--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vtableStubs_sparc.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vtableStubs_sparc.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_vtable_stub(int vtable_index) {
   const int sparc_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(true);
   VtableStub* s = new(sparc_code_length) VtableStub(true, vtable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), sparc_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
@@ -125,6 +130,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_itable_stub(int itable_index) {
   const int sparc_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(false);
   VtableStub* s = new(sparc_code_length) VtableStub(false, itable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), sparc_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_32.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_32.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_vtable_stub(int vtable_index) {
   const int i486_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(true);
   VtableStub* s = new(i486_code_length) VtableStub(true, vtable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), i486_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
@@ -132,6 +137,11 @@
   //            add code here, bump the code stub size returned by pd_code_size_limit!
   const int i486_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(false);
   VtableStub* s = new(i486_code_length) VtableStub(false, itable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), i486_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);

--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_64.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/x86/vm/vtableStubs_x86_64.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 VtableStub* VtableStubs::create_vtable_stub(int vtable_index) {
   const int amd64_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(true);
   VtableStub* s = new(amd64_code_length) VtableStub(true, vtable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), amd64_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);
@@ -126,6 +131,11 @@
   // returned by pd_code_size_limit!
   const int amd64_code_length = VtableStub::pd_code_size_limit(false);
   VtableStub* s = new(amd64_code_length) VtableStub(false, itable_index);
+  // Can be NULL if there is no free space in the code cache.
+  if (s == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   ResourceMark rm;
   CodeBuffer cb(s->entry_point(), amd64_code_length);
   MacroAssembler* masm = new MacroAssembler(&cb);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 // High-level access to an inline cache. Guaranteed to be MT-safe.
 
 
-void CompiledIC::set_to_megamorphic(CallInfo* call_info, Bytecodes::Code bytecode, TRAPS) {
+bool CompiledIC::set_to_megamorphic(CallInfo* call_info, Bytecodes::Code bytecode, TRAPS) {
   assert(CompiledIC_lock->is_locked() || SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "");
   assert(!is_optimized(), "cannot set an optimized virtual call to megamorphic");
   assert(is_call_to_compiled() || is_call_to_interpreted(), "going directly to megamorphic?");
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@
     assert(bytecode == Bytecodes::_invokeinterface, "");
     int itable_index = call_info->itable_index();
     entry = VtableStubs::find_itable_stub(itable_index);
+    if (entry == false) {
+      return false;
+    }
 #ifdef ASSERT
-    assert(entry != NULL, "entry not computed");
     int index = call_info->resolved_method()->itable_index();
     assert(index == itable_index, "CallInfo pre-computes this");
 #endif //ASSERT
@@ -184,6 +186,9 @@
     int vtable_index = call_info->vtable_index();
     assert(call_info->resolved_klass()->verify_vtable_index(vtable_index), "sanity check");
     entry = VtableStubs::find_vtable_stub(vtable_index);
+    if (entry == NULL) {
+      return false;
+    }
     InlineCacheBuffer::create_transition_stub(this, NULL, entry);
   }
 
@@ -200,6 +205,7 @@
   // race because the IC entry was complete when we safepointed so
   // cleaning it immediately is harmless.
   // assert(is_megamorphic(), "sanity check");
+  return true;
 }
 
 

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.hpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/compiledIC.hpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -226,7 +226,10 @@
   //
   void set_to_clean();  // Can only be called during a safepoint operation
   void set_to_monomorphic(CompiledICInfo& info);
-  void set_to_megamorphic(CallInfo* call_info, Bytecodes::Code bytecode, TRAPS);
+
+  // Returns true if successful and false otherwise. The call can fail if memory
+  // allocation in the code cache fails.
+  bool set_to_megamorphic(CallInfo* call_info, Bytecodes::Code bytecode, TRAPS);
 
   static void compute_monomorphic_entry(methodHandle method, KlassHandle receiver_klass,
                                         bool is_optimized, bool static_bound, CompiledICInfo& info, TRAPS);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/vtableStubs.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/code/vtableStubs.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -46,12 +46,9 @@
 address VtableStub::_chunk_end         = NULL;
 VMReg   VtableStub::_receiver_location = VMRegImpl::Bad();
 
-static int num_vtable_chunks = 0;
-
 
 void* VtableStub::operator new(size_t size, int code_size) throw() {
   assert(size == sizeof(VtableStub), "mismatched size");
-  num_vtable_chunks++;
   // compute real VtableStub size (rounded to nearest word)
   const int real_size = round_to(code_size + sizeof(VtableStub), wordSize);
   // malloc them in chunks to minimize header overhead
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@
     const int bytes = chunk_factor * real_size + pd_code_alignment();
     BufferBlob* blob = BufferBlob::create("vtable chunks", bytes);
     if (blob == NULL) {
-      vm_exit_out_of_memory(bytes, OOM_MALLOC_ERROR, "CodeCache: no room for vtable chunks");
+      return NULL;
     }
     _chunk = blob->content_begin();
     _chunk_end = _chunk + bytes;
@@ -121,6 +118,12 @@
     } else {
       s = create_itable_stub(vtable_index);
     }
+
+    // Creation of vtable or itable can fail if there is not enough free space in the code cache.
+    if (s == NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
     enter(is_vtable_stub, vtable_index, s);
     if (PrintAdapterHandlers) {
       tty->print_cr("Decoding VtableStub %s[%d]@%d",

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Fri Sep 20 11:17:04 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Tue Sep 24 15:56:25 2013 +0200
@@ -1506,8 +1506,11 @@
                                                 info, CHECK_(methodHandle()));
         inline_cache->set_to_monomorphic(info);
       } else if (!inline_cache->is_megamorphic() && !inline_cache->is_clean()) {
-        // Change to megamorphic
-        inline_cache->set_to_megamorphic(&call_info, bc, CHECK_(methodHandle()));
+        // Potential change to megamorphic
+        bool successful = inline_cache->set_to_megamorphic(&call_info, bc, CHECK_(methodHandle()));
+        if (!successful) {
+          inline_cache->set_to_clean();
+        }
       } else {
         // Either clean or megamorphic
       }