--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Fri Aug 01 19:03:26 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.cpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -70,24 +70,26 @@
 
 bool StackMapTable::match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
   int index = get_index_from_offset(target);
-  return match_stackmap(frame, target, index, match, update, ctx, THREAD);
+  return match_stackmap(frame, target, index, match, update, handler, ctx, THREAD);
 }
 
 // Match and/or update current_frame to the frame in stackmap table with
 // specified offset and frame index. Return true if the two frames match.
+// handler is true if the frame in stackmap_table is for an exception handler.
 //
-// The values of match and update are:                  _match__update_
+// The values of match and update are:                  _match__update__handler
 //
-// checking a branch target/exception handler:           true   false
+// checking a branch target:                             true   false   false
+// checking an exception handler:                        true   false   true
 // linear bytecode verification following an
-// unconditional branch:                                 false  true
+// unconditional branch:                                 false  true    false
 // linear bytecode verification not following an
-// unconditional branch:                                 true   true
+// unconditional branch:                                 true   true    false
 bool StackMapTable::match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target, int32_t frame_index,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const {
   if (frame_index < 0 || frame_index >= _frame_count) {
     *ctx = ErrorContext::missing_stackmap(frame->offset());
     frame->verifier()->verify_error(
@@ -98,11 +100,9 @@
   StackMapFrame *stackmap_frame = _frame_array[frame_index];
   bool result = true;
   if (match) {
-    // when checking handler target, match == true && update == false
-    bool is_exception_handler = !update;
     // Has direct control flow from last instruction, need to match the two
     // frames.
-    result = frame->is_assignable_to(stackmap_frame, is_exception_handler,
+    result = frame->is_assignable_to(stackmap_frame, handler,
         ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(frame->verifier(), result));
   }
   if (update) {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     StackMapFrame* frame, int32_t target, TRAPS) const {
   ErrorContext ctx;
   bool match = match_stackmap(
-    frame, target, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
+    frame, target, true, false, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
   if (!match || (target < 0 || target >= _code_length)) {
     frame->verifier()->verify_error(ctx,
         "Inconsistent stackmap frames at branch target %d", target);
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
   }
   // check if uninitialized objects exist on backward branches
   check_new_object(frame, target, CHECK_VERIFY(frame->verifier()));
-  frame->verifier()->update_furthest_jump(target);
 }
 
 void StackMapTable::check_new_object(

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.hpp	Fri Aug 01 19:03:26 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/stackMapTable.hpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
   // specified offset. Return true if the two frames match.
   bool match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* current_frame, int32_t offset,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const;
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const;
   // Match and/or update current_frame to the frame in stackmap table with
   // specified offset and frame index. Return true if the two frames match.
   bool match_stackmap(
     StackMapFrame* current_frame, int32_t offset, int32_t frame_index,
-    bool match, bool update, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const;
+    bool match, bool update, bool handler, ErrorContext* ctx, TRAPS) const;
 
   // Check jump instructions. Make sure there are no uninitialized
   // instances on backward branch.

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Fri Aug 01 19:03:26 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -620,8 +620,6 @@
                                 // flow from current instruction to the next
                                 // instruction in sequence
 
-  set_furthest_jump(0);
-
   Bytecodes::Code opcode;
   while (!bcs.is_last_bytecode()) {
     // Check for recursive re-verification before each bytecode.
@@ -1780,7 +1778,7 @@
       // If matched, current_frame will be updated by this method.
       bool matches = stackmap_table->match_stackmap(
         current_frame, this_offset, stackmap_index,
-        !no_control_flow, true, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(this, 0));
+        !no_control_flow, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY_(this, 0));
       if (!matches) {
         // report type error
         verify_error(ctx, "Instruction type does not match stack map");
@@ -1827,7 +1825,7 @@
       }
       ErrorContext ctx;
       bool matches = stackmap_table->match_stackmap(
-        new_frame, handler_pc, true, false, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+        new_frame, handler_pc, true, false, true, &ctx, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
       if (!matches) {
         verify_error(ctx, "Stack map does not match the one at "
             "exception handler %d", handler_pc);
@@ -2238,13 +2236,6 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    // Make sure that this call is not jumped over.
-    if (bci < furthest_jump()) {
-      verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
-                   "Bad <init> method call from inside of a branch");
-      return;
-    }
-
     // Make sure that this call is not done from within a TRY block because
     // that can result in returning an incomplete object.  Simply checking
     // (bci >= start_pc) also ensures that this call is not done after a TRY

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.hpp	Fri Aug 01 19:03:26 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.hpp	Sat Aug 02 16:28:59 2014 -0400
@@ -258,9 +258,6 @@
 
   ErrorContext _error_context;  // contains information about an error
 
-  // Used to detect illegal jumps over calls to super() nd this() in ctors.
-  int32_t _furthest_jump;
-
   void verify_method(methodHandle method, TRAPS);
   char* generate_code_data(methodHandle m, u4 code_length, TRAPS);
   void verify_exception_handler_table(u4 code_length, char* code_data,
@@ -407,19 +404,6 @@
 
   TypeOrigin ref_ctx(const char* str, TRAPS);
 
-  // Keep track of the furthest branch done in a method to make sure that
-  // there are no branches over calls to super() or this() from inside of
-  // a constructor.
-  int32_t furthest_jump() { return _furthest_jump; }
-
-  void set_furthest_jump(int32_t target) {
-    _furthest_jump = target;
-  }
-
-  void update_furthest_jump(int32_t target) {
-    if (target > _furthest_jump) _furthest_jump = target;
-  }
-
 };
 
 inline int ClassVerifier::change_sig_to_verificationType(