--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Wed Jul 05 19:40:19 2017 +0200
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Fri May 09 09:36:35 2014 +0200
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Handler;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.processing.Processor;
 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
@@ -1292,11 +1289,16 @@
      * Perform dataflow checks on an attributed parse tree.
      */
     protected void flow(Env<AttrContext> env, Queue<Env<AttrContext>> results) {
+        if (compileStates.isDone(env, CompileState.FLOW)) {
+            results.add(env);
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             if (shouldStop(CompileState.FLOW))
                 return;
 
-            if (relax || compileStates.isDone(env, CompileState.FLOW)) {
+            if (relax) {
                 results.add(env);
                 return;
             }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/api/taskListeners/EventsBalancedTest.java	Fri May 09 09:36:35 2014 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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
+ * @bug     8040822
+ * @summary Check that all TaskEvents are balanced.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import javax.tools.*;
+
+import com.sun.source.util.*;
+import com.sun.source.util.TaskEvent.Kind;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTool;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.CompileStates.CompileState;
+
+public class EventsBalancedTest {
+    JavacTool tool = (JavacTool) ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+    StandardJavaFileManager fm = tool.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null);
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
+        new EventsBalancedTest().test();
+    }
+
+    void test() throws IOException {
+        TestSource a = new TestSource("B", "class B extends A { }");
+        TestSource b = new TestSource("A", "abstract class A { }");
+
+        test(null, Arrays.asList(a, b));
+        test(null, Arrays.asList(b, a));
+        test(Arrays.asList("-XD-relax"), Arrays.asList(a, b));
+        test(Arrays.asList("-XD-relax"), Arrays.asList(b, a));
+
+        for (CompileState stop : CompileState.values()) {
+            test(Arrays.asList("-XDshouldStopPolicyIfNoError=" + stop,
+                               "-XDshouldStopPolicyIfError=" + stop),
+                 Arrays.asList(a, b));
+            test(Arrays.asList("-XDshouldStopPolicyIfNoError=" + stop,
+                               "-XDshouldStopPolicyIfError=" + stop),
+                 Arrays.asList(b, a));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void test(Iterable<String> options, Iterable<JavaFileObject> files) throws IOException {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
+        TestListener listener = new TestListener();
+        JavacTask task = tool.getTask(pw, fm, null, options, null, files);
+
+        task.setTaskListener(listener);
+
+        task.call();
+
+        for (Entry<Kind, Integer> e : listener.kind2Count.entrySet()) {
+            if (e.getValue() != null && e.getValue() != 0) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Not balanced event: " + e.getKey());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestListener implements TaskListener {
+        final Map<Kind, Integer> kind2Count = new HashMap<>();
+
+        int get(Kind k) {
+            Integer count = kind2Count.get(k);
+
+            if (count == null)
+                kind2Count.put(k, count = 0);
+
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void started(TaskEvent e) {
+            kind2Count.put(e.getKind(), get(e.getKind()) + 1);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void finished(TaskEvent e) {
+            int count = get(e.getKind());
+
+            if (count <= 0)
+                throw new IllegalStateException("count<=0 for: " + e.getKind());
+
+            kind2Count.put(e.getKind(), count - 1);
+        }
+
+    }
+    static class TestSource extends SimpleJavaFileObject {
+        final String content;
+        public TestSource(String fileName, String content) {
+            super(URI.create("myfo:/" + fileName + ".java"), JavaFileObject.Kind.SOURCE);
+            this.content = content;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) {
+            return content;
+        }
+    }
+
+}