	<description>
-          <functionlink id="RetransformClasses"/> can be called on any class 
+          <functionlink id="RetransformClasses"/> can be called on any modifiable class.
+          See <functionlink id="IsModifiableClass"/>.
           (<fieldlink id="can_retransform_classes" struct="jvmtiCapabilities"/>
           must also be set)
 	</description>
@@ -12494,8 +12499,8 @@
     Otherwise, this event may be sent before the VM is initialized (the start 
     <functionlink id="GetPhase">phase</functionlink>).
     Some classes might not be compatible
-    with the function (eg. ROMized classes) and this event will not be
-    generated for these classes.
+    with the function (eg. ROMized classes or implementation defined classes) and this event will
+    not be generated for these classes.
     <p/>
     The agent must allocate the space for the modified 
     class file data buffer
@@ -14498,6 +14503,10 @@
        - Add new capability can_generate_early_class_hook_events
        - Add new function GetNamedModule
   </change>
+  <change date="16 August 2016" version="9.0.0">
+      Clarified can_redefine_any_classes, can_retransform_any_classes and IsModifiableClass API to
+      disallow some implementation defined classes.
+  </change>
 </changehistory>
 
 </specification>

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnv.cpp	Fri Aug 19 18:20:22 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnv.cpp	Fri Aug 19 14:54:31 2016 -0400
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
       return JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_CLASS;
     }
 
-    if (java_lang_Class::is_primitive(k_mirror)) {
+    if (!VM_RedefineClasses::is_modifiable_class(k_mirror)) {
       return JVMTI_ERROR_UNMODIFIABLE_CLASS;
     }
 
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@
     if (status & (JVMTI_CLASS_STATUS_ERROR)) {
       return JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_CLASS;
     }
-    if (status & (JVMTI_CLASS_STATUS_ARRAY)) {
-      return JVMTI_ERROR_UNMODIFIABLE_CLASS;
-    }
 
     instanceKlassHandle ikh(current_thread, k_oop);
     if (ikh->get_cached_class_file_bytes() == NULL) {

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Aug 19 18:20:22 2016 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Aug 19 14:54:31 2016 -0400
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     }
 
     oop mirror = JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(_class_defs[i].klass);
-    // classes for primitives and arrays cannot be redefined
+    // classes for primitives and arrays and vm anonymous classes cannot be redefined
     // check here so following code can assume these classes are InstanceKlass
     if (!is_modifiable_class(mirror)) {
       _res = JVMTI_ERROR_UNMODIFIABLE_CLASS;
@@ -250,9 +250,14 @@
   if (java_lang_Class::is_primitive(klass_mirror)) {
     return false;
   }
-  Klass* the_class_oop = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(klass_mirror);
+  Klass* k = java_lang_Class::as_Klass(klass_mirror);
   // classes for arrays cannot be redefined
-  if (the_class_oop == NULL || !the_class_oop->is_instance_klass()) {
+  if (k == NULL || !k->is_instance_klass()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Cannot redefine or retransform an anonymous class.
+  if (InstanceKlass::cast(k)->is_anonymous()) {
     return false;
   }
   return true;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/RedefineTests/ModifyAnonymous.java	Fri Aug 19 14:54:31 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @summary Test that retransforming and redefining anonymous classes gets UnmodifiableClassException
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @modules java.instrument
+ *          jdk.jartool/sun.tools.jar
+ * @run main ModifyAnonymous buildagent
+ * @run main/othervm -javaagent:redefineagent.jar ModifyAnonymous
+ */
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.lang.NoSuchFieldException;
+import java.lang.NoSuchMethodException;
+import java.lang.RuntimeException;
+import java.lang.instrument.ClassDefinition;
+import java.lang.instrument.ClassFileTransformer;
+import java.lang.instrument.IllegalClassFormatException;
+import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
+import jdk.test.lib.*;
+
+public class ModifyAnonymous {
+
+    public static class LambdaTransformer implements ClassFileTransformer {
+        @Override
+        public byte[] transform(ClassLoader loader, String className, Class<?> classBeingRedefined,
+                                ProtectionDomain protectionDomain, byte[] classfileBuffer)
+        throws IllegalClassFormatException {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Instrumentation inst = null;
+    static volatile boolean done = false;
+
+    public static void premain(String args, Instrumentation instrumentation) {
+
+        inst = instrumentation;
+        System.out.println("javaagent in da house!");
+        instrumentation.addTransformer(new LambdaTransformer());
+    }
+
+    private static void buildAgent() {
+        try {
+            ClassFileInstaller.main("ModifyAnonymous");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not write agent classfile", e);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter("MANIFEST.MF");
+            pw.println("Premain-Class: ModifyAnonymous");
+            pw.println("Agent-Class: ModifyAnonymous");
+            pw.println("Can-Retransform-Classes: true");
+            pw.println("Can-Redefine-Classes: true");
+            pw.close();
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not write manifest file for the agent", e);
+        }
+
+        sun.tools.jar.Main jarTool = new sun.tools.jar.Main(System.out, System.err, "jar");
+        if (!jarTool.run(new String[] { "-cmf", "MANIFEST.MF", "redefineagent.jar", "ModifyAnonymous.class" })) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not write the agent jar file");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class InstanceMethodCallSiteApp {
+
+        public static void test() throws InterruptedException {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                InstanceMethodCallSiteApp app = new InstanceMethodCallSiteApp();
+                Runnable r = app::doWork;   // this creates an anonymous class
+                while (!done) {
+                    r.run();
+                    Thread.sleep(10);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void doWork() {
+            System.out.print(".");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void runTest() {
+        while (!done) {
+            Class[] allLoadedClasses = inst.getAllLoadedClasses();
+            for (Class clazz : allLoadedClasses) {
+                final String name = clazz.getName();
+                if (name.contains("$$Lambda$") && name.contains("App")) {
+                    if (inst.isModifiableClass(clazz)) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException ("Class should not be modifiable");
+                    }
+                    // Try to modify them anyway.
+                    try {
+                        System.out.println("retransform called for " + name);
+                        inst.retransformClasses(clazz);
+                    } catch(java.lang.instrument.UnmodifiableClassException t) {
+                        System.out.println("PASSED: expecting UnmodifiableClassException");
+                        t.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        System.out.println("redefine called for " + name);
+                        String newclass = "class Dummy {}";
+                        byte[] bytecode = InMemoryJavaCompiler.compile("Dummy", newclass);
+                        ClassDefinition cld = new ClassDefinition(clazz, bytecode);
+                        inst.redefineClasses(new ClassDefinition[] { cld });
+                    } catch(java.lang.instrument.UnmodifiableClassException t) {
+                        System.out.println("PASSED: expecting UnmodifiableClassException");
+                        t.printStackTrace();
+                    } catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException ("ClassNotFoundException thrown");
+                    }
+                    done = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String argv[]) throws InterruptedException, RuntimeException {
+        if (argv.length == 1 && argv[0].equals("buildagent")) {
+            buildAgent();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (inst == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Instrumentation object was null");
+        }
+
+        new Thread() {
+            public void run() {
+                runTest();
+            }
+        }.start();
+
+        // Test that NCDFE is not thrown for anonymous class:
+        // ModifyAnonymous$InstanceMethodCallSiteApp$$Lambda$18
+        try {
+            ModifyAnonymous test = new ModifyAnonymous();
+            InstanceMethodCallSiteApp.test();
+        } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("FAILED: NoClassDefFoundError thrown for " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        System.out.println("PASSED: NoClassDefFound error not thrown");
+    }
+}