FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java -jre7
java -1.8.0_121
java -1.8.0_131


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7 Professional x64

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
N/A - Tested on multiple windows systems

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
while(!condition) {
 //empty body no code
}

Loop does not terminate when condition is satisfied.

condition = true

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
public class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
new Thread(new Runnable() {

@Override
public void run() {
start();
}

}).start();

Thread.sleep(100);
stopRunning = true;
System.out.println("But it didn't end?");
}

private static boolean stopRunning = false;

public static void start() {
while (!stopRunning) {

}
System.out.println("Method ended.");
}

}


Please see that System.out.println("Method ended."); does not execute and application will not terminate

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I was trying to pause the application until a condition was achieved.
ACTUAL -
System.out.println("But it didn't end?"); printed however System.out.println("Method ended."); did not. I can see that if you call the method again under System.out.println("But it didn't end?"); the method will terminate however the issue will still be present with the next execution of the method.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
No errors, no crashes.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
new Thread(new Runnable() {

@Override
public void run() {
start();
}

}).start();

Thread.sleep(100);
stopRunning = true;
System.out.println("But it didn't end?");
}

private static boolean stopRunning = false;

public static void start() {
while (!stopRunning) {

}
System.out.println("Method ended.");
}

}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Not bypass has been found