When running jws with the -prof option and the JIT on, I get:

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.Error.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.LinkageError.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.jws.base.Benchmark.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.jws.Main.main(Compiled Code)
SIGSEGV 11* segmentation violation
    si_signo [11]: SIGSEGV 11* segmentation violation
    si_errno [0]: Error 0
    si_code [1]: SEGV_ACCERR [addr: 0x81010100]
 
        stackbase=EFFFE4EC, stackpointer=EFFFE018
 
during startup. If I run with -prof and the JIT off, all is OK. If I run
with the JIT on, and no -prof, all is OK. Below is the full dump at the point
of the error.

To reproduce, use the workspace: /set/java/hotjava3/resii/jws-tcm
Do the following:

% cd /set/java/hotjava3/resii/jws-tcm
% setenv _SS_JDK /set/java/sparc-S2/JDK1.1.2A
% unsetenv THREADS_FLAG
% unsetenv JAVA_COMPILER
% ./sparc-S2/bin/jws -noconsole -prof
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.Error.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.LinkageError.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.jws.base.Benchmark.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.jws.Main.main(Compiled Code)
SIGSEGV 11* segmentation violation
    si_signo [11]: SIGSEGV 11* segmentation violation
    si_errno [0]: Error 0
    si_code [1]: SEGV_ACCERR [addr: 0x81010100]
 
        stackbase=EFFFE4EC, stackpointer=EFFFE018
 
Full thread dump:
    "Finalizer thread" (TID:0xee232220, sys_thread_t:0xef261de0, state:R) prio=1
    "Async Garbage Collector" (TID:0xee2321d8, sys_thread_t:0xef291de0, state:R) prio=1
    "Idle thread" (TID:0xee232190, sys_thread_t:0xef2c1de0, state:R) prio=0
    "Clock" (TID:0xee2320d0, sys_thread_t:0xef2f1de0, state:CW) prio=12
    "main" (TID:0xee2320a8, sys_thread_t:0x97200, state:R) prio=5 *current thread*
Monitor Cache Dump:
    java.util.Hashtable@EE269230/EE444A68: owner "main" (0x97200, 1 entry)
Registered Monitor Dump:
    PCMap lock: <unowned>
    Thread queue lock: <unowned>
    Name and type hash table lock: <unowned>
    String intern lock: <unowned>
    JNI pinning lock: <unowned>
    JNI global reference lock: <unowned>
    BinClass lock: <unowned>
    Class loading lock: <unowned>
    Java stack lock: <unowned>
    Code rewrite lock: <unowned>
    Heap lock: <unowned>
    Has finalization queue lock: <unowned>
    Finalize me queue lock: <unowned>
    Monitor IO lock: <unowned>
    Child death monitor: <unowned>
    Event monitor: <unowned>
    I/O monitor: <unowned>
    Alarm monitor: <unowned>
        Waiting to be notified:
            "Clock"
    Sbrk lock: <unowned>
    Monitor cache expansion lock: <unowned>
    Monitor registry: owner "main" (0x97200, 1 entry)
Thread Alarm Q:
Abort (core dumped)
Exit 134