FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-54-generic-pae #82-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 10 20:29:22 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
execution of the attached program sometimes deadlocks !

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u10

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
java version "1.7.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
run and watch; Or run again & again & again..., and watch for some deadlocked execution !!

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Runs successfully to completion everytime !
ACTUAL -
some executions deadlock !!

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Found one Java-level deadlock:
=============================
"Thread-1":
  waiting to lock monitor 0x6ff9b984 (object 0x9e7d0880, a java.lang.Class),
  which is held by "Thread-0"
"Thread-0":
  waiting to lock monitor 0x6ff9ab10 (object 0x9e7333b8, a java.lang.Class),
  which is held by "Thread-1"

Java stack information for the threads listed above:
===================================================
"Thread-1":
at com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type(ValueMemberHelper.java:66)
- waiting to lock <0x9e7d0880> (a java.lang.Class for com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper)
at com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.type(FullValueDescriptionHelper.java:121)
- locked <0x9e7333b8> (a java.lang.Class for org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode)
- locked <0x9e7332a8> (a java.lang.Class for com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper)
at CorbaVmhDeadlock$2.run(CorbaVmhDeadlock.java:25)
"Thread-0":
at com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type(ValueMemberHelper.java:70)
- waiting to lock <0x9e7333b8> (a java.lang.Class for org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode)
- locked <0x9e7d0880> (a java.lang.Class for com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper)
at com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.insert(ValueMemberHelper.java:50)
at CorbaVmhDeadlock$1.run(CorbaVmhDeadlock.java:20)

Found 1 deadlock.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced often.

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ceems@ubuntu:~/phd-new/thesis/last-minus/oopsla-tarball/deadlocks/src$ cat CorbaVmhDeadlock.java
/* <Cycle-2 locks=" com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.class(1.3) org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode.class(1.2)(Update)">
 * <Thread-1>
 * com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.insert:(Lorg/omg/CORBA/Any;Lorg/omg/CORBA/ValueMember;)V
 * <com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.class>com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;
 * org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode.class
 * <org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode.class>com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;#Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode.class;#0=VarientOf=com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;
 * </Thread-1>
 * <Thread-2>
 * <com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.class>com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;
 * <org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode.class>com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;#Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode.class;#0=VarientOf=com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;
 * com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.class
 * <com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.class>com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.type:()Lorg/omg/CORBA/TypeCode;
 * </Thread-2>
 * </Cycle-2>
 */

public class CorbaVmhDeadlock {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  new Thread() {
   public void run() { com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueMemberHelper.insert(
                    new com.sun.corba.se.impl.corba.AnyImpl(
                    new com.sun.corba.se.impl.orb.ORBSingleton()), null); };
  }.start();
  new Thread() {
   public void run() { com.sun.org.omg.CORBA.ValueDefPackage.FullValueDescriptionHelper.type(); };
  }.start();
 }
}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
run again and hope for the best!!