# HG changeset patch
# User kamg
# Date 1201790494 18000
# Node ID 9785f6d2dd971f61475ab62e2b5cfe5529168f61
# Parent  92489cdc94d1ad7b1fa668b83e4bfa118247b06b
6631248: Memory problem when doing invalid type cast
Summary: Changed memory allocation method for exception method
Reviewed-by: ysr, never

diff -r 92489cdc94d1 -r 9785f6d2dd97 src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Tue Dec 04 16:28:18 2007 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp	Thu Jan 31 09:41:34 2008 -0500
@@ -1481,11 +1481,9 @@
   const char* desc = " cannot be cast to ";
   size_t msglen = strlen(objName) + strlen(desc) + strlen(targetKlassName) + 1;
 
-  char* message = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, msglen);
+  char* message = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, msglen);
   if (NULL == message) {
-    // out of memory - can't use a detailed message.  Since caller is
-    // using a resource mark to free memory, returning this should be
-    // safe (caller won't explicitly delete it).
+    // Shouldn't happen, but don't cause even more problems if it does
     message = const_cast<char*>(objName);
   } else {
     jio_snprintf(message, msglen, "%s%s%s", objName, desc, targetKlassName);