# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Anzinger <stefan.anzinger@oracle.com>
# Date 1418668332 -3600
# Node ID a4fbcdce06c8691a3be6750bca3fdc7c8ae1641d
# Parent  8aeee4179e228fc88f07bd3bf4987f6d2f7baa51
[GRAAL-914] SPARC VM Crash when run with -G:+PrintIdealGraphFile and -XX:+PrintDeoptimizationDetails

diff -r 8aeee4179e22 -r a4fbcdce06c8 src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp	Fri Dec 12 20:54:59 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp	Mon Dec 15 19:32:12 2014 +0100
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@
     if (count_offset > 0) {
       return java_string->int_field(count_offset);
     } else {
-      return ((typeArrayOop)java_string->obj_field(value_offset))->length();
+      typeArrayOop value_array = ((typeArrayOop)java_string->obj_field(value_offset));
+      if(value_array == NULL) {
+        return 0;
+      } else {
+        return value_array->length();
+      }
     }
   }
   static int utf8_length(oop java_string);