--- a/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciInstanceKlass.cpp	Thu Sep 28 01:01:42 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciInstanceKlass.cpp	Thu Sep 28 11:02:55 2017 +0200
@@ -665,9 +665,8 @@
             _out->print_cr("null");
           } else if (value->is_instance()) {
             if (value->is_a(SystemDictionary::String_klass())) {
-              _out->print("\"");
-              _out->print_raw(java_lang_String::as_quoted_ascii(value));
-              _out->print_cr("\"");
+              const char* ascii_value = java_lang_String::as_quoted_ascii(value);
+              _out->print("\"%s\"", (ascii_value != NULL) ? ascii_value : "");
             } else {
               const char* klass_name  = value->klass()->name()->as_quoted_ascii();
               _out->print_cr("%s", klass_name);

--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/bytecodeInfo.cpp	Thu Sep 28 01:01:42 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/bytecodeInfo.cpp	Thu Sep 28 11:02:55 2017 +0200
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@
       C->log()->elem("inline_level_discount caller='%d' callee='%d'", id1, id2);
     }
   }
-  InlineTree* ilt = new InlineTree(C, this, callee_method, caller_jvms, caller_bci, recur_frequency, _max_inline_level + max_inline_level_adjust);
+  // Allocate in the comp_arena to make sure the InlineTree is live when dumping a replay compilation file
+  InlineTree* ilt = new (C->comp_arena()) InlineTree(C, this, callee_method, caller_jvms, caller_bci, recur_frequency, _max_inline_level + max_inline_level_adjust);
   _subtrees.append(ilt);
 
   NOT_PRODUCT( _count_inlines += 1; )

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/ciReplay/TestDumpReplay.java	Thu Sep 28 11:02:55 2017 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc:+open
+ * @build sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main ClassFileInstaller sun.hotspot.WhiteBox
+ * @run main/othervm -Xbootclasspath/a:. -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+WhiteBoxAPI
+ *                   -Xbatch -XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:+AlwaysIncrementalInline
+ *                   -XX:CompileCommand=compileonly,compiler.ciReplay.TestDumpReplay::*
+ *                   compiler.ciReplay.TestDumpReplay
+ */
+
+package compiler.ciReplay;
+
+import sun.hotspot.WhiteBox;
+
+public class TestDumpReplay {
+    private static final WhiteBox WHITE_BOX = WhiteBox.getWhiteBox();
+
+    private static final String emptyString;
+
+    static {
+        emptyString = "";
+    }
+
+    public static void m1() {
+        m2();
+    }
+
+    public static void m2() {
+        m3();
+    }
+
+    public static void m3() {
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // Add compiler control directive to force generation of replay file
+        String directive = "[{ match: \"*.*\", DumpReplay: true }]";
+        if (WHITE_BOX.addCompilerDirective(directive) != 1) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to add compiler directive");
+        }
+
+        // Trigger compilation of m1
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; ++i) {
+            m1();
+        }
+    }
+}