Why does the Java VM update 25 crash with internal error

Question

Since Java update 25 the VM crashes occasionally with internal error. With previous versions <25 it was working fine. According to the release notes, the hotspot compiler was modified in update 25. Does it produce defect code that causes the crash? It does not crash if the JIT compiler is turned off with -Xint. I filed a bug here https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug?bug_id=7054478 .

How do I interpret the log file to find out where the crash occurs. I am not able to identify the lines in my Java code where it happenes.

Answer 1

I searched the Bug Database for the string "Unexpected result from topLevelExceptionFilter", and there were three other hits. They all seem to be about unexpected exceptions in native code propagating back across the JNI boundary.

Is that clue relevant to your application?