Several crashes with Netbeans on OS X get repeated calls to report_and_die. There are so many recursive calls that the root cause of the problem is lost.

Thread 38 Crashed:
0 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101facf40 VMError::report_and_die() + 20
1 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ec0767 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a55892a _sigtramp + 26
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5aff11 __abort + 230
4 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5afe2b abort + 192
5 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ebf031 os::die() + 9
6 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101fad1be VMError::report_and_die() + 658
7 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ec0767 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073
8 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a55892a _sigtramp + 26
9 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5aff11 __abort + 230
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5afe2b abort + 192
11 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ebf031 os::die() + 9
12 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101fad1be VMError::report_and_die() + 658
13 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ec0767 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073
14 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a55892a _sigtramp + 26
15 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5aff11 __abort + 230
16 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5afe2b abort + 192
...

504 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101fad1be VMError::report_and_die() + 658
505 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ec0767 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073
506 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a55892a _sigtramp + 26
507 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5aff11 __abort + 230
508 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8a5afe2b abort + 192
509 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ebf031 os::die() + 9
510 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101fad1be VMError::report_and_die() + 658
511 libjvm.dylib 0x0000000101ec0767 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073