--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Dec 23 15:29:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Mon Dec 26 20:36:01 2011 -0500
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "oops/methodOop.hpp"
 #include "oops/symbol.hpp"
 #include "prims/jvmtiExport.hpp"
+#include "prims/jvmtiThreadState.hpp"
 #include "runtime/javaCalls.hpp"
 #include "runtime/perfData.hpp"
 #include "runtime/reflection.hpp"
@@ -2639,8 +2640,11 @@
                                                     TempNewSymbol& parsed_name,
                                                     bool verify,
                                                     TRAPS) {
-  // So that JVMTI can cache class file in the state before retransformable agents
-  // have modified it
+  // When a retransformable agent is attached, JVMTI caches the
+  // class bytes that existed before the first retransformation.
+  // If RedefineClasses() was used before the retransformable
+  // agent attached, then the cached class bytes may not be the
+  // original class bytes.
   unsigned char *cached_class_file_bytes = NULL;
   jint cached_class_file_length;
 
@@ -2660,6 +2664,20 @@
   _max_bootstrap_specifier_index = -1;
 
   if (JvmtiExport::should_post_class_file_load_hook()) {
+    // Get the cached class file bytes (if any) from the
+    // class that is being redefined.
+    JvmtiThreadState *state = JvmtiThreadState::state_for(jt);
+    KlassHandle      *h_class_being_redefined =
+                        state->get_class_being_redefined();
+    if (h_class_being_redefined != NULL) {
+      instanceKlassHandle ikh_class_being_redefined =
+        instanceKlassHandle(THREAD, (*h_class_being_redefined)());
+      cached_class_file_bytes =
+        ikh_class_being_redefined->get_cached_class_file_bytes();
+      cached_class_file_length =
+        ikh_class_being_redefined->get_cached_class_file_len();
+    }
+
     unsigned char* ptr = cfs->buffer();
     unsigned char* end_ptr = cfs->buffer() + cfs->length();
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnv.cpp	Fri Dec 23 15:29:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiEnv.cpp	Mon Dec 26 20:36:01 2011 -0500
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@
 
     instanceKlassHandle ikh(current_thread, k_oop);
     if (ikh->get_cached_class_file_bytes() == NULL) {
-      // not cached, we need to reconstitute the class file from VM representation
+      // Not cached, we need to reconstitute the class file from the
+      // VM representation. We don't attach the reconstituted class
+      // bytes to the instanceKlass here because they have not been
+      // validated and we're not at a safepoint.
       constantPoolHandle  constants(current_thread, ikh->constants());
       ObjectLocker ol(constants, current_thread);    // lock constant pool while we query it
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.cpp	Fri Dec 23 15:29:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiExport.cpp	Mon Dec 26 20:36:01 2011 -0500
@@ -538,8 +538,6 @@
     _curr_env = NULL;
     _cached_length_ptr = cached_length_ptr;
     _cached_data_ptr = cached_data_ptr;
-    *_cached_length_ptr = 0;
-    *_cached_data_ptr = NULL;
 
     _state = _thread->jvmti_thread_state();
     if (_state != NULL) {

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Fri Dec 23 15:29:34 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiRedefineClasses.cpp	Mon Dec 26 20:36:01 2011 -0500
@@ -854,8 +854,9 @@
 
     // RC_TRACE_WITH_THREAD macro has an embedded ResourceMark
     RC_TRACE_WITH_THREAD(0x00000001, THREAD,
-      ("loading name=%s (avail_mem=" UINT64_FORMAT "K)",
-      the_class->external_name(), os::available_memory() >> 10));
+      ("loading name=%s kind=%d (avail_mem=" UINT64_FORMAT "K)",
+      the_class->external_name(), _class_load_kind,
+      os::available_memory() >> 10));
 
     ClassFileStream st((u1*) _class_defs[i].class_bytes,
       _class_defs[i].class_byte_count, (char *)"__VM_RedefineClasses__");
@@ -3205,8 +3206,20 @@
   // with them was cached on the scratch class, move to the_class.
   // Note: we still want to do this if nothing needed caching since it
   // should get cleared in the_class too.
-  the_class->set_cached_class_file(scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_bytes(),
-                                   scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_len());
+  if (the_class->get_cached_class_file_bytes() == 0) {
+    // the_class doesn't have a cache yet so copy it
+    the_class->set_cached_class_file(
+      scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_bytes(),
+      scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_len());
+  }
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+  else {
+    assert(the_class->get_cached_class_file_bytes() ==
+      scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_bytes(), "cache ptrs must match");
+    assert(the_class->get_cached_class_file_len() ==
+      scratch_class->get_cached_class_file_len(), "cache lens must match");
+  }
+#endif
 
   // Replace inner_classes
   typeArrayOop old_inner_classes = the_class->inner_classes();