To reproduce the bug:
1. cd /net/sqesvr/export/vsn/GammaBase/Bugs/<bug id>
2. ksh ctw.rt.jar.0.5376.txt.ksh

$ ksh ctw.rt.jar.0.5376.txt.ksh
Built on Jun 19 2000 08:47:53 by unknown with Workshop 5.0 compat=4
VM option '+CompileTheWorld'
VM option 'MinInliningThreshold=0'
VM option 'MaxPermSize=64m'
VM option 'CompileTheWorldStartAt=4000'
VM option 'CompileTheWorldStopAt=5376'
CompileTheWorld : Compiling all classes in /net/sqesvr/export/vsn/VM/testbase/testbase_js/src/jit/compiletheworld/jars/q-t/rt.jar

CompileTheWorld (4000) : sun/io/CharToByteConverter
CompileTheWorld (4001) : sun/io/CharToByteCp037
CompileTheWorld (4002) : sun/io/CharToByteCp1006
CompileTheWorld (4003) : sun/io/CharToByteCp1025
CompileTheWorld (4004) : sun/io/CharToByteCp1026
CompileTheWorld (4005) : sun/io/CharToByteCp1046
...
...
CompileTheWorld (4395) : sun/java2d/loops/ICRDrawStringRasterContext
CompileTheWorld (4396) : sun/java2d/loops/ICRDrawStringRasterContextAA
CompileTheWorld (4397) : sun/java2d/loops/ICRFillPolygonsRasterContext
CompileTheWorld (4398) : sun/java2d/loops/ICRFillRectRasterContext
#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error, assertion failure
# Please report this error at
# http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
#
# assert(!t->has_pending_exception(), "Should not have pending excepting when calling allocation")
#
# Error ID: /net/jano/export/disk05/hotspot/auto/ws_jano/fpt/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp, 1061 [ Patched ]
#
# Problematic Thread: prio=5 tid=0x1086030 nid=0x1 runnable
#
assertion failure
assert(!t->has_pending_exception(), "Should not have pending excepting when calling allocation")

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