Running tier1 with +VerifyGraphEdges reveals a few failures. This seems to happen across all GC configurations. Most (all?) failures are concentrated in java/util/concurrent tests.

$ CONF=linux-x86_64-server-fastdebug make images run-test TEST=java/util/concurrent/ TEST_VM_OPTS="-XX:+VerifyGraphEdges"

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Test summary
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   TEST TOTAL PASS FAIL ERROR
>> jtreg:test/jdk/java/util/concurrent 108 102 1 5 <<
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Example hs_err excerpt:

# Internal Error (/home/shade/trunks/jdk-jdk/src/hotspot/share/opto/gcm.cpp:1443), pid=13423, tid=13443
# assert(!VerifyGraphEdges) failed: verification should have failed
#
# Problematic frame:
# V [libjvm.so+0xb23f3e] PhaseCFG::global_code_motion()+0x3de

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x00007fb080458000): JavaThread "C2 CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=13443, stack(0x00007fb06010a000,0x00007fb06020b000)]


Current CompileTask:
C2: 33347 1305 4 java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer::hasQueuedPredecessors (58 bytes)

Stack: [0x00007fb06010a000,0x00007fb06020b000], sp=0x00007fb060205df0, free space=1007k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, A=aot compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [libjvm.so+0xb23f3e] PhaseCFG::global_code_motion()+0x3de
V [libjvm.so+0xb268e1] PhaseCFG::do_global_code_motion()+0x51
V [libjvm.so+0x85909f] Compile::Code_Gen()+0x26f
V [libjvm.so+0x85d502] Compile::Compile(ciEnv*, C2Compiler*, ciMethod*, int, bool, bool, bool, DirectiveSet*)+0x1342
V [libjvm.so+0x6d1e50] C2Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, DirectiveSet*)+0x110
V [libjvm.so+0x869a6b] CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*)+0x2db
V [libjvm.so+0x86aaa8] CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop()+0x538
V [libjvm.so+0x1689d76] JavaThread::thread_main_inner()+0x206
V [libjvm.so+0x168eba6] Thread::call_run()+0xf6
V [libjvm.so+0x128cc2e] thread_native_entry(Thread*)+0x10e