If during concurrent classloading process LinkageError exception is caught and then rethrown, future classloading process will fail whether it is possible to recover or not. Mainly, badly behaved classloaders are prone to this issue.

Hotspot and IBM v.5.0b VMs are affected by this issue.
IBM VM v.1.4.2 is not affected.

Failing tests:
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/anonymous-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/anonymous-simple
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/init-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/loadClass/tree
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/anonymous-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/anonymous-simple
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/init-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress/freeLock/forName/tree
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/anonymous-complex runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/anonymous-simple
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/init-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/dynamic-init/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/loadClass/tree
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/anonymous-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/anonymous-simple
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/init-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/dynamic-init/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/inner-complex
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/stress-redefine/freeLock/forName/tree
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/loadClass/D-hierarchy
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/loadClass/T-hierarchy
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/loadClass/Y-hierarchy
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/forName/D-hierarchy
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/forName/T-hierarchy
    runtime/ParallelClassLoading/InvalidLoading/forName/Y-hierarchy