The following test failed in the JDK21 CI:

applications/runthese/RunThese30M.java

Here's a snippet from the hs_err_pid file:

# Internal Error (/opt/mach5/mesos/work_dir/slaves/741e9afd-8c02-45c3-b2e2-9db1450d0832-S20155/frameworks/1735e8a2-a1db-478c-8104-60c8b0af87dd-0196/executors/25a896f2-6f80-4034-93bb-7731ae83c590/runs/06507dd6-84d5-4d83-a568-765143c1c813/workspace/open/src/hotspot/share/ci/ciKlass.hpp:60), pid=1806559, tid=1806576
# assert(k != nullptr) failed: illegal use of unloaded klass
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (21.0+17) (fastdebug build 21-ea+17-LTS-1381)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (fastdebug 21-ea+17-LTS-1381, compiled mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# V [libjvm.so+0x892d1e] ciKlass::get_Klass() const [clone .isra.0]+0x3e

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Current thread (0x00007f8c58268580): JavaThread "C1 CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_in_vm, id=1806576, stack(0x00007f8c22d6a000,0x00007f8c22e6b000)]


Current CompileTask:
C1: 726879 80201 b 3 com.sun.tck.lib.tgf.LeafIterator::<init> (73 bytes)

Stack: [0x00007f8c22d6a000,0x00007f8c22e6b000], sp=0x00007f8c22e68850, free space=1018k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [libjvm.so+0x892d1e] ciKlass::get_Klass() const [clone .isra.0]+0x3e (ciKlass.hpp:60)
V [libjvm.so+0x894d3a] ciEnv::get_klass_by_name_impl(ciKlass*, constantPoolHandle const&, ciSymbol*, bool)+0x1aa (ciEnv.cpp:512)
V [libjvm.so+0x895445] ciEnv::get_klass_by_name(ciKlass*, ciSymbol*, bool)+0x1c5 (ciEnv.cpp:569)
V [libjvm.so+0x8e464b] ciObjectFactory::get_unloaded_klass(ciKlass*, ciSymbol*, bool)+0x5bb (ciObjectFactory.cpp:503)
V [libjvm.so+0x8da65d] ciObjArrayKlass::make_impl(ciKlass*)+0x20d (ciEnv.hpp:249)
V [libjvm.so+0x8da950] ciObjArrayKlass::make(ciKlass*) [clone .part.0]+0xd0 (ciObjArrayKlass.cpp:167)
V [libjvm.so+0x7894b3] LIRGenerator::do_NewObjectArray(NewObjectArray*)+0x163 (c1_LIRGenerator_x86.cpp:1356)
V [libjvm.so+0x7678f3] LIRGenerator::do_root(Instruction*)+0x63 (c1_LIRGenerator.cpp:374)
V [libjvm.so+0x76bf1e] non-virtual thunk to LIRGenerator::block_do(BlockBegin*)+0x5e (c1_LIRGenerator.cpp:371)
V [libjvm.so+0x731891] BlockList::iterate_forward(BlockClosure*)+0x41 (c1_Instruction.cpp:889)
V [libjvm.so+0x6f4bf6] Compilation::emit_lir()+0x566 (c1_Compilation.cpp:258)
V [libjvm.so+0x6f761f] Compilation::compile_java_method()+0x32f (c1_Compilation.cpp:404)
V [libjvm.so+0x6f7f39] Compilation::compile_method()+0x179 (c1_Compilation.cpp:473)
V [libjvm.so+0x6f86d6] Compilation::Compilation(AbstractCompiler*, ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, BufferBlob*, bool, DirectiveSet*)+0x306 (c1_Compilation.cpp:600)
V [libjvm.so+0x6fa02e] Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*, ciMethod*, int, bool, DirectiveSet*)+0xde (c1_Compiler.cpp:258)
V [libjvm.so+0x9ce470] CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*)+0xaf0 (compileBroker.cpp:2265)
V [libjvm.so+0x9cf338] CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop()+0x608 (compileBroker.cpp:1944)
V [libjvm.so+0xe9d4de] JavaThread::thread_main_inner()+0x17e (javaThread.cpp:717)
V [libjvm.so+0x17669b8] Thread::call_run()+0xb8 (thread.cpp:224)
V [libjvm.so+0x1469b0a] thread_native_entry(Thread*)+0x11a (os_linux.cpp:740)