--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Wed Mar 12 00:00:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Tue Mar 11 18:45:59 2014 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 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
@@ -3746,18 +3746,24 @@
       Exceptions::fthrow(
         THREAD_AND_LOCATION,
         vmSymbols::java_lang_UnsupportedClassVersionError(),
-        "Unsupported major.minor version %u.%u",
+        "Unsupported class file version %u.%u, "
+        "this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to %u.%u",
         major_version,
-        minor_version);
+        minor_version,
+        JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION,
+        JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION);
     } else {
       ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
       Exceptions::fthrow(
         THREAD_AND_LOCATION,
         vmSymbols::java_lang_UnsupportedClassVersionError(),
-        "%s : Unsupported major.minor version %u.%u",
+        "%s has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version %u.%u), "
+        "this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to %u.%u",
         name->as_C_string(),
         major_version,
-        minor_version);
+        minor_version,
+        JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION,
+        JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION);
     }
     return nullHandle;
   }
@@ -4098,8 +4104,12 @@
         tty->print("[Loaded %s from %s]\n", this_klass->external_name(),
                    cfs->source());
       } else if (class_loader.is_null()) {
-        if (THREAD->is_Java_thread()) {
-          Klass* caller = ((JavaThread*)THREAD)->security_get_caller_class(1);
+        Klass* caller =
+            THREAD->is_Java_thread()
+                ? ((JavaThread*)THREAD)->security_get_caller_class(1)
+                : NULL;
+        // caller can be NULL, for example, during a JVMTI VM_Init hook
+        if (caller != NULL) {
           tty->print("[Loaded %s by instance of %s]\n",
                      this_klass->external_name(),
                      InstanceKlass::cast(caller)->external_name());
@@ -4500,8 +4510,8 @@
             break; // didn't find any match; get out
           }
 
-          if (super_m->is_final() &&
-              // matching method in super is final
+          if (super_m->is_final() && !super_m->is_static() &&
+              // matching method in super is final, and not static
               (Reflection::verify_field_access(this_klass(),
                                                super_m->method_holder(),
                                                super_m->method_holder(),