Name: icC57033 Date: 10/15/99


Java HotSpot (TM) Client VM 1.3 crashes if flag -XX:+UseCounterDecay is applied.
For example any test from Tonga's testbase /net/sqesvr/vsn/testbase/testbase_nsk
will fail with the following output (note that you need to run the test with java_g
-XX:+UseCounterDecay instead of standard options defined in setup/nsk.win32.ini):

$ d:/jdk1.3.0/bin/java -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-J)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-K-debug, mixed mode)

$ x:/jdk1.3.0/bin/java_g -Xmixed -XX:+UseCounterDecay -verify addnode002
VM option '+UseCounterDecay'
#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error, assertion failure
#
# assert(_handle_mark_nesting >= 1, "memory leak: allocating handle outside HandleMark")
#
# Error ID: C:/hotspot\src\share\vm\runtime\handles.cpp, 26
#

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