The failure is triggered when the TestOptionsWithRanges test creates a VM instance with -XX:AllocatePrefetchStepSize=1. The failure appeared on solaris once, I was not able to reproduce it so far. Here is the output:

STDERR:
TEST FAILED: Error processing option AllocatePrefetchStepSize with valid value '-server -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:AllocatePrefetchStepSize=1'! JVM output reports a fatal error. JVM exited with code 6!
stdout content[# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/compile.cpp:2838
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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# Internal Error (/opt/jprt/T/P1/093429.zmajo/s/hotspot/src/share/vm/opto/compile.cpp:2838), pid=22724, tid=35
# assert(!addp->is_AddP() || addp->in(AddPNode::Base)->is_top() || addp->in(AddPNode::Base) == n->in(AddPNode::Base)) failed: Base pointers must match
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (9.0) (fastdebug build 9-internal+0-2016-04-21-093429.zmajo.8153340)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (fastdebug 9-internal+0-2016-04-21-093429.zmajo.8153340, mixed mode, tiered, compressed oops, g1 gc, solaris-sparc)
# Core dump will be written. Default location: /opt/jprt/T/T1/093429.zmajo/s/hotspot/build/solaris-sparc/testoutput/hotspot_fast_runtime/JTwork/scratch/core or core.22724
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# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /opt/jprt/T/T1/093429.zmajo/s/hotspot/build/solaris-sparc/testoutput/hotspot_fast_runtime/JTwork/scratch/hs_err_pid22724.log
[thread 34 also had an error]
[thread 33 also had an error]
Java start-up!
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# Compiler replay data is saved as:
# /opt/jprt/T/T1/093429.zmajo/s/hotspot/build/solaris-sparc/testoutput/hotspot_fast_runtime/JTwork/scratch/replay_pid22724.log
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Current thread is 35
Dumping core ...
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