The following test case demonstrates the problem.
Run java -XX:CompileOnly=CharArrayCrash CharArrayCrash

The program crashes in mixed or -Xcomp mode. Works fine with -Xint.
Also works well on 6u37. Crashes on 7u67 and 8u11.
The issue can be reproduced on amd64 only.


public class CharArrayCrash {
    static char[] pattern0 = {0};
    static char[] pattern1 = {1};

    static void test(char[] array) {
        if (pattern1 == null) return;

        int i = 0;
        int pos = 0;
        char c = array[pos];

        while (i >= 0 && (c == pattern0[i] || c == pattern1[i])) {
            i--;
            pos--;
            if (pos != -1) {
                c = array[pos];
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
            test(new char[1]);
        }
    }
}


hs_err.log attached.
The ACCESS_VIOLATION happens at
    movzx r11d,WORD PTR [rdx+r8*2+0x10]
that stands for `caload` bytecode.
`rdx` here is a valid char[] oop, but the offset is illegal: `r8` = 0xffffffff