--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Wed Oct 16 10:52:41 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.cpp	Tue Nov 05 17:38:04 2013 -0800
@@ -438,6 +438,29 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+bool java_lang_String::equals(oop str1, oop str2) {
+  assert(str1->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  assert(str2->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(),
+         "must be java String");
+  typeArrayOop value1  = java_lang_String::value(str1);
+  int          offset1 = java_lang_String::offset(str1);
+  int          length1 = java_lang_String::length(str1);
+  typeArrayOop value2  = java_lang_String::value(str2);
+  int          offset2 = java_lang_String::offset(str2);
+  int          length2 = java_lang_String::length(str2);
+
+  if (length1 != length2) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < length1; i++) {
+    if (value1->char_at(i + offset1) != value2->char_at(i + offset2)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void java_lang_String::print(Handle java_string, outputStream* st) {
   oop          obj    = java_string();
   assert(obj->klass() == SystemDictionary::String_klass(), "must be java_string");
@@ -1353,8 +1376,15 @@
   const char* klass_name  = holder->external_name();
   int buf_len = (int)strlen(klass_name);
 
-  // pushing to the stack trace added one.
+  // The method id may point to an obsolete method, can't get more stack information
   Method* method = holder->method_with_idnum(method_id);
+  if (method == NULL) {
+    char* buf = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, buf_len + 64);
+    // This is what the java code prints in this case - added Redefined
+    sprintf(buf, "\tat %s.null (Redefined)", klass_name);
+    return buf;
+  }
+
   char* method_name = method->name()->as_C_string();
   buf_len += (int)strlen(method_name);
 
@@ -1750,7 +1780,8 @@
   return element;
 }
 
-oop java_lang_StackTraceElement::create(Handle mirror, int method_id, int version, int bci, TRAPS) {
+oop java_lang_StackTraceElement::create(Handle mirror, int method_id,
+                                        int version, int bci, TRAPS) {
   // Allocate java.lang.StackTraceElement instance
   Klass* k = SystemDictionary::StackTraceElement_klass();
   assert(k != NULL, "must be loaded in 1.4+");
@@ -1767,8 +1798,16 @@
   oop classname = StringTable::intern((char*) str, CHECK_0);
   java_lang_StackTraceElement::set_declaringClass(element(), classname);
 
+  Method* method = holder->method_with_idnum(method_id);
+  // Method on stack may be obsolete because it was redefined so cannot be
+  // found by idnum.
+  if (method == NULL) {
+    // leave name and fileName null
+    java_lang_StackTraceElement::set_lineNumber(element(), -1);
+    return element();
+  }
+
   // Fill in method name
-  Method* method = holder->method_with_idnum(method_id);
   oop methodname = StringTable::intern(method->name(), CHECK_0);
   java_lang_StackTraceElement::set_methodName(element(), methodname);