How it slipped through our fingers? I and Tom very regularly running CTW with all jar files.
But when I tried to run it today it failed even with jdk6FCS.

% /java/re/jdk/7/promoted/all/b80/binaries/solaris-amd64/fastdebug/bin/java -d64 -XX:+CompileTheWorld -Xbootclasspath/p:/net/sqenfs-1.sfbay/export1/comp/vm/testbase/ctw/jars/ctw/jarfiles/plumhall.jar
VM option '+CompileTheWorld'
CompileTheWorld : Compiling all classes in /net/sqenfs-1.sfbay/export1/comp/vm/testbase/ctw/jars/ctw/jarfiles/plumhall.jar

CompileTheWorld (1) : jvs/audit/appStub
...
CompileTheWorld (92) : jvs/ch11/j114p11h_x
# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/ciTypeFlow.hpp:377
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (/BUILD_AREA/jdk7/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciTypeFlow.hpp:377), pid=14879, tid=25
# Error: assert(is_reference(type),"must be reference type")
#
# JRE version: 7.0-b80
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (17.0-b07-fastdebug mixed mode solaris-amd64 compressed oops)
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /export/kvn/build/6919886/hs_err_pid14879.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
Current thread is 25
Dumping core ...
Abort

% hs_err hs_err_pid14879.log
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (/BUILD_AREA/jdk7/hotspot/src/share/vm/ci/ciTypeFlow.hpp:377), pid=14879, tid=25
# Error: assert(is_reference(type),"must be reference type")
#
# JRE version: 7.0-b80
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (17.0-b07-fastdebug mixed mode solaris-amd64 compressed oops)
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
 
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------
 
Current thread (0x0000000001918800): JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=25, stack(0xfffffd7ff39ea000,0xfffffd7ff3aea000)]
 
Stack: [0xfffffd7ff39ea000,0xfffffd7ff3aea000], sp=0xfffffd7ff3ae6b90, free space=3f20000000000000001k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [libjvm.so+0x1fa1f25] void VMError::report(outputStream*) + 0x685
V [libjvm.so+0x1fa2f8d] void VMError::report_and_die() + 0x4fd
V [libjvm.so+0xb27fdb] void report_assertion_failure(const char*,int,const char*) + 0x5ab
V [libjvm.so+0x8a55e0] void ciTypeFlow::StateVector::load_local_object(int) + 0x110
V [libjvm.so+0x88cf6a] bool ciTypeFlow::StateVector::apply_one_bytecode(ciBytecodeStream*) + 0x346a
V [libjvm.so+0x89c76a] void ciTypeFlow::flow_block(ciTypeFlow::Block*,ciTypeFlow::StateVector*,ciTypeFlow::JsrSet*) + 0x97a
V [libjvm.so+0x89edaa] void ciTypeFlow::df_flow_types(ciTypeFlow::Block*,bool,ciTypeFlow::StateVector*,ciTypeFlow::JsrSet*) + 0x87a
V [libjvm.so+0x89fb50] void ciTypeFlow::flow_types() + 0xa70
V [libjvm.so+0x8a1ad0] void ciTypeFlow::do_flow() + 0xc0
V [libjvm.so+0x821b56] ciTypeFlow*ciMethod::get_flow_analysis() + 0x136
V [libjvm.so+0x776bbe] CallGenerator*CallGenerator::for_inline(ciMethod*,float) + 0x3e
V [libjvm.so+0x9c0691] Compile::Compile(ciEnv*,C2Compiler*,ciMethod*,int,bool,bool) + 0x1201
V [libjvm.so+0x770e29] void C2Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*,ciMethod*,int) + 0xf9
V [libjvm.so+0x9e28cd] void CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*) + 0x128d
V [libjvm.so+0x9e09b8] void CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop() + 0x1548
V [libjvm.so+0x1e69f46] void compiler_thread_entry(JavaThread*,Thread*) + 0x16
V [libjvm.so+0x1e63d47] void JavaThread::thread_main_inner() + 0x107
V [libjvm.so+0x1e63ba6] void JavaThread::run() + 0x1d6
V [libjvm.so+0x1a13ada] java_start + 0x66a
C [libc.so.1+0xd704b] _thr_slot_offset+0x31b _thr_setup + 0x5b
C [libc.so.1+0xd7280] _thr_slot_offset+0x550 _lwp_start + 0x0

Current CompileTask:
C2:389 !b jvs.ch11.j114p11h_x.<init>()V (89 bytes)